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(CNN) -- Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee told Ling's sister they were treated humanely in North Korea, and they believe they weren't sent to hard-labor camps because they have medical conditions, Lisa Ling said Friday.

Lisa Ling, left, and her sister, Laura, center, speak to their father Wednesday after Laura arrived in California.

The sister, speaking on CNN's "American Morning," did not elaborate on the medical conditions, but said her sister will soon tell her story.

"Laura is eager to tell the story about what happened. I want to let her do so, but right now, she's really getting reacclimated. The processes are slow. She's very, very weak," Lisa Ling said, adding that the stories she's heard so far are "jaw-dropping."

Laura Ling and Lee were working for California-based Current TV, a media venture of former Vice President Al Gore, when they were arrested in March for crossing the border between China and North Korea.  Watch Lisa Ling share her sister's story Â»

Lisa Ling said that before they left the United States, the pair never intended to cross into North Korea. They have acknowledged that they briefly did, however, and they were convicted of entering the country illegally to conduct a "smear campaign" against the reclusive Communist state.

They were sentenced in June to 12 years of hard labor. North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Il, pardoned the women Tuesday after meeting with former President Bill Clinton. They arrived home the following day.

Lisa Ling said her sister was allowed to call the family on four occasions during her five months in captivity. On the last call, Laura Ling specifically requested that Clinton intervene.

"She said that in her opinion -- quote, unquote -- it would have to be President Clinton. It could only be President Clinton to secure the release of herself and Euna. We immediately jumped into action and alerted Vice President Gore," Lisa Ling said.

When their release was secured, they promptly boarded a plane home. Clinton wanted them to rest because they were clearly tired, "but the two of them were chatting away and comparing their experiences," Lisa Ling said.

Laura Ling and Lee went to see doctors Thursday, the sister added. Laura Ling is "doing well," and Lee is "skinny," Lisa Ling said, joking that her mother tried to force-feed Lee on Thursday "because she's just become so diminutive."

The women also are slowly working to assimilate to their freedom. They were kept at opposite ends of the same North Korean detention facility, and though Laura Ling had two guards in her room at all times, she would sometimes go weeks without talking to anyone.  Watch as Lisa Ling describes the pair's condition Â»

"So even communicating is a challenge because she sometimes yesterday was even having a hard time getting full sentences out, so it's a slow adjustment," Lisa Ling said.

On Thursday, Lisa Ling told CNN that her sister was "incredibly emotional" and didn't want to be left alone after months of "relative isolation."

"Yesterday, she was so exhausted and she wanted to take a quick nap. She kept asking me: 'Are you going to be here when I come back?' " the sister said Thursday.

Emotions have run high in Lee's home as well, Lisa Ling said.  Watch the journalists' family reunions Â»

"I hear from Euna's husband, Michael, that Hana, their 4-year-old daughter, has not wanted her mother to leave her sight," she said. "She just keeps following her around from room to room because she doesn't want her mom to leave."

Lee and her husband went to Laura Ling's house Thursday night for their first pizza since being released, Lisa Ling said Friday.

"The thing that was so wonderful to see was little Hana," she said. "I have never seen her so happy, and we all sort of remarked that it was just a beautiful thing."

Lisa Ling said her sibling will soon share her "powerful" story, perhaps in an op-ed piece, but she needs space right now.

Lisa Ling, meanwhile, is elated that her sister and Lee are safe. She said she always knew they would come home.

"I believe in the fundamental goodness," she said. "I knew in my heart that at some point, Laura and Euna would be returned back to us. I didn't know when it would happen, but I never lost that hope."

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DECATUR, Georgia (CNN) -- Police quietly wait by the front door of the small, brick suburban Atlanta home as investigators tell 48-year-old Lajuana Robinson, a mother of nine, "I'm going to have to put you in handcuffs."

Investigators take a woman from her Decatur, Georgia, home after her arrest in a truancy case.

She's charged with violating her parole in a truancy case because three of her younger children have missed hundreds of days of school combined.

While students have always suffered the consequences of playing hooky, parents in DeKalb County, Georgia, are facing one of the more aggressive anti-truancy programs in the country, one where punishment can include time behind bars.

DeKalb's program is one of a growing list targeting truancy in U.S. schools, said Jodi Heilbrunn, senior research and policy analyst at The National Center for School Engagement.

"Ten years ago, there weren't too many anti-truancy programs, but now they are springing up like rabbits," Heilbrunn said, and "they come in many varieties."

In some communities, a single school takes on its own problem. In others, like Jacksonville, Florida, and Niagara Falls, New York, the battle is system wide. And New Jersey is about to institute a statewide system, targeting six cities with the worst truancy problems.

The DeKalb County program, started in May 2006, was designed to get children from the age of 6 to 16 back in class.

If a child has 10 or more unexcused absences from school, parents are referred to an intervention program where they sign a contract agreeing to make sure their children get to class. If they fail to do that, they face the judge. According the county solicitor general's office, around 300 families have gone to court so far.  Watch how a Georgia mother ends up in handcuffs Â»

Most of the parents who are cited are charged with educational neglect, said DeKalb County Solicitor-General Robert James.

Most of those charged plead guilty and get probation, he said. The probation usually involves parenting classes, counseling, and follow-up visits for progress and attendance reports. Parents who violate their probation run the risk of thousands of dollars in fines, and up to 30 days in jail per count.

"We are putting parents in jail, or we are bringing them in orange jumpsuits not just because their children are not in school, but because they got a subpoena or summons to come to court, or to come to a diversionary program and they refused to do so. So this is more about accountability than anything," James said.

James said it is critical in his county to keep kids in school. The Georgia Department of Corrections found that more than 60 percent of its inmates in 2007 didn't earn a high school diploma, and James quoted an internal survey that found 84 percent of inmates in DeKalb County's jail are high school dropouts.

LaTara Tankersley-Jones and Craig Scott, investigators for the DeKalb County Solicitor-General's office, are tasked with locating "truant" parents and serving court-ordered summons.

Jones and Scott, usually with assistance from local law enforcement, also must arrest parents who have not complied with a court-ordered probation or failed to show up to court in the first place.

Scott said arrest is the least desirable option, but "the bottom line is, we have a warrant and even if the children are there, you're going to have to come with us."

Robinson was no stranger to the investigators. The county had intervened on behalf of her children before, even providing Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas presents last year.

The mother had been ordered to be sure her children went to school and to attend parenting classes herself. She had done neither, investigators said, earning herself a night in jail and a face-to-face with the judge the next day.

Judge R. Joy Walker presides over the Educational Neglect courtroom. On a recent Friday in October, she handled each of the 80 or so cases before her in a fast, firm, and efficient manner.

One by one, each parent, mostly women, has an opportunity to explain to Walker why they are in her courtroom. Investigators Jones and Scott are there as well. They say they hear the same excuses over and over again.

"They can't get up, or they have so many things that are going on in their life that are preventing them from making sure that their kids go to school," Jones said.

Walker agrees to probation for most of the parents in her court this day, including Angela Harris, who pleads guilty to 24 counts, one for each of the 24 days her child missed school.

"I have never in my 48 years been in trouble, so this is all new to me," she tells the judge.

"The state is offering you 24 months (of probation), but if you mess up I'm going to put you in jail," Walker replies. Walker has put 15 "truant" parents behind bars.

Lajuana Robinson is released. But she'll have to return to court another day to explain why her children aren't in school.

So far, the success of the DeKalb program has been limited.

"We have seen some small results," James said. Attendance has increased by 2 to 3 percent over the past year.

"I am not satisfied by that, but in a school system of over 100,000 kids, you are talking about 2,000  to 3,000 more children attending school than what we had the year before last," he said.

James says that he has received some interest from neighboring counties about the program and he thinks it is only a matter of time before they adopt similar ones.

"We have a lot of parents who feel we should not be intervening in family business, but it's the law. In Georgia, in DeKalb County, attendance is the law, and we plan to enforce it."

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question: How many familes have gone to court?

answer: around 300

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question: How many parents faced jail time due to truancy?

answer: 15

question: How many families have gone to court in truancy cases?

answer: around 300

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question: How many parents have faced jail time?

answer: 15

question: How many of the parents have been arrested?

answer: 15

question: What county is operating the aggressive program?

answer: DeKalb

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question: How many parents have faced time behind bars?

answer: 15

question: What county is determined to keep kids in school?

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(CNN) -- New Yorkers feasted on the stories when the news broke in 2006: Brooke Astor, a socialite and megaphilanthropist with Alzheimer's, had allegedly been swindled of millions and mistreated by her own son.

Brooke Astor and grandson Philip Marshall outside her New York country estate, Holly Hill, in 2001 or 2002.

Anthony "Tony" Marshall, her only child, was indicted on criminal charges including grand larceny, possession of stolen property, forgery and conspiracy.

Jury selection for the criminal trial was scheduled to begin Monday. But co-defendant Francis Morrissey's attorney filed an 11th-hour motion to sever his client's trial from Marshall's.

The motion was denied late Friday, and a new trial date has been set for March 2. Morrissey, Marshall's former lawyer, faces charges including forgery and scheming to defraud.

A lawyer representing Marshall, Fred Hafetz, would say only that there would be "no plea" and that he hopes his client will "be vindicated."  Watch author Meryl Gordon discuss the case Â»

The trial is likely to resuscitate the tabloid feeding frenzy, which has fostered headlines such as "Bad heir day," "Mrs. Astor's disaster" and "DA's kick in the Astor."

It's not the way those closest to Astor want to remember her. And the disclosures expected to spill forth from the witness stand aren't the type that Astor, who died in August 2007 at 105, would want shared in public.

"She would have been mortified," said Vartan Gregorian, a longtime friend and president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. "She was very private."

Through her late husband's Vincent Astor Foundation, Astor was credited with giving New York, where the Astors made their fortune, about $200 million. And although she felt it was expected of her to be proper and elegant, Gregorian said, her wealth didn't define her.

Talk of money, real estate and other people's misfortunes were off-limits at her dinner parties, he said. "She was not ostentatious. ... She was very funny, very witty and very caring."

When a would-be robber accosted her, she foiled the holdup attempt with this response: " 'Excuse me. My name is Mrs. Astor. I don't think we've been properly introduced,' " Gregorian remembered with a laugh.

For 23 years, Linda Gillies directed the Astor Foundation and witnessed her hands-on approach to doing good -- not just for her "crown jewels," which included the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York Public Library, but also for lower-profile programs.

Astor was often quoted as saying, "Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around." But for her, again, it wasn't just about the money.

Betty Cooper Wallerstein, a community organizer who benefited from Astor's help in saving 2,500 low-income apartments on Manhattan's Upper East Side, described Astor as being equally comfortable mingling with tenants as she was in high society.

She remembered attending Astor's 90th birthday party and being struck by the diversity of the crowd waiting to get inside. Around her were elected officials, the social elite, big names such as Henry Kissinger as well as Astor's staff members and activists such as herself.

"She was as lovely to me as she was to the dignitaries who were there," Wallerstein said. "It was such a beautiful and democratic line."

Many close friends and staff members would not speak to CNN, as they will be testifying in the trial or will be involved in a later suit to contest Astor's will, which her son is said to have changed. But those who did speak were quick to share memories they'll always hold dear.

The tears came quickly when Carmine Fasciani, 73, remembered Astor.

The one-time police detective sergeant, whom Astor always called Sergeant, said he handled security and later served as the full-time head of staff at Holly Hill, Astor's New York country estate. He was employed by her for three decades, up until he had a stroke eight years ago.

But his status as employee hardly described their relationship.

"She was my friend. She was a good lady," he said, his voice cracking and his words slightly slurred because of the stroke. "She said, 'I love you' ... and I loved her."

He built the gazebo where Astor watched sunsets and brought her the pink roses she loved. She took him to see a house that she knew he'd fall for and helped secure a good price. When Astor lost part of a finger breaking up a dog fight, she called on Fasciani to fly in to be by her side.

And two years after his stroke, he sought Astor's approval, which she gave with a wink and a nod, before marrying his wife, Marilyn, who helped speak for Fasciani by phone from Florida.

But working for Astor had its distractions, said Alicia Johnson, who was head of staff at her Maine estate, Cove End, for about 12 years.

"We had the Irish maid fighting with the French maid, the English butler fighting with the cook from Jamaica," Johnson said, laughing at the memories. "Mrs. Astor was a peach. The problem was everyone else."

In Johnson's Maine closet, there are still items Astor insisted she take, including a dress Astor "hauled out" for her to wear when she announced that she was getting married in 2000.

"It was a size two, and I was a size 12," she said.

Employees stayed with Astor for years, until her son reportedly fired most all of them. But the loyalty of Steve Hamor and his two sons stands out. Hamor, 65, was her groundskeeper in Maine for 42 years.

Hamor's son Scott, who with his brother also would grow up to work on the grounds, spent his childhood running around the estate as if it was his own playground.

As a teen, he remembered "Mrs. A" beckoning him from mowing a lawn to say hello and introduce him to Barbara Walters.

Astor wanted to send him and his brother to university. They refused. But when Scott found himself in his mid-20s, going through a divorce and with custody of two boys, he accepted her assistance -- and insistence -- in helping him settle into a new apartment.

"She was always wanting to know how you were doing and what she could do for you," said Scott, 42, who now works on Maine property owned by David Rockefeller.

Concern that not enough was being done for her is what drove Philip Marshall, defendant Tony Marshall's son, to file a petition for guardianship for his grandmother in 2006, alleging, in the words of his lawyer, "elder abuse" by his father. The intention was nothing more than to ensure that she was cared for, removing control by his father and transferring care to Astor's dear friend Annette de la Renta.

Though he wouldn't discuss the details that prompted his actions -- "I won't survive this conversation if I do," he said -- the successful petition mentioned her sleeping in torn nightgowns on a urine-stained couch and eating bland leftovers.

"To the rest of the world, she was Brooke Astor. To us, she was our grandmother," said Marshall, 55, who grew up in Vermont with his twin brother, Alec, and was not "of the New York world."

The practicing Tibetan Buddhist, who is a professor of historic preservation at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, never anticipated the findings that led to his father's indictment and said he merely wanted to "provide my grandmother with the care, comfort and dignity she deserved."

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text: New

text: Yorkers

text: feasted

text: on

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text: stories

text: when

text: the

text: news

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text: Brooke

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text: way

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text: disclosures

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text: witness

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text: type

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text: died

text: in

text: August

text: at

text: would

text: want

text: shared

text: in

text: public

text: She

text: would

text: have

text: been

text: mortified

text: said

text: Vartan

text: Gregorian

text: a

text: longtime

text: friend

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text: president

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text: the

text: Carnegie

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text: New

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text: elegant

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text: She

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text: very

text: funny

text: very

text: witty

text: and

text: very

text: caring

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text: holdup

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text: is

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text: think

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text: introduced

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text: Metropolitan

text: Museum

text: of

text: Art

text: and

text: the

text: New

text: York

text: Public

text: Library

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text: profile

text: programs

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text: it

text: 's

text: not

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text: a

text: thing

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text: 's

text: spread

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text: her

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text: just

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text: money

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text: saving

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text: Upper

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text: diversity

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text: crowd

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text: activists

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text: me

text: as

text: she

text: was

text: to

text: the

text: dignitaries

text: who

text: were

text: there

text: Wallerstein

text: said

text: It

text: was

text: such

text: a

text: beautiful

text: and

text: democratic

text: line

text: Many

text: close

text: friends

text: and

text: staff

text: members

text: would

text: not

text: speak

text: to

text: CNN

text: as

text: they

text: will

text: be

text: testifying

text: in

text: the

text: trial

text: or

text: will

text: be

text: involved

text: in

text: a

text: later

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text: to

text: contest

text: Astor

text: 's

text: will

text: which

text: her

text: son

text: is

text: said

text: to

text: have

text: changed

text: But

text: those

text: who

text: did

text: speak

text: were

text: quick

text: to

text: share

text: memories

text: they

text: 'll

text: always

text: hold

text: dear

text: The

text: tears

text: came

text: quickly

text: when

text: Carmine

text: Fasciani

text: remembered

text: Astor

text: The

text: one

text: time

text: police

text: detective

text: sergeant

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text: Astor

text: always

text: called

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text: said

text: he

text: handled

text: security

text: and

text: later

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text: as

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text: full

text: time

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text: at

text: Holly

text: Hill

text: Astor

text: 's

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text: York

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text: estate

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text: by

text: her

text: for

text: three

text: decades

text: up

text: until

text: he

text: had

text: a

text: stroke

text: eight

text: years

text: ago

text: But

text: his

text: status

text: as

text: employee

text: hardly

text: described

text: their

text: relationship

text: She

text: was

text: my

text: friend

text: She

text: was

text: a

text: good

text: lady

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text: voice

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text: his

text: words

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text: stroke

text: She

text: said

text: I

text: love

text: you

text: and

text: I

text: loved

text: her

text: He

text: built

text: the

text: gazebo

text: where

text: Astor

text: watched

text: sunsets

text: and

text: brought

text: her

text: the

text: pink

text: roses

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text: loved

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text: see

text: a

text: house

text: that

text: she

text: knew

text: he

text: 'd

text: fall

text: for

text: and

text: helped

text: secure

text: a

text: good

text: price

text: When

text: Astor

text: lost

text: part

text: of

text: a

text: finger

text: breaking

text: up

text: a

text: dog

text: fight

text: she

text: called

text: on

text: Fasciani

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text: fly

text: in

text: to

text: be

text: by

text: her

text: side

text: And

text: two

text: years

text: after

text: his

text: stroke

text: he

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text: Astor

text: 's

text: approval

text: which

text: she

text: gave

text: with

text: a

text: wink

text: and

text: a

text: nod

text: before

text: marrying

text: his

text: wife

text: Marilyn

text: who

text: helped

text: speak

text: for

text: Fasciani

text: by

text: phone

text: from

text: Florida

text: But

text: working

text: for

text: Astor

text: had

text: its

text: distractions

text: said

text: Alicia

text: Johnson

text: who

text: was

text: head

text: of

text: staff

text: at

text: her

text: Maine

text: estate

text: Cove

text: End

text: for

text: about

text: years

text: We

text: had

text: the

text: Irish

text: maid

text: fighting

text: with

text: the

text: French

text: maid

text: the

text: English

text: butler

text: fighting

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text: the

text: cook

text: from

text: Jamaica

text: Johnson

text: said

text: laughing

text: at

text: the

text: memories

text: Mrs.

text: Astor

text: was

text: a

text: peach

text: The

text: problem

text: was

text: everyone

text: else

text: In

text: Johnson

text: 's

text: Maine

text: closet

text: there

text: are

text: still

text: items

text: Astor

text: insisted

text: she

text: take

text: including

text: a

text: dress

text: Astor

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text: out

text: for

text: her

text: to

text: wear

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text: announced

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text: she

text: was

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text: size

text: she

text: said

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text: Astor

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text: years

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text: son

text: reportedly

text: fired

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text: all

text: of

text: them

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text: Steve

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text: sons

text: stands

text: out

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text: her

text: groundskeeper

text: in

text: Maine

text: for

text: years

text: Hamor

text: 's

text: son

text: Scott

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text: with

text: his

text: brother

text: also

text: would

text: grow

text: up

text: to

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text: on

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text: grounds

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text: childhood

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text: estate

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text: his

text: own

text: playground

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text: teen

text: he

text: remembered

text: Mrs.

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text: a

text: lawn

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text: say

text: hello

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text: introduce

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text: Walters

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text: his

text: brother

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text: They

text: refused

text: But

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text: Scott

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text: in

text: his

text: going

text: through

text: a

text: divorce

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text: custody

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text: two

text: boys

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text: her

text: assistance

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text: insistence

text: in

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text: him

text: settle

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text: a

text: new

text: apartment

text: She

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text: you

text: were

text: doing

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text: what

text: she

text: could

text: do

text: for

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text: said

text: Scott

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text: now

text: works

text: on

text: Maine

text: property

text: owned

text: by

text: David

text: Rockefeller

text: Concern

text: that

text: not

text: enough

text: was

text: being

text: done

text: for

text: her

text: is

text: what

text: drove

text: Philip

text: Marshall

text: defendant

text: Tony

text: Marshall

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text: son

text: to

text: file

text: a

text: petition

text: for

text: guardianship

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text: his

text: grandmother

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text: his

text: lawyer

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text: abuse

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text: father

text: The

text: intention

text: was

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text: ensure

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text: she

text: was

text: cared

text: for

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text: father

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text: transferring

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text: Astor

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text: friend

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text: do

text: he

text: said

text: the

text: successful

text: petition

text: mentioned

text: her

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text: torn

text: nightgowns

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text: urine

text: stained

text: couch

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text: eating

text: bland

text: leftovers

text: To

text: the

text: rest

text: of

text: the

text: world

text: she

text: was

text: Brooke

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text: she

text: was

text: our

text: grandmother

text: said

text: Marshall

text: who

text: grew

text: up

text: in

text: Vermont

text: with

text: his

text: twin

text: brother

text: Alec

text: and

text: was

text: not

text: of

text: the

text: New

text: York

text: world

text: The

text: practicing

text: Tibetan

text: Buddhist

text: who

text: is

text: a

text: professor

text: of

text: historic

text: preservation

text: at

text: Roger

text: Williams

text: University

text: in

text: Rhode

text: Island

text: never

text: anticipated

text: the

text: findings

text: that

text: led

text: to

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text: father

text: 's

text: indictment

text: and

text: said

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text: merely

text: wanted

text: to

text: provide

text: my

text: grandmother

text: with

text: the

text: care

text: comfort

text: and

text: dignity

text: she

text: deserved

question: Who is accused of swindling millions?

answer: Anthony "Tony" Marshall,

text: Anthony "Tony" Marshall,

question: what illness did his mom have?

answer: Alzheimer's,

text: Alzheimer's,

question: Who gave $200 million to city?

answer: Vincent Astor Foundation,

text: Vincent Astor Foundation,

question: Who's criminal trial begins soon?

answer: Anthony "Tony" Marshall,

text: Anthony "Tony" Marshall,

question: how much has the foundation given?

answer: about $200 million.

text: about $200 million.

question: Who is socialite ?

answer: Brooke Astor,

text: Brooke Astor,

question: who's son is on trial?

answer: Brooke Astor,

text: Brooke Astor,

question: What is Tony Marshall charged with?

answer: grand larceny, possession of stolen property, forgery and conspiracy.

text: grand larceny, possession of stolen property, forgery and conspiracy.

question: How much did Brooke Astor's foundation donate to the city?

answer: $200 million.

text: $200 million.


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New York (CNN) -- A New York man is suing two airlines for $10 million, saying he was injured when he tackled the "underwear bomber" during a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day in 2009.

Theophilus Maranga filed the lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New York, alleging that he sustained physical and psychological injuries during the incident.

He is suing Delta Airlines and Air France-KLM for neglecting to prevent Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab from boarding Flight 253 on Northwest Airlines, which merged with Delta Airlines.

Both airlines declined to comment on the lawsuit.

It is unclear how federal agencies partner with authorities abroad to screen for potentially dangerous passengers aboard U.S.-bound flights and what responsibilities airlines bear in that process.

The 2009 incident -- referenced in the lawsuit -- started when passengers heard a loud noise aboard the plane, sounding much like a firecracker, according to Jonathan Tukel, chief of the National Security Unit for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Michigan.

AbdulMutallab became enveloped in a fireball that then spread to the wall and carpeting of the plane, yet he remained in his seat "expressionless, completely blank," Tukel said.

Four passengers restrained him and helped put out the fire, he added, and AbdulMutallab was escorted up to the first-class section of the plane.

Georgia resident Dimitrios Bessis said he was among the passengers who put out the fire. Michael Zantow, a 20-year Army veteran, was another of those who tried to restrain the suspected bomber.

Within a minute of the loud sound on the plane, a passenger said to AbdulMutallab, "Hey man, your pants are on fire!" Zantow later testified.

The Nigerian native, who in October pleaded guilty to trying to blow up the airplane, is facing the prospect of life behind bars.

U.S. officials say the terror group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was behind the bombing attempt.

Earlier this week, AbdulMutallab -- who has been acting as his own court representative -- asked U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds to replace attorney Anthony Chambers, who had been advising him.

In a handwritten letter to Edmunds, he said wants a different adviser, preferably a Muslim male attorney, citing that his relationship with Chambers had been strained.

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text: relationship

text: with

text: Chambers

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question: Who injured him?

answer: "underwear bomber"

text: "underwear bomber"

question: What man is saying he was injured

answer: Theophilus Maranga

text: Theophilus Maranga

question: How much is a man suing two airlines for?

answer: $10 million,

text: $10 million,

question: Both airlines declined to do what?

answer: comment on the lawsuit.

text: comment on the lawsuit.

question: What was the man injured doing?

answer: tackled the "underwear bomber" during a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day in 2009.

text: tackled the "underwear bomber" during a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day in 2009.

question: Who is he suing?

answer: two airlines

text: two airlines

question: What man is suing two airlines

answer: Theophilus Maranga

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(CNN)  -- John Daly dazzled the galleries at the Italian Open with his garish clothing but stayed in contention for the title after a second successive 69 in Turin.

Daly rolls a putt during his second round of 69 at the Italian Open.

Sporting a lime green top with a pair of psychedelic trousers, Daly was looking to improve on his tie for 31st in the Spanish Open.

The two-time major champion is playing on the European Tour after being handed a six-month ban in the United States after a series of lurid headlines.

But clearly showing the benefits of losing 20kg after having a gastric band fitted, Daly has shown glimpses of his best form.

"Yesterday could have been really low, but today could have been really high," he told the official European Tour Web site www.europeantour.com.

"I didn't hit it that great and one-putted the first five greens."

Daly was partnering home hope and 2007 champion Francesco Molinari and while struggled early on,  the Italian packed an eagle and two birdies into his first four holes to go joint leader.

But he then slipped back to five-under as he matched Daly with a 69.

Daniel Vancsik of Argentina was setting the pace on the second day after carding a six-under 65 for a halfway total of nine-under 133.

Daly, who had not played for four months before teeing up in Spain, will look to continue his improved form in lucrative upcoming events.

It was confirmed on Friday that he is to extend his stay by playing in the European Open at the London Club from May 28-31.

It will be a first appearance in the tournament by the "Wild Thing" who is promoting a new range of clothing to match his more slimline figure.

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question: Who is John Daly?

answer: champion

text: champion

question: Who has made his mark with his colorful clothing?

answer: John Daly

text: John Daly

question: What tour is he playing on?

answer: Italian Open

text: Italian Open

question: Who cards second straight 69?

answer: John Daly

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question: What is John Daly's nickname?

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- The Church of England is offering unmarried parents who want to tie the knot the option of having baptisms for their children at the same time.

Statistics show an increasing number of couples live together before their wedding day, the church says.

The offer is a response to demand after church-sponsored research showed that 20 percent of couples getting married in a church already had children, whether together or from a previous relationship, the church said.

It is also a way to make the church more welcoming for unmarried parents and their families, a church spokesman said.

The church is issuing new guidelines to priests that encourage them to offer parents the option of having a baptism or thanksgiving service for their child's birth at the same time as their wedding. The guidelines also advise priests on how to perform the dual ceremonies, the spokesman said.

"Patterns of relationship and marriage within society are presenting new opportunities for the church," said Bishop of Wakefield, Stephen Platten, who chairs the Church of England's Liturgical Commission.

"We are therefore offering guidance on how thanksgiving for the gift of a child, or indeed baptism, might be incorporated within a marriage service so that the church can respond pastorally to our changing world if a priest feels it would be advisable to offer this option." What do you think of the offer? Have your say

It has always been possible to hold both ceremonies at the same time, but priests didn't always know how to go about it, spokesman Howard Dobson said. The guidelines make it easier for priests to know how to offer and perform the dual ceremonies, he said.

Research from Britain's Office of National Statistics shows that for many couples, having children is now the first major milestone of adult life, ahead of marriage -- in contrast to their parents' generation, the church said.

Statistics also show an increasing number of couples now live together before their wedding day, the church said.

The Church of England said it hopes the ideas "will help churches show their welcome for couples with children, and give the whole family a special occasion and a new beginning."

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- The super-yachts of the super-rich could soon become super-green.

The solar sail: super-yachts could cut fuel consumption and emissions by using a sail similar to this.

Sydney-based technology company Solar Sailor is working on a "solar sail" which could act as both a sail and a solar power source to all sorts of large vessels.

Super-yachts owned by billionaires like Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen are currently among the biggest fuel guzzlers on the planet.

Some of the ocean-going beasts like Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's "Dubai," the biggest private super-yacht in the world, are over 150 meters long and contain amenities like aircraft hangars, movie theaters, Jacuzzis, and swimming pools.

All of these features sap incredible amounts of energy.

Fuel consumption estimates on super-yachts have ranged up to one liter of fuel per second when traveling at high power.

â¢ See a photo gallery of the world's best super-yachts

Solar Sailor's CEO Robert Dane told CNN the technology could work perfectly with super-yachts. He said the solar sails had the ability to significantly reduce the boats' fuel consumption and greenhouse-gas emissions.

"We think it would enable people to have their super-yacht but make little or no carbon footprint, which is the big problem with these vessels," he said.

Dane said the technology worked by using a wing that is a solar panel or a sail, pivotally mounted to a vessel so it can be angled to the sun or the wind.

The "sails" are controlled by a computer which takes into account the direction and strength of sun and wind to optimize energy collection.

A design project is currently underway in the United Kingdom to create a solar sail for the super-yachts, he said.

Dane said the company was working with Chinese shipping company COSCO to get solar sails on some of its fleet.

"Our aim is for a trail of retrofitted sails to one bulker and one tanker in 2010. Based on the results of this, then we would design 'new-build' vessels," he said.

Dane estimated the sail could save about 5 percent in fuel consumption from the solar power and another 20 to 40 percent from wind power when the vessel is traveling at 18 knots.

"This might add up to a 10 percent saving overall in the whole journey," Dane said.

He said there were further hopes that the technology could be improved by developing systems to raise and lower sails with fewer moving parts and store energy more efficiently.

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(CNN) -- This year's Nobel Peace Prize is divided between three women, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee of Liberia and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen, the Nobel committee announced Friday.

Since it was introduced at the beginning of the 20th century, the Peace Prize has become the preeminent award honoring individuals and organizations that work for peace, justice and financial and political stability, according to the Nobel Committee.

Here are some facts, figures and history behind the award:

The process

** Nominations come from lawmakers around the world, university professors, previous Nobel laureates and members of the Nobel committee.

** That committee -- made up of five distinguished Norwegians chosen by the country's parliament -- picks the winner.

** This year, a record 241 candidates were nominated. The winner is announced Friday, but the names of the other nominees won't be revealed for another 50 years.

The award

** The award consists of a medal, a personal diploma and a cash prize (10 million Swedish kronor, or about U.S. $1.4 million).

** The Peace medal has the inscription "Pro pace et fraternitate gentium," which means "For the peace and brotherhood of men."

** A person must be alive to be nominated. If they die during the consideration period, their name will be removed. Only if a person is announced as a winner and dies before the ceremony will a posthumous award be given.

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** The Nobel Peace Prize was created by Alfred Nobel, a Swedish scientist, industrialist and inventor of dynamite.

** Ninety-one Nobel Peace Prizes have been awarded since 1901. It was not awarded 19 times, most notably during World War I and World War II.

** Sixty-two Nobel Peace Prizes have been awarded to a single laureate; 28 prizes have been shared by two laureates. One time, the prize was shared between three people: Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin.

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** Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won last year but could not attend. The political activist and longtime critic of communist rule in China is serving an 11-year prison term for what the Chinese government calls "inciting subversion of state power."

** In 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama won for what the committee called "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."

** Martti Ahtisaari of Finland was the 2008 winner. It was his "important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades to resolve international conflicts" that got him the prize, according to the committee.

** The year before, Al Gore and the U.N.'s International Panel on Climate Change shared the prize for their "efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change," according to the committee.

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question: How many were nominated?

answer: three women,

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question: how many people share the nobel peace prize

answer: three

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question: Who has last year's winner?

answer: Liu Xiaobo

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question: How many women share the prize?

answer: three

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question: how many  candidates were nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize

answer: three women,

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question: how many  women shared  2011 Nobel Peace Prize

answer: three

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question: who is The award is named for

answer: Alfred Nobel,

text: Alfred Nobel,

question: what is the award named after

answer: Alfred Nobel,

text: Alfred Nobel,

question: how many people were nominated

answer: 241