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(CNN) -- The Red River at Fargo, North Dakota, reached "major flood stage" early Wednesday as the National Guard and a small army of volunteers filled sandbags to keep the waters at bay.

"Everybody is just focused on battling it once again, and they're doing it with smiles on their faces," said Staff Sgt. Amy Wieser Willson of the North Dakota National Guard.

The river rose to a record 40.8 feet at Fargo in 2009. As of about 7 a.m. Wednesday (8 a.m. ET), the river stood at 30.34 feet, 12 feet above the flood stage of 18 feet and past major flood stage. Floodwaters are forecast to peak at 38 feet this weekend.

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"Major flood stage" is a term the National Weather Service uses to describe flooding causing "extensive inundation of structures and roads" and possibly the "significant evacuations of people and the transfer of property to higher elevations."

"[It's] very stressful for a lot of people, especially after seeing how much damage and how long the flood fight went on last year," Willson said. About 300 people were helping on the sandbag lines as the community raced to fill 1 million of them.

See local coverage of the flooding

Torrey Callies spent a couple of days helping shield his Fargo neighborhood from the rising waters.

"We're making some good headway here," he said at midday Wednesday, as volunteers finished a sandbag dike. The sandbag levee is meant to hold back what's known locally as Meadow Creek, which branches off from the rising Wild Rice River.

"Everybody that lives here went through it last year, so everybody is well-schooled in how to do this," Callies said.

Still, "there's not the sense of deathly emergency that there was last year," he said.

At least 150 volunteers -- most of them high school and college students -- helped in the neighborhood Tuesday, Callies said.

"God bless 'em for showing up, because without volunteer help, we'd never get this done," said Callies, 44, who owns a collection agency with his brother. "In my book, that's a pretty cool thing to do."

The mess it makes of back muscles and backyards is worth it, he said.

"You want to keep your house dry, and that's the main thing," Callies said. "The grass will grow back."

"It's tough because it's awful work and it's hard on the back and it's stressful, but what do you do? You just suck it up and start throwing sandbags."

Last week, warm weather and rain melted snow south of Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota, causing the Red River to swell. Upstream, snow and ice have yet to melt, pushing water back toward the two cities.

Meanwhile, along the Eastern Seaboard, utility crews made steady progress restoring electricity after a powerful nor'easter whipped the region over the weekend.

About 125,000 customers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut remained without power early Wednesday.

"We know how difficult this is for our customers, and we appreciate their patience," said John Miksad of Con Edison. "With each reconnection, we focus on restoring the greatest numbers of customers possible."

The outages were due mostly to power lines downed by Saturday's hurricane-force winds, which knocked over trees and utility poles. At least seven deaths were attributed to the storm, five caused by falling trees, authorities said.

CNN's Jim Kavanagh, Sean Morris and Ed Payne and CNN Radio's Michelle Wright and Richard Benson contributed to this report.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- Almost all British troops in Iraq are being pulled out because the agreement that allows them to be there expires on Friday, the British Ministry of Defence said Tuesday.

Nearly all of Britain's troops in Iraq will have left by the week's end.

The withdrawal marks the first time since the invasion of Iraq more than six years ago that there will be almost no British troops in the country. The only British troops there will be a group of about a dozen helping to train Iraqi police as part of a NATO mission, the ministry said.

The United Kingdom's remaining contingent of 100 to 150 troops is leaving Iraq for neighboring Kuwait, a Ministry of Defence spokesman told CNN. He declined to be named in line with policy.

"The small handful of British military personnel operating in Iraq will be withdrawn to Kuwait after Iraq's parliament adjourned without passing a deal that would let them stay," the spokesman said.

Iraq must give its permission for foreign troops to be on its soil.

It was a group of Iraqi lawmakers loyal to anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr that prevented parliament from approving a new agreement on British troops.

They walked out of parliament as a group on July 11, depriving the legislature of the minimum number of lawmakers necessary for votes to take place. Parliament is now on summer recess until September 8.

Fawzi Akram, a lawmaker from the Sadr bloc, confirmed that the bloc reject the Iraqi-British security agreement. He said that Iraq does not need the British troops and that Iraqi security forces are ready to handle security on their own.

Britain hopes the Iraqi parliament will eventually approve the security agreement.

"While this delay is unfortunate, we are continuing to seek a solution with the Iraqi Government that will provide our forces with the sound legal basis they need," the ministry said in a written statement.

The British troops who are being pulled out include Royal Navy servicemen who have been helping the Iraqis to protect oil fields around the port town of Umm Qasr, according to the Ministry of Defence spokesman.

All British combat troops have already left the country, another ministry spokesman told CNN.

There were about 46,000 British troops in and around Iraq at the peak of major combat operations in March and April 2003, according to the Ministry of Defence.

CNN's Jonathan Wald in London and Youssif Basil in Baghdad, Iraq, contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry has identified the suicide bomber who attempted to assassinate the country's assistant interior minister last Thursday and released details of a phone conversation between the two men prior to the attack.

A Saudi man reads a newspaper featuring a front-page story on Thursday's attack.

The disclosures reported by the country's official news agency were highly unusual.

The agency, SPA, reported the attacker, Abdullah Hassan Talea' Asiri, a wanted Saudi militant who had been hiding in Yemen, got in touch with Saudi authorities telling them he wanted to turn himself in to Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Naif, the assistant minister of Interior for Security Affairs.

After arriving back in Saudi Arabia, Asiri spoke by phone to Mohammed, who agreed to see him during a Ramadan reception at his home in the city of Jeddah.

According to a transcript provided by SPA, during the phone call the men exchanged greetings and discussed the importance of the holy month of Ramadan.

Mohammed is quoted as telling Asiri that "one should be careful; evil people would like to exploit all of you. Now only you to fear Allah Almighty and come home." Later in the conversation, Asiri asked if a special plane could be dispatched to take him to meet with Mohammed.

Asiri, escorted by security, was transported to Jeddah, where he met with the prince at his palace. During the meeting, Asiri explained to Mohammed that other Saudi militants in Yemen also wished to surrender but sought reassurances from the prince.

According to SPA, a call was then placed to one of the militants in Yemen. While the prince was on the phone, Asiri blew himself up, SPA reported.

Mohammed, who is also the son of the country's Interior Minister, was lightly injured in the attack.

Saudi King Abdullah was shown visiting the prince in the hospital after the attack on Saudi TV. The king asked the prince why the militant was allowed to get so close him without being inspected properly and searched thoroughly. Prince Mohammed answered the king by telling him it had been a mistake.

SPA adds that "the concerned security authorities opened an investigation into the incident. However, the criminal laboratory and a forensic report have reached conclusions that, for security considerations, will not be announced at this time."

Asiri's name was on a list of 85 most wanted suspects released by Saudi Arabia in February. At the time the list was released, Saudi Arabia asked Interpol for its help in apprehending dozens of the wanted Saudis on the list who were suspected of plotting attacks against Saudi Arabia from abroad. The announcement was significant because it is rare for the kingdom to announce that some of its most wanted terrorists are on the loose. It is also unusual for Saudi Arabia to ask for help in finding them.

Some of the suspects on the most wanted list had been released from Guantanamo Bay, returned to Saudi Arabia, and had then gone through a Jihadi reeducation program run by the Interior Ministry, before fleeing to Yemen and taking up terrorist activity once more.

Saudi Arabia has been battling terrorism since 2003, when al Qaeda launched a series of attacks inside the Kingdom. In the security crackdown that followed, Asiri, like many other wanted Saudi militants, fled to Yemen.

Earlier this year, Saudi al Qaeda and Yemeni al Qaeda merged to form "Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula."

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which operates out of Yemen, claimed responsibility earlier this week for the attack against Mohammed. In August, Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry announced that over the past year, 44 al Qaeda suspects across the country had been arrested.

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(Mashable) -- Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) will not support the Stop Online Piracy Act, according to a statement released by his office Monday.

In the statement, Ryan calls the Internet "one of the most magnificent expressions of freedom and free enterprise in history" and says "it should stay that way."

According to Ryan, SOPA is an attempted solution to the "legitimate problem" of digital piracy, but the bill "creates the precedent and possibility for undue regulation, censorship and legal abuse."

Congressman Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, became a target of the Reddit community last month. Reddit users considered Ryan's previous stance on SOPA too vague -- and took issue with the $288,600 that the Congressman had accepted from pro-SOPA groups.

Mashable: Fears of SOPA unfounded, bill's sponsor says

Redditors began "Operation Pull Ryan," a grassroots campaign to prevent Ryan's re-election in 2012. The community embraced Ryan's opponent, Rob Zerban, who is running for Congress in November of this year. Zerban returned Reddit's affection, hosting an "AMA," or "Ask Me Anything," where he fielded questions directly from Reddit users.

Zerban credited Reddit with influencing Ryan's decision on SOPA. In a statement posted on the social media site, Zerban said: "Reddit was able to force the House Budget Chair to reverse course -- shock waves will be felt throughout the establishment in Washington today, and other lawmakers will take notice."

Mashable: U.S. wanted a Spanish SOPA

In fact, Reddit may not have had an impact on Ryan's SOPA decision. Paul's position on the bill was unclear until now. As a conservative Republican who favors smaller government, it makes sense that Ryan would oppose a bill which gives more authority to the Federal government.

On the other hand, the bill was introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith, a conservative Republican from Texas, so party labels are not a reliable indicator of SOPA support. Congressman Ryan's office did not immediately respond to a request for a comment.

Is the tide turning against SOPA in Congress? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

See the original article on Mashable.com

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(CNN) -- It's amazing how a huge global phenomenon can begin.

Tetris, the simple puzzle video game, has been addicting players for 25 years.

In 1984, Russian mathematician Alexey Pajitnov was playing with one of his favorite puzzles when he had an inspiration: How about creating a computer version?

Pajitnov wrote the program in his spare time, simplifying the idea to make it easier for those of us who aren't math geniuses.

He used shapes made of four squares -- hence "Tetris," which comes from the Greek word for four, "Tetra."

In the game, players must position and stack blocky shapes to fill a grid without leaving spaces in between. Successfully completed sections disappear. The more sections the player completes without reaching the top, the higher the score. iReport: 25 years of Tetris

Steadily, the game worked its way around the world. Millions of people found themselves glued to their computers and game players -- hearts racing and screaming in frustration -- all over getting a simple horizontal line of digital squares to disappear.

"I would just play it for hours and hours," said iReporter Joel Vetsch of New Haven, Connecticut, who got addicted to Tetris on a Game Boy when he was 10. "I'm 29 now, and I still love it." See Vetsch's iReport here

Vetsch became so obsessed with Tetris that the game even showed up in his dreams.

"I'd go to sleep and in my head I'd see blocks. . .going into each other," he told CNN. "It was weird."

More than 125 million Tetris products have been sold, and Guinness World Records' 2009 Gamers' Edition book ranked Tetris No. 2 on its list of the top 50 console games of all time, behind Super Mario Kart.

Twenty-five years to the month after Tetris was born, CNN spoke with Pajitnov and Henk Rogers, CEO of Blue Planet Software, the company that manages the exclusive licensing rights to the game.

The two men talked about what makes Tetris so addictive, how they believe the game can help unite the world, and -- no joke -- why they want a Tetris competition in the Olympics.  See Josh Levs' interview with Pajitnov and Rogers Â»

CNN: Alexey, I want to start with you. When you first dreamed up this scenario all those years ago, did you ever imagine it would turn into a global phenomenon?

Alexey Pajitnov, Tetris creator: The very first time when my small game started working even without scoring or leveling, I couldn't stop playing. It's a really good game, but I [couldn't] imagine that it would be that big.

Henk Rogers, CEO of Blue Planet Software: When I first found it at the Consumer Electronics Show in 1988, I kept on coming back and playing more. And that was a for sure sign that this was going to be a good game.

CNN: There are stories of people going in to work on the weekends just to sit at their computer and play for hours. They even dream the Tetris shapes if they play for too long. Could one of you explain to me why it's so addictive and what goes on when you play it?

Pajitnov: First of all, it's a very simple game and it has a really strong creative spirit in it. So instead of destroying something, you kind of build up the profile out of those small pieces and enjoy doing it. And that's probably the very important addictive factor.

CNN: The simplicity and also the immediate satisfaction -- but then immediately it's time to work for the next one.

Pajitnov: Yes.

CNN: Henk, tell us some of the stunning statistics.

Rogers: Over 70 million products have been sold as a box product, and more recently on the mobile [market] we're almost reaching 80 million downloads worldwide. Last year 10 percent of all games on mobile phones in this country were Tetris.

CNN: We have some videos of takeoffs -- turning buildings into Tetris or human Tetris. Is that great publicity or are you concerned in a legal way, like, "Stop grabbing our name and doing what you want with it?"

Rogers: It's all flattery. I like it.

CNN: Alexey, you were originally unable to make a penny off of this for a long time. What happened there and how did it ultimately pay out for you?

Pajitnov: Back in the '80s when I designed the game, the situation with intellectual property was very unclear in Russia. Communism Party didn't inspire some individual kind of activity. That's why I decided I granted my rights for Tetris for 10 years to Soviet Union to my computer center. And I didn't receive anything from this 10 years. But 10 years naturally ended, and I'm fine now. (laughs)

CNN: You all put something into your news release: "We have a vision of the future where people all over the world can meet and become friends without speaking the same language." You go on to say that people will be "connected through the universal language" of Tetris. Are you guys being sarcastic about that or is that an actual hope?

Rogers: No that's a real dream for us. Games are a universal language and Tetris breaks all culture, language and age and gender barriers.

CNN: Have you had complaints from people saying that Tetris is a drug, that it's more addictive, there should be some kind of warning with it?

Pajitnov: It happens to me all the time. People approach me and say, "I spent so much of my college time on Tetris I almost blow my exams." And I usually ask, "But was it good hours which you spent on Tetris?" And everybody say, "Yes it was really good hours." So I say, "I not waste it, I gift it to you!"

Rogers: I think that Tetris is the first virtual sport. And we'll see a Tetris Cup in the future and international competition. Hopefully we'll be part of the Olympics someday.

CNN: The actual Olympics? The Olympics Olympics?

Rogers: Sure, why limit the Olympics to physical sports? Why not mental sports?

CNN: Wow, that would open up a whole new realm. I know you have a lot of plans for building this. What will we see when we envision the future? Will there be 3-D Tetris? Or will I have goggles and play virtual Tetris?

Rogers: Tetris is the ultimate casual game, so we need to keep it simple. If 3-D takes it out of simple-to-understand games, then it probably won't go there.

CNN: You want to tell me how much you have made off Tetris over the years?

Rogers: A lot. (laughter)

CNN: Alexey, how about you?

Pajitnov: Yes, I am happy.

CNN: Enough to give Oprah a run for her money?

Pajitnov and Rogers: No, no. (laughter)

CNN: No, I don't think real people do that ever.

Have memories of Tetris? Send us iReports or join the discussions at Facebook or Twitter.

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text: See

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text: my

text: head

text: I

text: 'd

text: see

text: blocks

text: .going

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text: each

text: other

text: he

text: told

text: CNN

text: It

text: was

text: weird

text: More

text: than

text: million

text: Tetris

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text: sold

text: and

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text: World

text: Records

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text: book

text: ranked

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text: the

text: top

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text: all

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text: the

text: month

text: after

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text: born

text: CNN

text: spoke

text: with

text: Pajitnov

text: and

text: Henk

text: Rogers

text: CEO

text: of

text: Blue

text: Planet

text: Software

text: the

text: company

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text: manages

text: the

text: exclusive

text: licensing

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text: game

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text: men

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text: about

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text: makes

text: Tetris

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text: addictive

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text: they

text: believe

text: the

text: game

text: can

text: help

text: unite

text: the

text: world

text: and

text: no

text: joke

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text: they

text: want

text: a

text: Tetris

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text: the

text: Olympics

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text: Josh

text: Levs

text: interview

text: with

text: Pajitnov

text: and

text: Rogers

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text: CNN

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text: scenario

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text: global

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text: very

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text: small

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text: scoring

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text: I

text: could

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text: imagine

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text: Consumer

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text: good

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text: play

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text: Rogers

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text: more

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text: million

text: downloads

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text: country

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text: Tetris

text: CNN

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text: some

text: videos

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text: turning

text: buildings

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text: human

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text: great

text: publicity

text: or

text: are

text: you

text: concerned

text: in

text: a

text: legal

text: way

text: like

text: Stop

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text: our

text: name

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text: doing

text: what

text: you

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text: Rogers

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text: all

text: flattery

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text: it

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text: penny

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text: a

text: long

text: time

text: What

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text: and

text: how

text: did

text: it

text: ultimately

text: pay

text: out

text: for

text: you

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text: in

text: the

text: when

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text: the

text: game

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text: situation

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text: Russia

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text: some

text: individual

text: kind

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text: my

text: rights

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text: years

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text: anything

text: from

text: this

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text: I

text: 'm

text: fine

text: now

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text: CNN

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text: news

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text: vision

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text: the

text: future

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text: people

text: all

text: over

text: the

text: world

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text: meet

text: and

text: become

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text: speaking

text: the

text: same

text: language

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text: to

text: say

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text: people

text: will

text: be

text: connected

text: through

text: the

text: universal

text: language

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text: hope

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text: a

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text: Games

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text: and

text: Tetris

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text: culture

text: language

text: and

text: age

text: and

text: gender

text: barriers

text: CNN

text: Have

text: you

text: had

text: complaints

text: from

text: people

text: saying

text: that

text: Tetris

text: is

text: a

text: drug

text: that

text: it

text: 's

text: more

text: addictive

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text: should

text: be

text: some

text: kind

text: of

text: warning

text: with

text: it

text: Pajitnov

text: It

text: happens

text: to

text: me

text: all

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text: time

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text: approach

text: me

text: and

text: say

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text: spent

text: so

text: much

text: of

text: my

text: college

text: time

text: on

text: Tetris

text: I

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text: blow

text: my

text: exams

text: And

text: I

text: usually

text: ask

text: But

text: was

text: it

text: good

text: hours

text: which

text: you

text: spent

text: on

text: Tetris

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text: everybody

text: say

text: Yes

text: it

text: was

text: really

text: good

text: hours

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text: I

text: say

text: I

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text: it

text: I

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text: to

text: you

text: Rogers

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text: Tetris

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text: first

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text: a

text: Tetris

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text: future

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text: when

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text: CNN

text: You

text: want

text: to

text: tell

text: me

text: how

text: much

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text: made

text: off

text: Tetris

text: over

text: the

text: years

text: Rogers

text: A

text: lot

text: laughter

text: CNN

text: Alexey

text: how

text: about

text: you

text: Pajitnov

text: Yes

text: I

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text: CNN

text: Enough

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text: Rogers

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text: do

text: n't

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text: real

text: people

text: do

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text: ever

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question: Who is game's creator?

answer: Alexey Pajitnov

text: Alexey Pajitnov

question: How many years old is Tetris turning?

answer: 25

question: What percent of mobile games are Tetris?

answer: 10

question: Who did CNN talk to?

answer: Alexey Pajitnov,

text: Alexey Pajitnov,

question: What kind of game is Tetris?

answer: the simple puzzle video

text: the simple puzzle video

question: What percentage of all games was Tetris?

answer: 10 percent

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question: What is Tetris?

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question: What game turned 35?

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- British union leaders will recommend Thursday ending an unofficial strike that has dragged on more than a week at the country's third-largest oil refinery, the arbitrator in the dispute announced Wednesday.

Protesters at the Lindsay Oil Refinery are opposed to plans to employ non-British workers at the plant.

Workers walked off the job January 28 to protest the hiring of hundreds of foreign workers for a construction project at the Lindsey oil refinery in eastern England.

Their action has prompted similar "wildcat" strikes, unsanctioned by national unions, at other sites across the country.

The compromise will involve opening 101 new jobs to British workers, the arbitration service ACAS said in a written statement.

Local union leaders had earlier told demonstrators they were near their goal of being offered half the jobs involved in one of the latest subcontracts connected to the construction project -- 102 new jobs for a minimum of nine weeks.

"If you can't be happy with that, you can't be happy with anything," a local union official said at a demonstration televised by Britain's Sky News. The union leader did not identify himself.

The French-based oil company Total, which owns the plant, confirmed a deal was in the cards.

"Union officials will present details of the agreement to the workforce at 7:30 a.m. (2:30 a.m. ET Thursday) and recommend a return to work," Total said in a release.

Stephen Hughes, a Labour legislator in the European Parliament, warned that the reported compromise could itself run afoul of European labor law, opening the way for foreign workers who lose out to British labor to claim they were being discriminated against on the basis of nationality.

Union leaders have been meeting over three days with Total, Jacobs, the main site contractor, and IREM, the Italian firm hired to carry out the project, in talks moderated by ACAS. They had already rejected one proposal, a union official told CNN.

Union leaders accuse Total of discriminating against British workers by subcontracting with IREM, which has hired workers from Italy and Portugal. Total rejects the allegation.

Overall, the construction project has employed, directly or indirectly, 600 to 1,000 workers for about 18 months, Total said.

"It has never been, and never will be, the policy of Total to discriminate against British companies or British workers. We have been a major local employer for 40 years and the majority of our 500 permanent staff are local," the company said in a statement released Monday.

It said IREM had won the sub-contract through a fair and legal bidding process.

ACAS will investigate the bidding process and report within weeks, it said Wednesday.

Hundreds of workers at British power plants and refineries have been walking off the job in unofficial "wildcat" strikes since the Lindsey workers put down their tools last Wednesday.

Spontaneous strikes took place Tuesday in every corner of the country: at the Stanlow oil refinery in western England, Drax power station in the northeast, Petroplus Coryton Refinery in the southeast and Longannet power station in Scotland.

A total of nearly 1,000 workers were off the job at the three English locations. Scottish Power did not specify how many workers were on strike.

Representatives of all four plants said contractors, not full-time staff, had walked off the job, and all said operations were not affected.

But resolving the Lindsey strike may not be the end of the matter. Union leaders say the strike there is only a reflection of problems with the way Britain implements European Union employment directives.

Unite, one of the UK's largest unions, called last week for a national protest in London. The country's main labor groups have all issued statements in support of the striking workers.

"The government is failing to grasp the fundamental issues. The problem is not workers from other European countries working in the UK, nor is it about foreign contractors winning contracts in the UK. The problem is that employers are excluding UK workers from even applying for work on these contracts," Unite General Secretary Derek Simpson said Tuesday.

"No European worker should be barred from applying for a British job and absolutely no British worker should be barred from applying for a British job."

The dispute has reverberated up to the highest levels of government, with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition trading barbs about it in Parliament on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he hoped workers would accept the ACAS-moderated deal despite their "reservations."

Brown also rejected accusations by Conservative leader David Cameron that his use of the slogan "British jobs for British workers" in a 2007 speech had pandered to "protectionist fears."

"Can anybody here say that they don't want British workers to get jobs in our country?" Brown retorted in the House of Commons.

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question: What law might the deal break?

answer: European labor

text: European labor

question: what was the reason  for the  striking

answer: opposed to plans to employ non-British workers

text: opposed to plans to employ non-British workers

question: What caused the protests?

answer: the hiring of hundreds of foreign workers for a construction project at the Lindsey oil refinery in eastern England.

text: the hiring of hundreds of foreign workers for a construction project at the Lindsey oil refinery in eastern England.

question: where did this occur

answer: Lindsay Oil Refinery

text: Lindsay Oil Refinery

question: What sparked the protests?

answer: hiring of hundreds of foreign workers

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question: What is number of new jobs offered?

answer: 101


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(CNN) -- Authorities in Fayetteville, North Carolina, are investigating the death of a pregnant soldier whose body was found Saturday morning in a motel, police said.

Spc. Megan Lynn Touma, 23, was a dental specialist from Cold Springs, Kentucky, according to a statement from Fort Bragg, where Touma was assigned to the 19th Replacement Company.

Fayetteville police found her body late Saturday morning when they responded to a call about a strong odor coming from one of the rooms. The body was sent to the state Medical Examiner's office in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to determine the cause of death.

Touma, who was seven months pregnant, arrived at Fort Bragg on June 12. In five years with the Army, she had served with the U.S. Army Dental Activity Clinic in Bamberg, Germany, and in Fort Drum, New York, before her assignment to Fort Bragg.

Touma is the second pregnant service member to die in North Carolina in recent months. The remains of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach and her fetus were found beneath in a fire pit January 11 in Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean's backyard.  Watch how police found body Â»

Authorities said Laurean killed Lauterbach on December 14, 2007, and used her ATM card 10 days later before fleeing to Mexico. He was taken into custody after he walked up to a roadblock set up by a local anti-kidnapping task force investigating another case.

Laurean is awaiting extradition to North Carolina.

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answer: in a motel,

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question: What are authorities in North Carolina investigating?

answer: the death of a pregnant soldier

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question: Who was the pregnant service member?

answer: Spc. Megan Lynn Touma,

text: Spc. Megan Lynn Touma,

question: Who was the victim?

answer: Spc. Megan Lynn Touma,

text: Spc. Megan Lynn Touma,

question: Who is investigating the death?

answer: in Fayetteville, North Carolina,

text: in Fayetteville, North Carolina,

question: Was it natural causes or murder?

answer: Laurean killed Lauterbach

text: Laurean killed Lauterbach

question: Who was found dead?

answer: pregnant soldier

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question: What are authorities investigating?

answer: the death of a pregnant soldier

text: the death of a pregnant soldier

question: What happened to the pregnant soldier?

answer: death

text: death

question: Who was second N.C.-based pregnant solider found dead?

answer: Spc. Megan Lynn Touma,

text: Spc. Megan Lynn Touma,

question: Who was found dead in motel room?

answer: Spc. Megan Lynn Touma,

text: Spc. Megan Lynn Touma,


text:
Editors' Note: Below is an excerpt from Larry King's new autobiography "My Remarkable Journey" published by Weinstein Books. Larry King anchors "Larry King Live at 9 p.m. ET on CNN.

In 1959, Bobby Darin, left, was Larry's first major guest on his WKAT radio program.

Larry Zeiger left Brooklyn, New York, for Miami Beach, Florida, at the age of 23 to try to find a job in radio. This is how he got his new name:

I went to stay with my Uncle Jack in Miami Beach.

I was so excited that I started knocking on doors the next day.

I stopped at a small station on First Street, WAHR. The guy in charge liked my voice. "We get a lot of people coming and going," he told me. "If you hang around, you'll get the first opening."

I sat and watched in fascination for a few weeks. It was a tiny operation, but the sight of the UPI and AP machines furiously clicking out news made me feel like I was on the brink of something big. Miami Beach was like a dream. The palm trees. The ocean. I remember walking past Joe's Stone Crab. Joe's is more than a restaurant, it's a landmark.

It was full when I arrived in 1957, and I guarantee you, people will be waiting in line tomorrow night. I stopped outside the front window with only a few dollars in my pocket, unable to afford a meal, looking at the happy faces, wondering what it would take to get into a place like that.

Then came my big break. There was a morning deejay named Tom Baer. He was making sixty dollars a week and his alimony was sixty-five. He claimed to be living off the coconuts falling from trees. He quit on a Friday, and the general manager told me I could start on Monday.

I must have rehearsed the entire weekend. I don't even think I slept. On Monday morning I showed up at WAHR with the record that would play my theme song, "Swingin' Down the Lane."

The general manager called me into his office to wish me good luck. "By the way," he said, "what name are you going to use?"

"What do you mean?"

"You can't use Larry Zeiger," he said. "It's too ethnic. People won't be able to spell it or remember it. You need a better name."

There was no time to think about whether this was good or bad or what my mother would say. I was going on the air in five minutes. The Miami Herald was spread out on his desk. Face-up was a full-page ad for King's Wholesale Liquors. The general manager looked down and said, "King! How about Larry King?"

"OK," I said. This was the opportunity of a lifetime. I wasn't going to blow it.

"Fine. You'll host The Larry King Show."

Nine o'clock was approaching. That's when the news came on. A few minutes later, The Larry King Show would make its debut. I went through the control-room door, sat down, and set up my record. The news ended. I started my theme song, then faded down the music so I could introduce myself. I opened my mouth. It was as dry as cotton. For the first time in my life, I couldn't speak.

So I brought "Swingin' Down the Lane" up again and faded it once more. Again, not a single word came out of my mouth.

I could only wonder if listeners were hearing the pounding of my heart. I'd waited for this moment my whole life. How could I be blowing it? Once more, I cranked up "Swingin' Down the Lane" -- but not a word came out of me.

The next thing I knew, the general manager was kicking open the door to the control room. "This is a communications business!" he roared in a way that only a general manager can. Then he turned, walked out, and slammed the door behind him.

Shaken, I leaned in to the microphone and said, "Good morning. This is my first day ever on the radio. I've always wanted to be on the air. I've been practicing all weekend. A few minutes ago, they gave me my new name. I've had a theme song ready to play, but my mouth is dry. I'm nervous. And the general manager just kicked open the door and said, 'This is a communications business!'"

That's how my career started on May 1, 1957. Years later, Arthur Godfrey would tell me, "The only secret in this business is...there is no secret." He was right. I learned a great lesson on my first day. There's no trick to being yourself. I don't think I've ever been nervous on the air since then.

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question: when Zeiger became Larry King?

answer: 1957,

question: Who is Larry Zeiger?

answer: "Larry King

text: "Larry King

question: What name did Zeiger use?

answer: Larry King

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question: Who became the King?

answer: Larry King?"

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question: Where did Larry Zeiger  move?

answer: Miami Beach, Florida,

text: Miami Beach, Florida,

question: What happened the first time Larry was on the air?

answer: couldn't speak.

text: couldn't speak.

question: who moved from Brooklyn to Miami?

answer: Larry Zeiger

text: Larry Zeiger