Word: ben
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...Gabon Violence Follows Vote Ali Ben Bongo was set to fill the shoes of his late father Omar Bongo as Gabon's next President after winning the sub-Saharan nation's presidential elections Sept. 3. But demonstrators demanding change after 41 years of Omar Bongo's rule responded with violence, torching shops, a police station and the French consulate. Ali Ben Bongo's challengers allege stuffing of ballot boxes and "incomprehensible swelling of voter lists" and call for a recount, although they have so far offered no evidence of tampering...
...perfect family foursome - Kate (Demi Moore) and Steve (David Duchovny) and their teen kids Jenn (Amber Heard) and Mick (Ben Hollingsworth) - motor toward their new suburban home, Steve smiles and says, "We are gonna do some serious damage in this town." Damage? Their upmarket neighbors instantly fall in love with the Joneses and all their cool stuff: the golf clubs, electronics, cosmetics. These nice folks have everything, and everyone else wants it all. Is it affordable? We'll worry about that later...
...Junior Ben Graeff has earned the other starting end position, and will also see a huge jump in his playing time after recording six tackles a year...
...Another young team with an inexperienced quarterback, Cornell will try to replicate last year’s hot 3-0 start. The Big Red faltered down the stretch, winning just one of its final seven games, and will be without graduated All-Ivy quarterback Nathan Ford.Senior Ben Ganter will be taking the snaps, protected by an experienced offensive line led by senior Quentin Bernhard. The defense will be anchored by senior linebacker Chris Costello, who was third in the league in tackles...
...President Obama prior to a CNBC interview, news of which is tweeted by ABC's Terry Moran, after which said tweet is quickly apologized for and removed by ABC News because it was an "off-the-record" comment, after which video of the comment is posted by Politico's Ben Smith, after which said video is quickly removed by Politico because of something to do with being "respectful to a fellow news-gathering operation," but obviously there's no way such a thing can be kept hidden so here it is • Jimmy Carter - he's just bursting with opinions...