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A Polish prosecutor, accompanied by state security agents, raided Wprost's offices overnight on Wednesday

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Polish Justice Minister Marek Biernacki has said a controversial raid to find leaked tapes that embarrassed the government "should have never taken place". Marek Biernacki...
Five men were wrongfully convicted in the vicious the 1989 Central Park jogger case

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New York City has agreed to a $40 million settlement with five men who were wrongfully convicted in the vicious 1989 rape and beating...
Hollie Strano and Brian Toohig were high school sweethearts at the Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin and Walsh Jesuit

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WKYC - Channel 3's meteorologist Hollie Strano was married to Brian Toohig until their divorce in 2011. Hollie Strano and Brian Toohig were high...
Hollie Strano married her fiancé Alex Giangreco in a beach ceremony on June 15

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Hollie Strano married her fiancé Alex Giangreco in a beach ceremony on June 15. Hollie Strano married her fiancé Alex Giangreco in a beach...
Cleveland Magazine named Hollie Strano one of "Cleveland's most interesting people" for 2005

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Hollie Strano is the meteorologist on Channel 3 News Today weekday mornings from 4:30 – 7:00 AM. She also co-hosts Live on Lakeside weekdays from...
President Petro Poroshenko has announced a week-long unilateral ceasefire in fighting with pro-Russian militants in east Ukraine

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Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has announced a week-long unilateral ceasefire in fighting with pro-Russian militants in the east of the country. Heavy fighting had been...
Orange Is the New Black won best comedy series at this year’s Critics’ Choice Television Awards

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The complete list of winners from the 4th Annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards: BEST DRAMA SERIES Breaking Bad (AMC) (WINNER) The Americans (FX) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Good...
Matthew McConaughey has won best actor award at this year’s Critics’ Choice Television Awards for his performance in HBO's True Detective

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Matthew McConaughey has won best actor award at this year’s Critics’ Choice Television Awards for his performance in HBO's True Detective. The fourth annual Critics'...
Oil prices are close to a nine-month high due Iraq crisis

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Oil prices are close to a nine-month high due Iraq crisis. Brent crude fell 27 cents to $114.79 a barrel, after reaching $115.71 on Thursday,...
Katie Couric got engaged to John Molner in September 2013

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Katie Couric, who is set to wed fiancé John Molner this weekend, partied with 45 friends at a bachelorette party in NYC on June...
England was eliminated just 8 days into the World Cup soccer tournament

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The worst performance at a World Cup by England, period. Eliminated just 8 days into the tournament and after only two games for the...
The number of people forced to flee their homes because of war or persecution exceeded 50 million in 2013, the first time since World War Two

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According to the UN refugee agency, the number of people forced to flee their homes because of war or persecution exceeded 50 million in...
Chonghaejin Marine's president Kim Han-sik and four employees are charged with negligence over claims that the company routinely overloaded the Sewol ferry

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Kim Han-sik, the head of the company that operated the South Korean ferry that capsized, killing hundreds, goes on trial today. Chonghaejin Marine's president Kim...
Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycle

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Harley-Davidson has revealed its first electric motorcycle. The bike will not go on general sale, instead the iconic manufacturer will select customers from the US...
Ten people are confirmed dead and several others are missing after torrential rain and heavy floods hit eastern Bulgaria

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Ten people are confirmed dead and several others are missing after torrential rain and heavy floods hit eastern Bulgaria, officials say. Floodwaters in the Black...
Songwriter Gerry Goffin was inducted, along with Carole King, into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990

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Gerry Goffin, Carole King’s ex-husband who penned dozens of hits, has died aged 75 in Los Angeles. He wrote dozens of hits over two decades,...
Kill-switch feature is a method of making a handset completely useless if it is stolen, rendering a theft pointless

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Google and Microsoft will add a "kill-switch" feature to their smartphones using Android and Windows operating systems. The feature is a method of making a...
The search for missing Malaysian jet MH370 will move hundreds of miles south

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The search for missing Malaysian jet MH370 will move hundreds of miles south, officials have said. The new phase of hunt will focus on an...