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(CNN) -- If director Ron Howard hopes religious controversy will help sell tickets to "Angels & Demons" the way it boosted his "Da Vinci Code," the Catholic Church is not playing along with his script.

Tom Hanks reprises his role as professor Robert Langdon in "Angels & Demons."

Howard, who premiered the follow-up in Rome, Italy, this week, said there was "residual antagonism from 'The Da Vinci Code,' " but Vatican officials ignored the movie by not responding to suggestions that the church was offended.

The first movie based on Dan Brown's mega-selling novels earned $750 million worldwide in 2006.

"The Da Vinci Code" was intensely criticized by Catholics, especially those from the Opus Dei organization, a small but influential group within the Catholic Church whose members felt that they were vilified in the story.

An Opus Dei priest who teaches history and literature at Holy Cross University in Rome said that "Angels & Demons" has "simply not been an issue" among those in the Vatican and that any controversy is a product of the movie's marketing machine.  Watch Howard make his statements Â»

"To be honest, I don't think that anyone at the Vatican is paying much attention to the premier of the 'Angels & Demons,' " Father John Wauck said. "I was just talking with some people yesterday, I know friends of mine working in the Vatican, and they were surprised to learn that the movie was premiering in Rome. They had no idea."

"I think the church's attitude has been, from the beginning, 'hands off,' " Wauck said. "Especially, I think, after what happened with 'The Da Vinci Code.' "

The new movie is not as offensive, Wauck said.

"In 'The Da Vinci Code,' there were serious issues, such as who Jesus Christ was or the nature of church in the course of history, but none of them is taken in 'Angels & Demons.' It's simply, you know, a thriller," he said.

The movie may even help Rome by promoting tourism there, which is "not a bad thing," Wauck said.

But Howard suggested to CNN's Neil Curry that controversy has carried over to the sequel.

"I think there's some residual antagonism from 'The Da Vinci Code,' " Howard said.

Stirring people up with controversy is "something that appeals to me," he said.

"Part of the entertainment value is that people are going to go in there and have something to talk about or think about afterward," he said.

Howard said he tried to reach out to the Catholic Church.

"We've even invited certain groups, members of the church, for example, to see early rough cuts, because I wanted to share it with them and know what they thought, and I felt they'd find it not as offensive as they'd imagine," he said. "Everyone's declined to do that."

Howard himself downplayed reports that Rome and Vatican officials hampered production by refusing permission to film in certain locations.

"Probably a little more has been made of that," he said.

"While I don't want to reveal how we took people on the 'Angels & Demons' tour and on the adventure, someday I might, maybe on the DVD or something, do a little better breakdown of how we got the shots we needed," he said.

Producers did resort to some "low-budget street photography where you just pull up in a car, getting out of a van, clearing a little space and shooting a shot," Howard said.

This controversy, Wauck said, was also cooked up by the film's marketing department.

"As a general rule, no commercial films are filmed in churches in Rome, and no exception was made for 'Angels & Demons,' " Wauck said.

The film, which like "The Da Vinci Code" stars Tom Hanks as symbolism professor Robert Langdon, takes the audience inside the Conclave, where cardinals meet secretly to choose a new pope.

"One thing that was important to me and to all of us was to be as authentic as we possibly could be about what Conclave was like, that period when they're trying to elect the pope," Howard said. "It's a complete mystery. Outsiders are not allowed in. They stop rolling even their own Vatican archival footage when they lock the cardinals into the Sistine Chapel."

Set designers used old paintings and photos to recreate the scene, he said.

"I wanted to represent for the audience that with as much detail as I did going to the moon with 'Apollo 13,' " he said, referring to his 1995 movie about the aborted space mission.

"Angels & Demons" is the second of Brown's Langdon novels Howard has turned into a film.

"There are so many reasons to do it, and when I really looked at 'Angels & Demons' and realized that it was going to feel different," he said. "It was going to sound different. It was going to be paced in a completely different way because this is a real bona fide thriller. This is Langdon in jeopardy. There's a ticking bomb. You know, it's a murder mystery."

Howard said he will wait to decide whether he will make a movie based on Brown's third Langdon novel.

"While I haven't read Dan's next installment of the Robert Langdon adventures, I'm dying to," he said. "I'll also look to see how audiences respond to 'Angels & Demons.' They're going to tell us a lot."

"Angels & Demons" opens in U.S. theaters May 15.

CNN's Neil Curry and Hada Messia contributed to this report.

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TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Security forces in Iran on Thursday confronted thousands of protesting Iranians across the city, first at a cemetery and later at a prayer venue and near a government building, witnesses and news reports said.

Mourners gather around the grave of Neda Agh-Soltan in Beheshte Zahra Cemetery.

Clashes erupted at the cemetery as two of Iran's main opposition leaders tried to join the several thousand people at a memorial for the slain woman who became the symbol of Iran's post-election violence, witnesses said.

The gathering was banned, but participants ignored the government strictures.

However, security forces barred opposition leaders Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karrubi from the gravesite of Neda Agha-Soltan, the 26-year-old woman shot in election protests on June 20, witnesses and news reports said.

More than 3,000 people were gathered at Agha-Soltan's grave, a witness said.

Mourners arrived on the religiously significant 40th day after the fatal shooting in Tehran. For Iranians, a predominantly Shiite Muslim population, the 40th day after a death marks the last official day of mourning.

At the cemetery, security forces used tear gas to clear the area of demonstrators and mourners. A witness said riot police and Basij militia were at the scene, but the confrontations with people in the crowd involved the militia.  Watch a report on the memorial clashes Â»

The witness spotted instances of the baton-wielding militia charging the gathering, and said as many as nine beatings were seen. Other people  appeared to have been beaten as they ran from police, the witness said. One of the mourners had a bloody head and one woman said she was struck on the back of the neck.

One security force member sustained some sort of injury to the head and was bloodied. It is unclear exactly how that person was injured.

A confrontation between women protesters and police also was seen. The women shouted, "Don't beat up our young people. You, our Muslim brothers. It is a shame to beat up our young people."

The crowd chanted "Ya Hossein, Mir Hossein," the first a reference to the revered Shiite imam and the second a reference to Moussavi. Then there were more chants of "Allah wa Akbar," or God is great. iReport.com: Share your photos, video, stories

Despite reports of arrests, none were seen on the mourning day.

U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said using force to "break up a group of people who were trying to exercise an important ritual in Islam, the mourning after 40 days," was "particularly disturbing."

"We stand by the Iranian people who are exercising their universal right to self-expression and demonstrating peacefully," Kelly said.

Iran's state-run news agency, IRNA, reported that the mourners "disrupted the order" in the city and damaged public and private property and that security forces were merely trying to control the "illegal activity" of the group.

IRNA also reported that Tehran residents in the area were angry with the constant protests and wanted a stronger response from the security forces.

Another witness told CNN that police directing traffic at the cemetery were helpful and friendly, in stark contrast to the riot police and Revolutionary Guard members who were at the gravesites.

From the cemetery, the mourners arrived at the Mossalla, a building under construction that is expected to be the main venue of Tehran's Friday prayers, witnesses said. A couple thousand people demonstrated and police worked to disperse the crowd -- which also was defying a ban on such a gathering.

"The police tried to discourage drivers from driving the main highway that would lead to central Tehran, but very few listened," one witness said. "Soldiers standing along the streets flashed the peace sign back at the honking cars with large smiles on their faces. It was obvious the soldiers and police forces were with the people."

Thousands also marched and chanted along a prominent thoroughfare called Vali Asr Street, chanting slogans such as "Death to the dictator" amid the honking of car horns, a witness said. Amateur video posted Thursday on several Web sites and submitted to CNN's iReport showed a security officer swinging a baton at a demonstrator. CNN cannot confirm the circumstances of the images.

Protesters gathered near the Interior Ministry building and trash cans were set ablaze, another witness said. Police on motorcycles attempted to break up the gathering, and one security officer was seen wielding a gun.

Moussavi was the chief challenger of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the June presidential elections, which the government said Ahmadinejad won in a landslide but many Iranians think was rigged.

Moussavi had said on his Web site that he and fellow reform candidate Karrubi would commemorate Agha-Soltan's death with her mother at the Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery.

At the cemetery, a witness said a car identical to a vehicle belonging to Moussavi drove through the area. It was not clear if Moussavi was in the vehicle, but people were sitting atop and around the car as if to protect it. The car left the scene.

In the days after the June vote, thousands of Iranians took to the streets to protest the results.

The government cracked down. Hundreds were detained in prison, among them 50 "political figures" accused of playing key roles in the street demonstrations that turned violent, Iranian media reported Wednesday.

Among those still reportedly detained is Shahpour Kazemi, Moussavi's brother-in-law, according to Moussavi's wife.

Others include Behzad Nabavi, a Moussavi ally, and Mostafa Tajzadeh, who served under Iranian President Mohammad Khatami -- a Moussavi supporter -- the Iranian Labor News Agency reported Tuesday.

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Washington (CNN) -- President Obama toasted a growing U.S. friendship with India at the first state dinner of his administration Tuesday, an evening of regal pageantry and symbolic politics in a tent on the White House South Lawn.

"To the future that beckons all of us," Obama said with glass raised toward his guest of honor, visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. "Let us answer its call. And let our two great nations realize all the triumphs and achievements that await us."

A tradition dating back to 1874, state dinners are the most treasured and formal honor a U.S. president can offer a foreign dignitary, and the most coveted invitation in Washington.

The Tuesday night dinner showed Obama's intention to signal strong ties with the world's largest democracy and go his own way in navigating the pomp and tradition of White House customs.

Traditionally, a new administration's first invitation goes to the leader of neighboring Canada or Mexico, though recent presidents also haven't followed that precedent.

The event planned by first lady Michelle Obama emphasized eco-friendly themes such as White House-grown herbs and lettuce served to guests and sustainably harvested magnolia branches -- from species native to both India and the United States -- in arrangements adorning the tent where more than 300 guests wearing tuxedos and gowns were wined, dined and entertained.

A White House document said common themes of state and official visits are "forging friendships, exchanging knowledge and building bridges that last for years."

In a toast that followed Obama's, Singh praised his host's leadership and prompted applause by citing the charm of the U.S. first lady.

Obama's election was "an inspiration to all those who cherish the values of diversity, democracy and equal opportunity," Singh said, adding that India "warmly applauded" the Nobel Peace Prize awarded Obama this year for "the healing touch you have provided and the power of your idealism and your vision."

"We need to find new pathways of international cooperation that respond more effectively to the grave challenges caused by the growing interdependence of nations," Singh said. "As two leading democracies, India and the United States must play a leading role in building a shared destiny for all humankind."

Obama, in a black tuxedo, and the first lady, in a dazzling cream gown with silver accents, greeted Singh and his wife, Gursharan Kaur, as they arrived, shaking hands on the White House steps and posing for pictures before leading their guests inside.

Guests in tuxedos and evening gowns streamed into the White House for the historic social event, passing a line of journalists. In one humorous mishap, the cummerbund of Sen. Bob Casey, a Pennsylvania Democrat, fell off as he and his wife walked in.

The guest list included political allies, a few opponents, celebrities and members of the Indian diplomatic community.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the list, but not her husband, former President Bill Clinton. Democratic colleagues of the president including other Cabinet ministers, several senators and top aides made the list, including Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts (but not his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and White House Budget Director Peter Orszag.

Ticker: See the list of expected attendees

A couple of Republicans also made it, notably Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.

Celebrities included Hollywood director Steven Spielberg, actors Alfre Woodard and Blair Underwood, CBS News anchor Katie Couric and New York Times columnist Tom Friedman.

However, one name rumored to be included, but not appearing on the list, was Oprah Winfrey.

The dinner, in a tent set up on the White House South Lawn with a view of the Washington Monument, featured round tables for 10 set in resplendent colors -- apple green, ruby, gold -- with floral arrangements of roses, hydrangeas and sweet peas in plum, purple and fuchsia.

Place settings in fine china from three previous administrations -- Eisenhower, Clinton and George W. Bush -- were flanked by five pieces of silverware and crystal glasses. Place cards were in script -- "The President" and "Mrs. Obama" read two.

A seasonal menu reflecting both American and Indian flavors started with a potato and eggplant salad made with White House-grown arugula and accompanied by an onion seed vinaigrette, according to the White House.

Red lentil soup with fresh cheese followed, and then a choice of entrees -- roasted potato dumplings with tomato chutney, chick peas and okra for vegetarians, or green curry prawns, caramelized salsify and smoked collard greens.

Dessert was pumpkin pie tart and pear tatin with whipped cream and caramel sauce. Each course was paired with a different wine, all of American vintage.

The herbs and lettuces were harvested from the White House Kitchen Garden started by Michelle Obama, with honey from the White House beehive used to poach the dessert pears.

Entertainment was by jazz vocalist Kurt Elling, Grammy and Academy Award-winner Jennifer Hudson, the National Symphony Orchestra directed by award-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch, Academy Award-winning Indian musician and composer A.R. Rahman, and The President's Own United States Marine Band.

"It's not every day you get to sing at the White House or even get invited to the White House," said Hudson, who said she would dress in a purple and black gown "with the longest train I've ever worn" and sing standards including "The Very Thought of You," "What a Difference a Day Makes" and "Somewhere."

Veterans of state dinners said the planning for such a trend-setting event is meticulous.

"It's stressful, it's very stressful," said Lisa Caputo, a press secretary for Hillary Clinton when she was first lady. "What is the first lady going to wear? What will be served? How are the flower arrangements being done? There's a lot of protocol in terms of the serving line."

Every unit in the White House weighs in on the dinner's guest list, Caputo said, with a lot of thought going into who sits where.

"There's particular protocol in terms of who is seated at the president's table and the prime minister's table," Caputo said. "But don't forget that an enormous amount of thought goes into that with the White House social office and the president and first lady in terms of who will round out the appropriate table, who will get along with who, what will be the dynamics of each table.

"Yes, of course it's social, but, of course, there's business done," Caputo said.

The final list is ultimately decided by the president and the first lady, said Anita McBride, who was chief of staff for first lady Laura Bush.

"Of course, having friends and supporters is really important to share that kind of event, and it's also important for all the other guests that are there and the Indian members of the delegation to meet these people that are a cross-section of America," McBride said.

Amy Zantzinger, who was a social secretary for President George W. Bush, said all state dinners are different, and an administration's first one is a big one.

"First they'll bring the newness -- the newness of the whole day because it's their first big dinner," she said.

What makes a successful dinner? It's what you don't plan, Zantzinger said.

During a Reagan state dinner, Princess Diana and actor John Travolta took to the dance floor.

"What made it so special was that it was so absolutely spontaneous," she said. "You had one of the most beautiful women in the world and one of the best dancers in the world come together in this incredible place, and I think the spontaneity of it and the combination of the two of them was perfection."

CNN's Suzanne Malveaux, Samantha Hayes, Kiran Chetry, Ed Hornick, Becky Brittain and Tom Cohen contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- Texas police on Friday released a composite sketch of a man they believe broke into the homes of four former members of the same sorority, then sexually assaulted them.

No name has been given for the suspect in the alleged break-ins and attacks, which took place between November 2010 and October 2011, according to a timeline from the Plano police.

Detectives, however, do have "a definite DNA profile on the suspect" after a crime lab report, the police statement noted.

Plano police in October released a video -- dated in April -- showing a man with a distinctive swagger who they believe is responsible. Snapshots from that video were distributed Friday.

The alleged assaults occurred in the cities of Plano, Coppell and Corinth, all suburbs of Dallas.

The alleged victims -- all females in their mid-50s to mid-60s -- were alumnae of the same predominantly African-American sorority: Delta Sigma Theta, according to police.

They offered similar descriptions of their assailant as being a black male in his late 30s to mid-40s, weighing from 275 to 300 pounds and standing between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall.

"He made it obvious to our victims that he knew information ... about them personally," Plano police spokesman Andre Smith said this fall, adding that none of the women believes they knew their attacker in advance.

According to Corinth Police Capt. Greg Wilkerson, all the assaults occurred in "residential settings" between 9:15 p.m. and 4 a.m. when the victims were alone. The alleged attack in his city, 35 miles northwest of Dallas, took place on October 14.

The late-night setting, the fact the victims were often asleep and the alleged assailant's "attempts to conceal his identity" make it challenging to definitively identify the attacker, said Wilkerson.

Wilkerson said that the nature of the assaults suggest the alleged assailant was "possibly suspecting surveillance, spending some time around the areas ... prior to the attacks."

The police captain said authorities do not know how the suspect learned details of the victims, speculating it may have been over the Internet, by accessing an old directory or noticing would-be victims with Delta Sigma Theta jewelry, placards or other paraphernalia out in public.

Delta Sigma Theta President Cynthia M.A. Butler-McIntyre this fall issued a statement urging members in the Dallas area to take precautions.

"To think that our members are being targeted is disturbing and extremely disheartening," she said.

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answer: late 30s to mid-40s,

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question: What was the description of the attacker?

answer: black male in his late 30s to mid-40s, weighing from 275 to 300 pounds and standing between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall.

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question: Who were attacked in their homes?

answer: four former members of the same sorority,

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question: What have Plano police done?

answer: released a video

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question: Which sorority were the women members of?

answer: Delta Sigma Theta,

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question: How many women were attacked?

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(CNN) -- It's possible no more exotic animals are on the loose after deputies killed 49 lions, tigers and other wild animals freed from a local farm by its suicidal owner, an Ohio sheriff told reporters Thursday.

Of the 56 animals released Tuesday night, only a grizzly bear, two monkeys and three leopards were taken alive, Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz said.

Killed were two wolves; six black bears; two grizzly bears; nine male lions; eight lionesses; one baboon; three mountain lions; and 18 Bengal tigers, Lutz said Thursday.

Six animals were taken to the Columbus Zoo. Lutz said he has been in contact with Jack Hanna, the zoo's director emeritus, and "the animals are doing well. They are eating, they are active and they are being evaluated."

One monkey remained unaccounted for Wednesday night, Hanna said.

Lutz said Thursday there was one monkey unaccounted for, and acknowledged it could be on the loose, but said there had been no reported sightings and it was believed one of the big cats may have eaten it. It was thought to be in the same area as another monkey which was killed by the cats, he said.

There is a concern the monkey could be carrying herpes B, Lutz said. He urged members of the public not to approach a monkey if they see it but to summon authorities.

The farm's owner, Terry Thompson, pried open cages and opened the farm's fences before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Tuesday afternoon, Lutz said.

Autopsy results confirmed the shot was self-inflicted, the sheriff said. Thompson also had a bite wound to his head consistent with a bite from a "larger-type cat," Lutz said. The bite is believed to have occurred "within seconds to a minute" after the gunshot wound, he said.

Thompson was known to feed the animals chicken parts, Lutz said, and a pile of such items was found in the home's driveway.

The only animals left on the property as of Thursday were horses, the sheriff said. The killed animals were buried on Thompson's property, at the request of his wife. The animals, he said, "were like kids to her."

Lutz said he does not know who leaked a photo of the dead animals, but told reporters he hopes to serve multiple terms and "I have a few years to find out." He said one person attempted to steal an animal's body.

None of his deputies are equipped with tranquilizer guns, Lutz told CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360"

And with night falling Tuesday as authorities arrived, he gave the order to kill the escaped animals.

Ohio animal owner supplied cub for Heidi Klum

"If this had been a 9 o'clock or 10 o'clock incident, in the middle of the day, odds are high that we may have been able to surround the area and keep everything contained," he said. "But our biggest problem that we had was nightfall. We had about an hour, hour and a half of light, and we just couldn't take the chance."

"These were 300-pound animals and they were very dangerous," Lutz said Thursday.

Hanna, the zoo's director emeritus, said he was upset by loss of "precious" animals, but defended the decision to use deadly force.

"To have no one hurt or killed here with 40-something animals getting loose is unbelievable," he told CNN's "The Situation Room."

Hanna led a team of experts who arrived with four tranquilizer guns late Tuesday in an effort to corral the animals. He said the drugs take several minutes to subdue an animal even with a good shot, and one tiger had to be killed Wednesday afternoon when it turned on a veterinarian after being hit with a tranquilizer dart.

The Humane Society of the United States also said Wednesday it does not fault authorities for using deadly force in such a situation.

Both the Humane Society and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals urged Ohio officials to put a law in place barring the keeping of exotic animals as pets.

Lutz said Ohio Gov. John Kasich had called him and expressed his support, and acknowledged that the law needs to be changed.

"I'll do anything I have to do" to ensure such an incident never again occurs, Lutz said.

Overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday, sheriff's deputies searched the eastern Ohio woods around the city of Zanesville with night-vision gear and patrolled in pickups, armed with shotguns. Flashing signs on the highways in eastern Ohio warned motorists Wednesday: "Caution. Exotic animals." Schools were closed, and some frightened residents said they were keeping to their homes as sheriff's deputies hunted the lions, tigers, leopards and grizzly bears.

"Yeah, there's a lion on Mount Perry Road. ... I just drove by and it walked out in front of me and was standing there under the street light," one caller to 911 told deputies.

Opinion: Wild animals should be left in the wild

Thompson's property is about 2 miles outside Zanesville. The 62-year-old had been released from a federal prison September 30 after pleading guilty earlier this year to possessing illegal firearms, including five fully automatic firearms. A civil case seeking forfeiture of firearms was pending, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Ohio's Southern District.

He also had been convicted of animal cruelty and was arrested several times for traffic violations.

Lutz told reporters Thursday he could not speculate on what prompted Thompson to take his life.

Sam Kopchak, Thompson's neighbor, said he saw lions and bears running free Tuesday evening, with one tiger chasing horses. Kopchak managed to get himself and his horse into his barn and telephoned his mother.

"It was like a war zone," Kopchak said when authorities descended on the property, set off the road named after Kopchak's family.

Kopchak described Thompson as aloof. He loved animals. Kopchak saw him driving one time with a baby black bear on his chest

CNN's Moni Basu, Jordana Ossad, Andy Rose, Jason Carroll, Ninette Sosa, Ed Payne and Maggie Schneider contributed to this report.

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text: said

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text: been

text: no

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text: and

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text: one

text: of

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text: big

text: cats

text: may

text: have

text: eaten

text: it

text: It

text: was

text: thought

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text: be

text: in

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text: same

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text: another

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text: killed

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text: cats

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text: said

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text: is

text: a

text: concern

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text: monkey

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text: He

text: urged

text: members

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text: public

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text: approach

text: a

text: monkey

text: if

text: they

text: see

text: it

text: but

text: to

text: summon

text: authorities

text: The

text: farm

text: 's

text: owner

text: Terry

text: Thompson

text: pried

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text: cages

text: and

text: opened

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text: farm

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text: fences

text: before

text: dying

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text: self

text: inflicted

text: gunshot

text: wound

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text: afternoon

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text: said

text: Autopsy

text: results

text: confirmed

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text: shot

text: was

text: self

text: inflicted

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text: sheriff

text: said

text: Thompson

text: also

text: had

text: a

text: bite

text: wound

text: to

text: his

text: head

text: consistent

text: with

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text: bite

text: from

text: a

text: larger

text: type

text: cat

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text: The

text: bite

text: is

text: believed

text: to

text: have

text: occurred

text: within

text: seconds

text: to

text: a

text: minute

text: after

text: the

text: gunshot

text: wound

text: he

text: said

text: Thompson

text: was

text: known

text: to

text: feed

text: the

text: animals

text: chicken

text: parts

text: Lutz

text: said

text: and

text: a

text: pile

text: of

text: such

text: items

text: was

text: found

text: in

text: the

text: home

text: 's

text: driveway

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text: wife

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text: said

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text: like

text: kids

text: to

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text: does

text: not

text: know

text: who

text: leaked

text: a

text: photo

text: of

text: the

text: dead

text: animals

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text: reporters

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text: hopes

text: to

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text: terms

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text: I

text: have

text: a

text: few

text: years

text: to

text: find

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text: He

text: said

text: one

text: person

text: attempted

text: to

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text: an

text: animal

text: 's

text: body

text: of

text: his

text: deputies

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text: equipped

text: with

text: tranquilizer

text: guns

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text: Anderson

text: Cooper

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text: falling

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text: arrived

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text: gave

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text: order

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text: o'clock

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text: middle

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text: day

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text: zoo

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text: director

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text: force

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text: one

text: hurt

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text: killed

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text: loose

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text: animals

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text: drugs

text: take

text: several

text: minutes

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text: an

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text: good

text: shot

text: and

text: one

text: tiger

text: had

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text: killed

text: Wednesday

text: afternoon

text: when

text: it

text: turned

text: on

text: a

text: veterinarian

text: after

text: being

text: hit

text: with

text: a

text: tranquilizer

text: dart

text: The

text: Humane

text: Society

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: also

text: said

text: Wednesday

text: it

text: does

text: not

text: fault

text: authorities

text: for

text: using

text: deadly

text: force

text: in

text: such

text: a

text: situation

text: Both

text: the

text: Humane

text: Society

text: and

text: People

text: for

text: the

text: Ethical

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text: of

text: Animals

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text: Ohio

text: officials

text: to

text: put

text: a

text: law

text: in

text: place

text: barring

text: the

text: keeping

text: of

text: exotic

text: animals

text: as

text: pets

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text: said

text: Ohio

text: Gov.

text: John

text: Kasich

text: had

text: called

text: him

text: and

text: expressed

text: his

text: support

text: and

text: acknowledged

text: that

text: the

text: law

text: needs

text: to

text: be

text: changed

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text: anything

text: I

text: have

text: to

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text: to

text: ensure

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text: an

text: incident

text: never

text: again

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text: said

text: Overnight

text: Tuesday

text: and

text: early

text: Wednesday

text: sheriff

text: 's

text: deputies

text: searched

text: the

text: eastern

text: Ohio

text: woods

text: around

text: the

text: city

text: of

text: Zanesville

text: with

text: night

text: vision

text: gear

text: and

text: patrolled

text: in

text: pickups

text: armed

text: with

text: shotguns

text: Flashing

text: signs

text: on

text: the

text: highways

text: in

text: eastern

text: Ohio

text: warned

text: motorists

text: Wednesday

text: Caution

text: Exotic

text: animals

text: Schools

text: were

text: closed

text: and

text: some

text: frightened

text: residents

text: said

text: they

text: were

text: keeping

text: to

text: their

text: homes

text: as

text: sheriff

text: 's

text: deputies

text: hunted

text: the

text: lions

text: tigers

text: leopards

text: and

text: grizzly

text: bears

text: Yeah

text: there

text: 's

text: a

text: lion

text: on

text: Mount

text: Perry

text: Road

text: I

text: just

text: drove

text: by

text: and

text: it

text: walked

text: out

text: in

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text: of

text: me

text: and

text: was

text: standing

text: there

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text: street

text: light

text: one

text: caller

text: to

text: told

text: deputies

text: Opinion

text: Wild

text: animals

text: should

text: be

text: left

text: in

text: the

text: wild

text: Thompson

text: 's

text: property

text: is

text: about

text: miles

text: outside

text: Zanesville

text: The

text: old

text: had

text: been

text: released

text: from

text: a

text: federal

text: prison

text: September

text: after

text: pleading

text: guilty

text: earlier

text: this

text: year

text: to

text: possessing

text: illegal

text: firearms

text: including

text: five

text: fully

text: automatic

text: firearms

text: A

text: civil

text: case

text: seeking

text: forfeiture

text: of

text: firearms

text: was

text: pending

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: U.S.

text: attorney

text: 's

text: office

text: in

text: Ohio

text: 's

text: Southern

text: District

text: He

text: also

text: had

text: been

text: convicted

text: of

text: animal

text: cruelty

text: and

text: was

text: arrested

text: several

text: times

text: for

text: traffic

text: violations

text: Lutz

text: told

text: reporters

text: Thursday

text: he

text: could

text: not

text: speculate

text: on

text: what

text: prompted

text: Thompson

text: to

text: take

text: his

text: life

text: Sam

text: Kopchak

text: Thompson

text: 's

text: neighbor

text: said

text: he

text: saw

text: lions

text: and

text: bears

text: running

text: free

text: Tuesday

text: evening

text: with

text: one

text: tiger

text: chasing

text: horses

text: Kopchak

text: managed

text: to

text: get

text: himself

text: and

text: his

text: horse

text: into

text: his

text: barn

text: and

text: telephoned

text: his

text: mother

text: It

text: was

text: like

text: a

text: war

text: zone

text: Kopchak

text: said

text: when

text: authorities

text: descended

text: on

text: the

text: property

text: set

text: off

text: the

text: road

text: named

text: after

text: Kopchak

text: 's

text: family

text: Kopchak

text: described

text: Thompson

text: as

text: aloof

text: He

text: loved

text: animals

text: Kopchak

text: saw

text: him

text: driving

text: one

text: time

text: with

text: a

text: baby

text: black

text: bear

text: on

text: his

text: chest

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Moni

text: Basu

text: Jordana

text: Ossad

text: Andy

text: Rose

text: Jason

text: Carroll

text: Ninette

text: Sosa

text: Ed

text: Payne

text: and

text: Maggie

text: Schneider

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: What might have happened to the missing monkey?

answer: eaten it.

text: eaten it.

question: Where are the animals now?

answer: Columbus Zoo.

text: Columbus Zoo.

question: What  did the autopsy reveal?

answer: shot was self-inflicted,

text: shot was self-inflicted,

question: What did the sherif say?

answer: Of the 56 animals released Tuesday night, only a grizzly bear, two monkeys and three leopards were taken alive,

text: Of the 56 animals released Tuesday night, only a grizzly bear, two monkeys and three leopards were taken alive,

question: What did the autopsy confirm?

answer: the shot was self-inflicted,

text: the shot was self-inflicted,

question: What may have been eaten?

answer: one monkey

text: one monkey

question: Which zoo did this incident occur at?

answer: Columbus

text: Columbus


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(CNN) -- A pint-sized version of the Tyrannosaurus rex, with similarly powerful legs, razor-sharp teeth and tiny arms, roamed China some 125 million years ago, said scientists who remain startled by the discovery.

An adult Raptorex was about 9 feet tall and weighed about 150 pounds, scientists say.

The predator, nicknamed Raptorex, lived about 60 million years before the T. rex and was slightly larger than the human male, scientists said.

The findings, to be released Friday in the journal Science, are based on fossilized remains discovered in lake beds in northeastern China. They show a dinosaur with many of the specialized physical features of Tyrannosaurus rex at a fraction of its size.

"The most interesting and important thing about this new fossil is that It is completely unexpected," said Stephen Brusatte, co-author of the article, in a conference call with reporters.

"It's becoming harder and harder to find fossils like this that totally throw us for a curve," added Brusatte, a paleontologist with the American Museum of Natural History.

Scientists who have studied the fossilized animal, which was 5 to 6 years old when it died, believe it was an ancestor of the fearsome T. Rex.

"Raptorex really is a pivotal moment in the history of the group where most of the biological meaningful features about Tyrannosaurs came into being," said lead author Paul Sereno, a paleontologist at the University of Chicago.

"And the surprising fact is that they came into being in such a small animal," he added.

Based on estimates of other similar-sized theropods, or "beast-footed" dinosaurs, Sereno and his colleagues estimate an adult Raptorex was about 9 feet tall and weighed about 143 pounds.

By contrast, the Tyrannosaurus rex, which topped the prehistoric food chain  until dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years ago, was believed to weigh at least five tons.

Scientists hypothesize that Raptorex ran its prey down, using its enlarged skull, powerful jaws and sharp teeth to dispatch animals much larger than itself. Like the T. rex, the Raptorex also had tiny forelimbs, they said.

"We can say that these features did not evolve as a consequence of large body size but rather evolved as an efficient set of predatory weapons in an animal that was 1/100th the size of Tyrannosaurus rex and that lived 60 million years before Tyrannosaurus rex," Brusatte said.

After the remains were discovered, they were smuggled out of China and into the United States, where they were eventually purchased by a Massachusetts collector, Henry Kriegstein, who donated them to science. Sereno was later asked to identify the fossil.

"I hope that this is a pathway that other important specimens that do find their way out of the ground in the dark of night do not get lost to science," Sereno said.

The Raptorex fossil will eventually be returned to China, where it will be put on display near the excavation site, scientists said.

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text: a

text: small

text: animal

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text: added

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text: on

text: estimates

text: of

text: other

text: similar

text: sized

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text: or

text: beast

text: footed

text: dinosaurs

text: Sereno

text: and

text: his

text: colleagues

text: estimate

text: an

text: adult

text: Raptorex

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text: weighed

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text: the

text: Tyrannosaurus

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text: topped

text: the

text: prehistoric

text: food

text: chain

text: until

text: dinosaurs

text: went

text: extinct

text: about

text: million

text: years

text: ago

text: was

text: believed

text: to

text: weigh

text: at

text: least

text: five

text: tons

text: Scientists

text: hypothesize

text: that

text: Raptorex

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text: its

text: prey

text: down

text: using

text: its

text: enlarged

text: skull

text: powerful

text: jaws

text: and

text: sharp

text: teeth

text: to

text: dispatch

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text: itself

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text: the

text: T.

text: rex

text: the

text: Raptorex

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text: had

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text: forelimbs

text: they

text: said

text: We

text: can

text: say

text: that

text: these

text: features

text: did

text: not

text: evolve

text: as

text: a

text: consequence

text: of

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text: body

text: size

text: but

text: rather

text: evolved

text: as

text: an

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text: set

text: of

text: predatory

text: weapons

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text: an

text: animal

text: that

text: was

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text: size

text: of

text: Tyrannosaurus

text: rex

text: and

text: that

text: lived

text: million

text: years

text: before

text: Tyrannosaurus

text: rex

text: Brusatte

text: said

text: After

text: the

text: remains

text: were

text: discovered

text: they

text: were

text: smuggled

text: out

text: of

text: China

text: and

text: into

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: where

text: they

text: were

text: eventually

text: purchased

text: by

text: a

text: Massachusetts

text: collector

text: Henry

text: Kriegstein

text: who

text: donated

text: them

text: to

text: science

text: Sereno

text: was

text: later

text: asked

text: to

text: identify

text: the

text: fossil

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text: hope

text: that

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text: is

text: a

text: pathway

text: that

text: other

text: important

text: specimens

text: that

text: do

text: find

text: their

text: way

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: ground

text: in

text: the

text: dark

text: of

text: night

text: do

text: not

text: get

text: lost

text: to

text: science

text: Sereno

text: said

text: The

text: Raptorex

text: fossil

text: will

text: eventually

text: be

text: returned

text: to

text: China

text: where

text: it

text: will

text: be

text: put

text: on

text: display

text: near

text: the

text: excavation

text: site

text: scientists

text: said

question: What was discovered?

answer: fossilized remains

text: fossilized remains

question: What is the animal's nickname?

answer: nicknamed Raptorex,

text: nicknamed Raptorex,

question: The predator fossil discovered is a tiny version of what dinosaur?

answer: Tyrannosaurus rex,

text: Tyrannosaurus rex,

question: In what country were the remains found?

answer: China

text: China

question: Where were the fossilized remains discovered?

answer: lake beds in northeastern China.

text: lake beds in northeastern China.

question: Who discovered the fossil?

answer: scientists

text: scientists