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    The front porch of Amanda Berry’s home is decorated with balloons and signs in Cleveland. Berry, 27, Michelle Knight, 32, and Gina DeJesus, had apparently been held captive in a house since their teens or early 20s, police said. Photograph: Tony Dejak/AP

    The front porch of Amanda Berry’s home is decorated with balloons and signs in Cleveland. Berry, 27, Michelle Knight, 32, and Gina DeJesus, had apparently been held captive in a house since their teens or early 20s, police said. Photograph: Tony Dejak/AP

  2. City in lockdown: Bostonians tweet images of deserted streets

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    Boston residents have been told to stay inside as police hunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old suspect in the marathon bombing, lending an eerie calm to streets around the city. With mass transit shut down and no cars on the road, many in the locked-down neighbourhoods have taken to Twitter and Instagram to share images of the usually bustling streets now almost entirely deserted

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    What causes sinkholes?

    It’s the stuff of nightmares: last week, the ground opened up and swallowed a Florida man as he lay sleeping in his home. But why do these sinkholes occur and how widespread are they?

    Photos: 1. Three buildings collapsed after a huge hole appeared in, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China on 28 Jan 2013. There are no casualties from the incident, which was near a metro tunnel construction site. Imaginechina/Rex Features. 2. Guatemala city, 2007 Photograph: Ulises Rodriguez/EPA/Corbis

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