| Florida Man Attempts To Buy 8-Year-Old For $200,000 At Walmart: Police Posted: 02 Oct 2018 10:42 AM PDT  A Florida man is facing charges after he allegedly attempted to buy an 8-year-
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| Confirming Brett Kavanaugh Now Would Destroy The Supreme Court As We Know It Posted: 01 Oct 2018 01:47 PM PDT  The Senate should not confirm Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to serve as an
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| Like Ted Cruz, Beto O'Rourke had a fiery, charismatic father. The similarities end there. Posted: 02 Oct 2018 02:00 AM PDT  Those who knew Pat O'Rourke see his influence all over his son's insurgent campaign for the U.S. Senate.
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| American Airlines flight diverted to Missouri due to unruly passenger Posted: 02 Oct 2018 12:01 PM PDT  A flight from Arizona to Massachusetts was forced to make an emergency landing
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| Time running out in search for survivors of Indonesia's quake Posted: 02 Oct 2018 12:11 PM PDT  "We hope the death toll does not rise," Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, said late on Tuesday. "We're continuing rescue operations but right now the team is racing against time." President Joko Widodo called on Tuesday for reinforcements in the search for survivors, saying everyone had to be found. Nugroho said rescuers had reached all four of the badly affected districts, which together have a population of 1.4 million, but he declined to give an estimate of casualties.
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| Trump notes Andrew Jackson 'continues to be on the $20 bill' Posted: 01 Oct 2018 05:56 PM PDT  The president pushes back against the drive to replace Andrew Jackson's portrait on the $20 bill with that of black icon Harriet Tubman.
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| Best Bites: Fall chicken avocado pear salad Posted: 02 Oct 2018 07:05 AM PDT  Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy your
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| Syria FM says Iran coordinated its ballistic missile strikes Posted: 02 Oct 2018 11:33 AM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's foreign minister said in remarks broadcast Tuesday that the Iranian ballistic missile attack on militants in eastern Syria the previous day was part of "legitimate" cooperation between the two countries to combat terrorism.
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| Renault presents infotainment system for the vehicles of the future at 2018 Paris Motor Show Posted: 02 Oct 2018 05:03 AM PDT  Renault has a new immersive experience in store for this year's Paris Motor Show, October 4-14, taking visitors into the multimedia world of the vehicles of the future by means of a spectacular capsule on the French car manufacturer's stand. Renault has chosen to unveil its Augmented Editorial Experience (AEX) at the 2018 Paris Motor Show. This exclusive voice assistant prototype uses artificial intelligence to propose customized and contextualized content, as well as multimedia experiences, to enrich onboard travel time.
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| Photographer shows France in a whole new light through enchanting infrared shots Posted: 02 Oct 2018 12:01 PM PDT ![Photographer shows France in a whole new light through enchanting infrared shots]( "Photographer shows France in a whole new light through enchanting infrared shots") Photographer Pierre-Louis Ferrer shows viewers the beauty of France in a whole new light, shooting the country in beautiful infrared. Ferrer's images are as enchanting as they are intriguing, displaying a whole new variation of color in shrubs, grass and trees, as well as famous landmarks. In some of Ferrer's works, the foliage is an eye-catching canary yellow — a stark contrast to the more normal shades in the remainder of the images. In other works, whole forests glow red, giving the French countryside an otherworldly look. (Caters News)
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| Julie Swetnick, 3rd Kavanaugh Accuser, Speaks Out In NBC Interview Posted: 01 Oct 2018 09:04 PM PDT  Julie Swetnick, one of the women who has publicly accused Brett Kavanaugh of
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| Divers Find Body of Passenger Who Died Escaping Micronesia Flight That Crashed in Lagoon Posted: 01 Oct 2018 10:36 AM PDT  Air Niugini had initially said all 47 passengers and crew had survived
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| North Korea tells US it will not denuclearise in return for peace treaty Posted: 02 Oct 2018 02:45 AM PDT  North Korea has ruled out dismantling its nuclear arsenal in exchange for the US declaring an end to the Korean War, saying on Tuesday that a peace treaty should "never be a bargaining chip." The North has for decades demanded that the US formally declare the end of the 1950-53 conflict that was halted only with an armistice, saying an official end to the war would ease tensions on the flashpoint peninsula. At a summit with the South's President Moon Jae-in last month, the North's leader Kim Jong-un offered to shut down its main Yongbyon nuclear complex if Washington takes "corresponding measures". Kim did not elaborate on what those measure might be, but state news agency KCNA said in a commentary that some US experts have suggested trading the end of the war for denuclearisation. It flatly described that as only the "most basic... process" to restore ties, not a point for negotiation. "The end of war... is not just a gift from a man to another at all. Furthermore, it can never be a bargaining chip for getting the DPRK denuclearised," it said, using the North's full name. KCNA said that Pyongyang was willing to take "such... steps as eternal dismantlement" of its nuclear complex "if the US takes a corresponding measure" but again did not elaborate. Inside North Korea: fascinating images of the world's most secretive state Cho Sung-ryul, analyst at the Institute of National Security Strategy, said the commentary may be aimed at limiting Washington's room for manoeuvre. "The North is trying to reduce the negotiating value of Washington's potential offer of a peace treaty, by suggesting that 'it's not good enough to make us denuclearise'," he told South Korea's news agency Yonhap. A landmark summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump in June led to a warming of ties, but there has been little concrete progress toward denuclearisation. The North's foreign minister Ri Yong Ho also told the UN last month that there was "no way" his country would disarm first as long as the US pushes for tough enforcement of sanctions against Pyongyang. Trump however lauded Kim, saying last week the pair had fallen "in love" - their bromance fuelled by "beautiful letters" he recently received from the young leader. The ceasefire that halted the bloody conflict and divided the Korean peninsula was signed by the North, its military ally China and the US - which fought on the side of the South. The South did not take part as its then-leader refused to end the war unless the whole peninsula was unified. On Tuesday a top South Korean official told MPs that North Korea is estimated to have up to 60 nuclear weapons, in Seoul's first public comment about the size of the North's secrecy-clouded weapons arsenal. Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon told parliament the estimates on the size of North Korea's nuclear arsenal range from 20 bombs to as many as 60, saying the information came from the intelligence authorities. The National Intelligence Service, South Korea's main spy agency, did not immediately comment and it is believed Cho may have revealed the information unintentionally. His ministry said on Tuesday that Cho's comments didn't mean that South Korea would accept North Korea as a nuclear state, suggesting Seoul's diplomatic efforts to rid the North of its nuclear program would continue. North Korean missile ranges The South Korean assessment on the North's arsenal is not much different from various outside civilian estimates largely based on the amount of nuclear materials that North is believed to have produced. According to South Korean government reports, North Korea is believed to have produced 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of weaponised plutonium, enough for at least eight bombs. Stanford University scholars, including nuclear physicist Siegfried Hecker, who visited North Korea's centrifuge facility at Nyongbyon in 2010, wrote earlier this year that North Korea is estimated to have a highly enriched uranium inventory of 250 to 500 kilograms (550 to 1,100 pounds), sufficient for 25 to 30 nuclear devices. Many foreign experts say North Korea is likely to be running additional secret uranium-enrichment plants.
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| Deadly tsunami strikes Indonesia Posted: 01 Oct 2018 09:30 AM PDT  More than 800 people are dead after an earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck Indonesia.
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| The Latest: Russia delivers S-300 air defenses to Syria Posted: 02 Oct 2018 11:00 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the Syria conflict (all times local):
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| Maddox Ritch Case: Witness Says Boy Was Running Toward Park's Office on Day He Vanished Posted: 01 Oct 2018 10:52 AM PDT  When she heard that a little boy had disappeared, Brooke Sheppard said she knew it was the same child.
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| PepsiCo joins Coca-Cola in exploring cannabis drinks Posted: 02 Oct 2018 09:35 AM PDT  PepsiCo on Tuesday joined the growing list of big companies to confirm potential interest in making drinks with cannabis. Hugh Johnston, chief financial officer of the soda and snacks giant, acknowledged the company's interest in an interview with CNBC. "We will look at it very critically," Johnston said of cannabis on an interview with CNBC.
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| Senate GOP's Outside Counsel Says 'Reasonable Prosecutor' Would Not Bring Case Against Kavanaugh Posted: 30 Sep 2018 09:53 PM PDT  Rachel Mitchell argues that a "reasonable prosecutor" would not bring a case against Kavanaugh based on Blasey's allegations.
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| Boy, 2, Among 3 Killed in Pennsylvania Car Explosion That Police Call a 'Criminal Incident' Posted: 01 Oct 2018 01:21 PM PDT  The child's father and a family friend were also killed
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| NAFTA 2.0 Is Just the Next Step of Trump's Trade Wars Posted: 02 Oct 2018 11:28 AM PDT  And it clears the path to further confront China.
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| Audi’s CEO, in Jail, Steps Down from Audi and Volkswagen Boards [Update] Posted: 02 Oct 2018 07:51 AM PDT ![Audi's CEO, in Jail, Steps Down from Audi and Volkswagen Boards [Update]](http://l1.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/IwV0G4BCzAUAabubVdkEvQ--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/homerun/car_and_driver_581/3f492da490a1a1fcebfc7e92b288ad48 "Audi's CEO, in Jail, Steps Down from Audi and Volkswagen Boards [Update]") An unprecedented move by German prosecutors.
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| Russia completes delivery of S-300 missile system to Syria Posted: 02 Oct 2018 03:00 PM PDT  Russia has delivered an S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Syria, it said on Tuesday, in defiance of Israeli and US concerns that the arms sale would embolden Iran and escalate the Syrian war. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin during a meeting broadcast by Rossiya 24 TV: "The work was finished a day ago," adding that the system would improve the security of Russian military personal in Syria. Russia decided to supply the system after Moscow accused Israel of indirectly causing the downing of a Russian military jet near Syria in September. Israel voiced regret at the deaths of 15 Russian air crew while saying Syrian incompetence was at fault and that it was compelled to continue taking action against suspected deployments of Iranian-backed forces across its northern border. "We have not changed our strategic line on Iran," Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet, said on Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu Credit: Alexei Nikolsky "We will not allow Iran to open up a third front against us. We will take actions as required," he told Israel Radio. In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert could not confirm reports that the S-300 had been delivered. "I cannot confirm that that is accurate. I hope that they did not," she told a press briefing. "That would be, I think, sort of a serious escalation in concerns and issues going on in Syria, but I just can't confirm it."
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| Budget airline files for bankruptcy, hundreds of passengers stranded Posted: 02 Oct 2018 10:38 AM PDT  Primera Air announced Sunday night that it would cease all operations starting Oct. 2 and file for bankruptcy.
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| Kyrie Irving Wishes He Had Never Said The World Is Flat Posted: 01 Oct 2018 04:10 PM PDT  Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving is sorry he ever said the Earth was flat.
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| Amazon bumps US minimum wage to $15 amid scarce labor Posted: 02 Oct 2018 01:39 PM PDT  Online retail giant Amazon announced Tuesday it would raise its starting wage for US workers to $15 an hour, amid long-standing criticism of low pay, and would advocate for a higher minimum wage nationwide. The pay raise will apply to 250,000 employees starting November 1 and to the more than 100,000 seasonal workers the company expects to hire for the holiday shopping season, it said. Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said the company -- valued at nearly $1 trillion -- was heeding complaints about its pay structure.
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| Grassley Releases Bizarre Letter From Former Weatherman To Undermine Kavanaugh Accuser Posted: 02 Oct 2018 03:36 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, seeking to
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| Fresh Earthquakes Strike Disaster-Hit Indonesia Posted: 01 Oct 2018 11:44 PM PDT  More earthquakes rattled Indonesia on Tuesday as authorities raced to provide aid, and search for victims
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| Greece says opportunity to resolve Macedonia name issue must not be wasted Posted: 01 Oct 2018 05:21 AM PDT  The Greek government said on Monday the opportunity to solve a dispute over the name of Macedonia must not be wasted, a day after a referendum showed backing for a deal on the issue but failed to achieve the required turnout. A vast majority of voters supported the deal reached between Athens and Skopje in June under which the country's name would be changed to the Republic of North Macedonia. Macedonia's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev failed to secure the 50 percent turnout required to make the vote valid and has pledged to press on with a vote in parliament.
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| Investigators back on scene of deadly Pennsylvania car blast Posted: 01 Oct 2018 03:02 PM PDT  ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities said Monday that the three people who died in a car explosion in downtown Allentown, including a father and his toddler son, all knew each other, but the cause of the explosion remained under investigation.
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| The 2018 BMW 230i Is a Blast, Even with an Automatic Posted: 01 Oct 2018 12:40 PM PDT  BMW's least expensive car is also its most driver-focused.
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| US midterm elections 2018 poll tracker: Who will win the Congress? Posted: 01 Oct 2018 01:45 AM PDT  On November 6, America will go to the polls to elect members for each of the 435 House seats and 35 of the 100 Senate seats in Congress. Donald Trump and the Republicans will hope to maintain their majority in both houses during the midterm elections, but with the Democrats having a healthy lead in the polls, it is believed that they have a decent chance of taking the House of Representatives. A Democrat victory in either chamber would grant powers to open investigations into President Trump, so the stakes are high. The latest polling and forecasts indicate that Donald Trump and the Republicans could hold onto both houses, although the House of Representatives looks the more likely to fall to the Democrats. But the Republican president, who has faced tough weeks after his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was found guilty of eight charges in his fraud trial, is reportedly planning 40 days of campaigning for the elections, and so the polls are likely to move further before election day. US mid term elections header General ballot between Republicans and Democrats The latest polls show that the Democrats are around eight percentage points ahead of the Republicans, standing at an average of 48.2 per cent compared to the Republicans' 40.6 per cent. This is an average of the last eight polls, and has indicated a consistent lead for the Democrats on a national level. While the Democrats are ahead in the general ballot, both the House of Representatives and the Senate are decided by a series of local elections, which means that the Republicans may still hold both houses. The Democrats need 24 seats to flip the House of Representatives, and two to flip the Senate. But to make matters harder, the Democrats are defending 26 of the 35 seats up for election in the Senate this time. US mid term elections poll tracker House of Representatives forecast: Democrats knocking on the door Of the 435 seats up for re-election in the House of Representatives, the Democrats need to flip 24 seats - something that should be within reach for the party. The latest forecast, from the Cook Report, has the Democrats on a likely 204 seats and the Republicans on 201. This means that the remaining 30 "toss-up" seats, which are too close to call, will be incredibly important for the outcome of the election. House of Representatives forecast Senate forecast: A tough Republican nut to crack Only needing two seats to take the Senate, it would at first seem that the Democrats should be able to take control. But there is an issue with this: Of the 35 seats up for election, 26 are currently defended by the Democrats. That means that the Democrats need to claim two seats from the remaining eight Republican-defended seats. According to the Cook Report forecast, this seems unlikely, as there are only 44 seats that are marked as "leaning" Democrat or stronger. To claim a majority, the party would have to pick up a further seven seats that are either toss-ups or leaning towards the Republicans Senate forecast Key seats to watch In the 2016 presidential election, Trump won big in rural and working class communities. This helped him flip - albeit with small margins - traditionally Democrat states in the rust belt, including Wisconsin and Michigan. If the Democrats are to have hope of taking the House of Representatives from the Republicans, they need to ensure that they retain seats in these areas, before moving onto Republican territory in others. US cartogram map - House seat forecasts A series of both Republican and Democrat seats are currently classed as a "toss-up" by the Cook Report, indicating that there could be turnovers for both parts in the mid terms. The Republicans will hope to hold onto their under siege seats in places like Tennessee and West Virginia, while making inroads in Democrat areas that Trump claimed with huge majorites in the 2016 presidential election. Seats in Indiana and North Dakota are among those places where the Republicans will hope that Trump's base will help them flip seats. Key seats to watch in the Senate Does President Trump's approval rating matter? Donald Trump's approval ratings are at relatively healthy and stable levels as the mid-terms according to The Telegraph's poll tracker. The tracker, which takes an average of the last eight polls, puts Trump's approval rating on 41 per cent in mid-September. While this level is quite high for Trump, it is relatively low for sitting presidents - and this is important, as presidential approval ratings are a good indicator of net losses at mid term elections. Only two presidents - Truman (1946 and 1950), and Bush (2006) - had a lower approval rating than Trump when going into their respective mid term elections. All three of these ended up losing over 28 seats in the House of Representatives and over five in the Senate. Presidential approval matters, and Trump's is lower than most The Telegraph's poll tracker takes an average of the last eight polls in order to take a full picture of the broad movements in the polling environment and not put too much weight on individual polls. Polls used are nationally representative with adequate sample sizes.
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| Chinese ship comes ‘within 45 yards’ of US destroyer in South China Sea Posted: 01 Oct 2018 05:12 PM PDT  An American navy ship came dangerously close to a Chinese warship during a recent exercise, forcing the US destroyer to perform evasive manoeuvres to avoid a collision. The incident has been called an "unsafe" encounter between the two ships by Pentagon officials, and at one point the Chinese ship was reportedly around 45 yards from the American vessel. "A [Chinese] Luyang destroyer approached USS Decatur in an unsafe and unprofessional manoeuvre in the vicinity of Gaven Reef in the South China Sea," Captain Charles Brown, a spokesman for US Pacific Fleet, said in a statement.
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| North Korea's Kim Jong Un Sent These Puppies as a Peace Gift to South Korea Posted: 01 Oct 2018 01:26 AM PDT  Two snow white dogs, one male and one female, were sent over the DMZ last week
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| John Oliver Exposes The Utter Hypocrisy Of Pro-Lifers On Brett Kavanaugh Posted: 01 Oct 2018 02:15 AM PDT  John Oliver broke the "Last Week Tonight" format and turned the entire show
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| Indonesia: Death toll tops 1,300 after destructive earthquake, tsunami Posted: 02 Oct 2018 03:42 AM PDT  Over 1,300 people have died after a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday and triggered a devastating tsunami.
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| Engine and Transmission Posted: 01 Oct 2018 08:59 AM PDT  From Car and DriverEngine and Transmission Rating:
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| Jack Ma Says Trade War Will Destroy Commerce, Hurt Everyone Posted: 02 Oct 2018 05:58 AM PDT  "It's going to destroy not only China-U.S. trade, it will destroy a lot of small businesses," Ma said during a speech at the World Trade Organization on Tuesday. Members of the rules-making body, including the European Union and Canada, are pushing plans to reform the WTO, which they say is encumbered by outdated regulations, an anemic negotiating agenda and a broken dispute settlement system.
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| North, South Korea begin removing landmines along fortified border Posted: 01 Oct 2018 02:15 AM PDT  Project details were agreed during last month's summit in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, between its leader, Kim Jong Un, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. In a statement, the ministry said the two sides agreed to remove all landmines in the so-called Joint Security Area (JSA) in Panmunjom within the next 20 days, with military engineers performing the hazardous task on the South Korean side. There was no immediate confirmation from North Korea that its troops had begun the process.
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| The 7 Home Decor Sales We're Excited About This Week Posted: 01 Oct 2018 10:58 AM PDT  Consider us your personal shoppers
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| Former Classmate Says Kavanaugh Started a College Bar Fight Posted: 01 Oct 2018 04:39 PM PDT  "The next thing you know, Brett throws his beer at the guy"
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| Police say a 12-year-old Boy Scout has died after being buried in sand Posted: 01 Oct 2018 08:58 AM PDT  Gage Wilson was flown to a Kalamazoo area hospital, where he later died.
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| California becomes first state to require women on corporate boards Posted: 01 Oct 2018 05:32 AM PDT  California has become the first state in the US to require publicly traded companies to include women on their board of directors. Governor Jerry Brown signed the new measure – which necessitates at least one female director on the board of each California-based public operation by the end of 2019 – into law on Sunday. A fourth of publicly held corporations with headquarters in California do not have any women on their boards of directors.
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