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• Dragon float catches fire at Disney World

  11-05-2018 23:57 via yahoo.com
  Walt Disney World Public Affairs said the dragon float in its Festival of Fantasy parade at the Magic Kingdom caught fire Friday afternoon.
  
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• TV Shows Canceled Too Soon In 2018

  11-05-2018 23:49 via gamespot.com
  
  It's that time of the year where television networks decide what gets renewed and what gets canceled, and on social media, we all let out a slew of sorrowful tweets as we commemorate the loss of our favorite television series. This year has been a troubling one to say the least as one of the best comedies and best sci-fi series were both canceled.Almost as an "in memoriam," we are taking a look at shows canceled in 2018 that were taken way too soon from us. These shows were canceled because of
  
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• NASA will send a tiny helicopter to Mars in 2020

  11-05-2018 23:46 via yahoo.com
  NASA announced that it's sending a helicopter to Mars in a little over two years.  If successful, this aerial Mars explorer, with a body about the size of a football, would be the first helicopter to fly on another planet.  NASA hopes to launch the prototype to Mars with the agency's 2020 rover, which is designed to hunt for signs of past life on the red planet. SEE ALSO: SpaceX launches, then lands, a brand new version of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket “After the Wright Brothers
  
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• Get to the Chopper! NASA Is Sending a Helicopter to Mars in 2020

  11-05-2018 23:42 via yahoo.com
  The mission will launch in 2020
  
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• Best New Car Deals for Grads

  11-05-2018 23:36 via yahoo.com
  Each spring, millions of young people move on from high school or college to their next big adventure. For some, that's a new career, for others, it's a summer job, or preparing for college in th...
  
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• New Rainbow Six Siege Map, Season 2 Details Revealed

  11-05-2018 23:34 via gamespot.com
  
  Ubisoft has shared some more details on what awaits in Rainbow Six Siege's upcoming Operation Para Bellum update. The update kicks off the second season of Year 3, and along with introducing two new Operators and other features, it makes two major balance changes to the game.First, Echo will receive a significant buff following the update. Specifically, Ubisoft is giving him a second Yokai drone. The max charge for each of his drones has also been decreased, from 3 to 2, while the recharge time
  
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• SpaceX launches most powerful Falcon 9 yet

  11-05-2018 23:31 via yahoo.com
  The rocket is designed to require far less maintenance and refurbishment between flights, and is certified to carry humans to space later this year when SpaceX launches its Dragon crew capsule to the International Space Station.The Block 5 Falcon 9 rocket's main goal for its maiden mission was to propel a communications satellite for Bangladesh, called Bangabandhu Satellite-1, to a geostationary transfer orbit roughly 22,000 miles (35,000 kilometers) above Earth.
  
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• Accused Golden State Killer Faces Four Additional Murder Counts

  11-05-2018 23:23 via yahoo.com
  Prosecutors in California have filed four additional counts of murder against
  
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• SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket

  11-05-2018 23:22 via yahoo.com
  SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
  
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• Bethesda E3 2018 Showcase May Be Company's Longest Ever

  11-05-2018 23:11 via gamespot.com
  
  Bethesda only began hosting its own E3 showcases a few years ago, and the company has already become known for packing them with surprise announcements. As E3 2018 approaches, company marketing VP Pete Hines says this year's could end up being the longest they've ever done."Bethesda Showcase is in one month. I'm starting to get excited," Hines said in a tweet. "We have a lot to show you this year. Might be our longest E3 Showcase ever? Not sure, but it's packed."As a strategy, Bethesda tends to
  
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• After Rage 2 Leak, Bethesda Teases Pre-E3 Announcement - GameSpot Daily

  11-05-2018 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  After Rage 2 seemingly leaked earlier this week, Bethesda tweeted a bunch of cryptic images, while Sony announced Spider-Man, The Last of Us Part 2, and more for E3.
  
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• How major US stock indexes fared Friday

  11-05-2018 22:59 via yahoo.com
  The major U.S. stock indexes closed mostly higher Friday as health care company gains outweighed losses in technology and other sectors. Despite the uneven finish, the market ended the week with its best weekly gain since early March.
  
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• Save $100 On A Great 4K TV--Saturday Only

  11-05-2018 22:57 via gamespot.com
  
  If you're on the lookout for a new TV, you'll want to check out this deal at Best Buy. For one day only--Saturday, May 12--you can get a 55-inch 4K TCL television for $100 off, bringing the price down to $500. The deal is available both online and at brick-and-mortar Best Buy stores, but it's only live for one day.The TV comes with all the must-have features you can get in a sub-$1,000 TV in 2018. It offers 4K resolution and Dolby Vision HDR, which increases the contrast and offers brighter, mor
  
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• AP Explains: Unprecedented tension between Iran and Israel

  11-05-2018 22:41 via yahoo.com
  BEIRUT (AP) — In the escalating confrontation between Israel and Iran, Israel's defense minister called on Syria's President Bashar Assad on Friday to rid his country of Iranian forces based there — warning their presence will only cause more trouble to the already war-ravaged country.
  
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• White House won't deny joke reportedly made by staffer about John McCain

  11-05-2018 22:39 via yahoo.com
  During a briefing at the White House, Sarah Sanders would not deny the crude joke a White House aide reportedly told about John McCain.
  
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• Police arrest 14-year-old boy after 15-year-old shot at school in Palmdale, California

  11-05-2018 22:37 via yahoo.com
  A 15-year-old boy has been taken to hospital after being shot in the arm at a school in California, in what sheriffs say was an argument between pupils. The 14-year-old gunman, described by police as a Hispanic juvenile male and a former student at the school, has been arrested and a rifle confiscated. The school has reopened. Police were called to two different schools in the town Palmdale on Friday morning following reports of two separate shootings. The alarm was raised at Highland high
  
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• Oligarch Viktor Vekselberg's Trump ties raise suspicion

  11-05-2018 22:37 via yahoo.com
  Michael Carpenter, former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, helps Joy Reid untangle the threads that connect Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg to Donald Trump.
  
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• From AT&T to Facebook, the corporate apology tour is in full swing

  11-05-2018 22:34 via yahoo.com
  For some brands, an apology is a matter of corporate survival. For others, not apologizing for anything is the brand itself.
  
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• Israeli gunfire kills Palestinian as border protest builds to climax

  11-05-2018 22:33 via yahoo.com
  By Nidal al-MughrabiGAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed a Palestinian and hundreds of others were hurt on Friday, Palestinian medical workers said, bringing to 44 the number killed during a six-week protest at the Gaza-Israel border.The protests are building to a climax on May 15, the day Palestinians call the "Nakba" or "Catastrophe", marking the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the conflict surrounding the creation of Israel in 1948.Others suffered the effects of tea
  
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• Police: Stalker sent 65,000 texts, had bath at victim's home

  11-05-2018 22:31 via yahoo.com
  PHOENIX (AP) — A first date turned into a nightmare for a Phoenix man when the woman he met became so obsessed, she bombarded him with more than 65,000 text messages and took a bath after breaking into his house, authorities said in court documents.
  
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• Brand Updates the Insides of Model S and Model X

  11-05-2018 22:29 via yahoo.com
  Tesla Model S and X updates
  
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• How This 'Super Mom' Juggles Daily Life With 16 Kids

  11-05-2018 22:21 via yahoo.com
  The family goes through 42 loads of laundry a week, and they have their own bus.
  
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• Fortnite: Battle Royale's 50v50 Mode Returns Again For A Limited Time

  11-05-2018 22:21 via gamespot.com
  
  Another limited-time event is now underway in Fortnite: Battle Royale. In addition to the ongoing Avengers-inspired Infinity Gauntlet Mashup event, where you can play as Thanos, Epic has brought back 50v50 mode for a third run on PS4, Xbox One, PC, and iOS.What's particularly notable about 50v50's return is that it marks the first time that two limited-time modes are running concurrently in Fortnite. Previously, Epic would only host one limited-time event at a time, which would rotate out after
  
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• The Latest: Israel army says car rams into West Bank soldier

  11-05-2018 22:13 via yahoo.com
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Latest on Palestinian protests in Gaza that turned deadly when Israeli troops fired into the crowd. (all times local):
  
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• Hawaii residents shaken by tremors, brace for new lava outbreaks

  11-05-2018 22:11 via yahoo.com
  By Karin StantonPAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) - Dozens of tremors rattled residents on Hawaii's Big Island on Friday as molten rock from Kilauea volcano flowed under an area where homes have already been destroyed by fiery lava geysers.Fifteen large cracks or fissures have opened on the eastern flank of Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, destroying dozens of houses and other structures and forcing around 2,000 people to evacuate their homes.New outbreaks of lava were expected in or aro
  
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• John Kelly stirs familiar controversy with rare interview

  11-05-2018 22:09 via yahoo.com
  John Burnett, NPR Southwest correspondent, talks with Joy Reid about his interview with Donald Trump chief of staff John Kelly.
  
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• Cheney: US should restart harsh interrogations, back Haspel

  11-05-2018 22:02 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney said the U.S. should restart the harsh detention and interrogation practices used on terror suspects after 9/11, and called on the Senate to confirm CIA nominee Gina Haspel.
  
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• The Week's Best Deals On Video Games And Movies

  11-05-2018 22:01 via gamespot.com
  
  The week may be young, but we're already knee-deep in sales on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch games. You can even find decent discounts on hardware like the Xbox One X and Nintendo 2DS XL. So if you're in the market for a new game or a new system, check out the sales below, because there's a fairly good chance you can find a deal on what you're after.MultiplatformFortnite players with Twitch Prime accounts can now pick up their free Fortnite skin and items in Fortnite Twitch Prime Pack #2. P
  
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• Pompeo: US will help make NKorea rich if it disarms

  11-05-2018 22:00 via yahoo.com
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that if North Korea agrees to surrender its nuclear arsenal, Washington will work with Pyongyang to rebuild its tiny economy."If North Korea takes bold action to quickly denuclearize, the United States is prepared to work with North Korea to achieve prosperity on par with our South Korean friends," he said.Pompeo was speaking after talks with his South Korean opposite number Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha to prepare for a historic June 12 summit bet
  
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• White House slams Iran for 'reckless actions' against Israel, Saudi Arabia

  11-05-2018 21:56 via yahoo.com
  The White House on Friday slammed Iran for its "reckless actions" that it warned pose a "severe threat" to stability in Middle East.The statement came after Iranian forces in Syria were accused by Israel of launching some 20 missiles into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, prompting Israeli strikes against positions held by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) inside Syria.
  
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• Baltimore police commissioner suspended after tax charges

  11-05-2018 21:46 via yahoo.com
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore's police commissioner was suspended with pay one day after being charged with three misdemeanor counts of failure to file taxes, the city's mayor announced Friday.
  
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• Joe Biden Berates White House Over 'Joke' About John McCain's Health

  11-05-2018 21:43 via yahoo.com
  Former Vice President Joe Biden had two words to describe the moral standing
  
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• The Latest: Hawaii officials plead for visitors to visit

  11-05-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) — The Latest on a Hawaii volcano eruption (all times local):
  
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• Donald Trump had 'no idea' his personal attorney was selling White House insight, Rudy Giuliani claims

  11-05-2018 21:35 via yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump was unaware that his long-time lawyer was selling his insight into the workings of the White House after his election, a member of the president’s legal team has said.Rudy Giuliani – the latest addition to Mr Trump’s team managing his response to the Russia investigation – said he was “quite certain” the president did not know about the post-election activities of his then-lawyer, Michael Cohen.Mr Cohen earned millions of dollars selling
  
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• Next-Day Style: UPS Testing the Most Fetching Electric Delivery Trucks

  11-05-2018 21:32 via yahoo.com
  Big Brown is looking into Arrival for the future of local delivery - but only if you happen to be in London or Paris.
  
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• Father shoots and kills teenage daughter’s two dogs for not doing dishes, say police

  11-05-2018 21:23 via yahoo.com
  A father shot and killed his teenage daughter’s two dogs to punish her for not doing the dishes, police said.Jeffrey Don Edwards 17-year-old daughter told investigators he “got mad at her" earlier this week, for not having cleaned the house or done the washing up, and “began throwing dishes”, according to court records filed by Oklahoma County sheriff’s office.The girl phoned Ms DePee, who picked up her daughter from Mr Edwards’ house.
  
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• Why It's So Tough to Avoid Romaine Lettuce

  11-05-2018 21:22 via yahoo.com
  Romaine has become the "it" lettuce. It's found, of course, in a wide variety of salads and lettuce mixes and turns up in sandwiches, wraps, burritos—anywhere a little crunch is called for. “Roma...
  
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• PUBG: New Sanhok Map Test Is Live With Updates On PC

  11-05-2018 21:19 via gamespot.com
  
  The third round of testing for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds's new Sanhok map (formerly known as Codename: Savage) is now underway on PC. For the next few days, everyone who's purchased PUBG on Steam will be able to try the smaller island map, which boasts a number of changes for this test.As developer PUBG Corp. detailed in the patch notes for the third Sanhok test, the map now features four new areas: Cave, Tambang, Lakawi, Na Kham. To go along with the map's new name, PUBG Corp. has also rena
  
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• Nintendo Switch Adds 13 New Games, Free Arms Demo On Eshop This Week

  11-05-2018 21:13 via gamespot.com
  
  A new batch of games is now available for Nintendo Switch. This week is fairly light in terms of releases, with only 13 titles arriving the Eshop. And while none are quite as big as last week's major release, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, they include a few gems that are worth a look if you need something new to play on Nintendo's hybrid console.Headlining this week's Switch releases is WayForward's well-received platformer, Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition. This version of the
  
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• PS4 E3 2018 Press Conference Won't Have New Hardware, Will Focus On Four Games

  11-05-2018 21:10 via gamespot.com
  
  Sony has detailed some of the games it will focus on during its E3 2018 press conference. Speaking on the PlayStation Blogcast, chairman of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios Shawn Layden indicated that PlayStation won't have a traditional press conference, and will instead feature "exclusive looks and deep dives on four" upcoming titles: Death Stranding, Ghost of Tsushima, Spider-Man, and The Last of Us Part II.Beyond these titles, there will be announcements with third-party publ
  
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• Fortnite Changes Thanos Yet Again In Infinity Gauntlet's Latest Update

  11-05-2018 21:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Epic Games is updating Fortnite again to make changes to the limited-time Avengers: Infinity War mode, Infinity Gauntlet, which features the mega-powerful Thanos. Specifically, the update will change his attributes to make him more powerful, but also somewhat easier to kill.Starting off, Thanos' Beam is now deadlier; it does 20 damage instead of 12. Additionally, punch damage is increased from 80 to 100. Balancing this out somewhat is the fact that Thanos' health now stands at 500 instead of 800
  
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• The Predator 2018 Movie Trailer: Check Out The First Kick-Ass Look

  11-05-2018 21:06 via gamespot.com
  
  The first trailer for the much-anticipated The Predator is here. The movie is the latest entry in the long-running sci-fi action franchise that started with the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic Predator in 1987, and it hits theaters in September.The trailer opens with a kid playing with some alien tech he finds in a box, which seems to be controlling a Predator ship, causing it to crash on the Earth. We then see an army specialist played by Boyd Holbrook being interrogated about what he saw on a ju
  
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• Han Solo: A Star Wars Story Movie Reviews: Read Critics' First Reactions

  11-05-2018 21:06 via gamespot.com
  
  The first reactions to Solo: A Star Wars Story are in! The much-anticipated Star Wars spin-off hits theaters later this month, and although full reviews won't appear until next week, critics have had plenty of say about the film on Twitter.The movie has had something of a troubled history. Original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were replaced by veteran filmmaker Ron Howard during production, with shooting stretching on for several months while Howard reportedly reshot much of their footag
  
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• Cobra Kai Renewed For Season 2--Everything We Know

  11-05-2018 21:06 via gamespot.com
  
  YouTube Red has delivered a serious leg sweep with its newest original program, Cobra Kai. The series, which follows up on the movie The Karate Kid nearly 35 years later, just debuted on the streaming service and has already been renewed.In a press release touting the renewal, executive producers Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg say, "Continuing the Karate Kid saga with YouTube Red has been a dream come true. We are grateful to all our creative partners for giving us the freedom t
  
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• BMW Could Build M4 Gran Coupe, But Not For A Few Years

  11-05-2018 21:05 via yahoo.com
  Fans will have to wait a bit longer if they want a Bimmer that bests the RS5 Sportback.
  
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• Nintendo Switch Adjustable Charging Stand Announced For Longer Tabletop Sessions

  11-05-2018 21:04 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo has announced a new Nintendo Switch peripheral. An adjustable charging stand for the hybrid console is coming in July for $20 ($30 AUD), the company announced today. Why would you want one? Nintendo says it will help you "enjoy longer play sessions in tabletop mode.The Switch's charging port is on the bottom of the system, and that makes it difficult to charge while playing in tabletop mode with the kickstand. With the adjustable charging stand you can play while charging so you can sta
  
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• Game Of Thrones Season 8 Deaths, As Predicted By Data

  11-05-2018 21:04 via gamespot.com
  
  A lot of people die on the acclaimed HBO show Game of Thrones, and this trend is expected to continue with the upcoming eighth and final season in 2019.But which characters specifically will bite the dust? A data scientist, Taylor Larkin of Boston-based DataRobot, has created a very involved algorithm that aims to answer the question. You can read Larkin's incredibly in-depth and jargon-heavy methodology here, but in short, he looked at 2,000 characters from A Son of Ice and Fire and factored in
  
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• UN nuclear watchdog's inspections chief quits after US withdrawal from Iran deal

  11-05-2018 21:03 via yahoo.com
  The chief of inspections at the UN nuclear watchdog has resigned suddenly, the agency said on Friday without giving a reason. The departure of Tero Varjoranta comes at a sensitive time, three days after the United States announced it was quitting world powers’ nuclear accord with Iran, raising questions as to whether Tehran will continue to comply with it. Varjoranta, a Finn, had been a deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency and head of its Department of Saf
  
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• Dark Souls Remastered Network Test Now Live Early On PS4 And Xbox One

  11-05-2018 21:03 via gamespot.com
  
  Bandai Namco's network test for Dark Souls Remastered has gone live a little early. The test was slated to begin tonight at 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET, but PS4 and Xbox One owners who have downloaded the test client can jump into the beta a few hours ahead of schedule.The network test is only available for the aforementioned consoles; a test was also originally planned to take place this weekend for Nintendo Switch, but that has since been postponed until summer, following the game's delay on Switch. Ban
  
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• Ailing Buhari returns to Nigeria

  11-05-2018 21:03 via yahoo.com
  President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Nigeria on Friday, his office said, after a three-day absence on medical grounds.Nigeria's main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said Buhari was clearly unwell and unfit to govern.Buhari has not disclosed the exact nature of his condition, saying only that he had "never been so ill" and disclosing that it involved blood transfusions and a battery of tests.
  
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