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• Mystery grows after Mike Pence cancels trip to New Hampshire

  03-07-2019 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  Vice president Mike Pence has generally been a consistent source of stability in a Trump administration renown for chaos, but he swapped roles with the president this week after he abruptly cancelled a planned trip to New Hampshire.Mr Pence had reportedly already boarded Air Force Two at Joint Andrews Base in Maryland when he abandoned his trip to Salem, where he was due to participate in a roundtable discussion and deliver remarks on the opioid crisis.But Mr Pence never arrived in New Hampshire
  
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• Venezuela opposition pledges equal treatment for creditors in possible restructuring

  03-07-2019 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido's economic advisors have proposed treating most creditors equally in a possible debt restructuring should the coalition oust President Nicolas Maduro from power, according to a document published on Wednesday.The South American country has debts worth around $200 billion to a diverse group of bondholders, commercial suppliers to state-owned firms with unpaid accounts receivable, and companies whose Venezuelan assets were expropriated.The government has de
  
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• Trump 'glad to help' Navy SEAL acquitted of murder

  03-07-2019 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  US President Donald Trump on Wednesday congratulated a US Navy Seal who was acquitted of murder in a war crimes trial, and took credit for helping.A military court in California cleared Edward Gallagher, 40, Tuesday of the murder of a teenage Islamic State group prisoner in 2017 in Iraq as well as other serious charges related to the case.Gallagher was found guilty only of posing with the slain fighter's body in a group picture with other SEALs, a charge that carries a much lighter sentence.
  
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• Trump says migrants living 'far better now' in detention day after images of crowded cages published

  03-07-2019 23:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Donald Trump has claimed migrants in US detention centres are “living far better now”, a day after inspectors criticised squalid conditions and published images showing families held in overcrowded cages.As Democrats claimed the migrants were being denied basic human rights, the president launched a series of tweets defending his actions, and saying many of those in detention were living in better conditions than they were in the countries they had come from.“Many of these ille
  
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• Control four different devices with Alexa thanks to this $26 power strip

  03-07-2019 23:33 via news.yahoo.com
  If you want to buy a single Wi-Fi smart plug from a big brand, you'll easily pay as much as $25 or $30. That might seem okay since adding smarts to your "dumb" devices is so cool, but we're here to tell you that you can get a much better value for the same price. The Teckin Smart Power Strip with Surge Protection is on sale for $25.99 on Amazon and it's basically four Wi-Fi smart plugs in one. Plus it works with an app, Alexa, Google Assistant, and even IFTTT!Here's some additional info from the
  
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• 'Why kill a 2-year-old?' Texas authorities urging public to look out for 'dangerous' individuals

  03-07-2019 23:20 via news.yahoo.com
  "A 2-year-old was brutally murdered for no apparent reason," Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said about the shooting.
  
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• Migrant children's drawings depict 'horrific' conditions in cages

  03-07-2019 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Pediatricians shared pictures drawn by migrant children after being released from ⁦US custodyA drawing by children recently released depicting their time spent in US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody. Photograph: Handout ./ReutersDisturbing drawings by children recently held in migrant detention centers showing sad figures in cages have been released by the American Academy of Pediatrics, which last week warned of longterm trauma faced by immigrant children separated from parents
  
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• Acting Homeland Security boss decries 'vile' Facebook posts

  03-07-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Before the rise of social media, Border Patrol agents gathered in parking lots at the end of their shifts for what was known as "choir practice" — a chance to share what they saw that day and anything else on their minds.T.J. Bonner, who led the National Border Patrol Council during much of his 32-year career as an agent, recalled the defunct tradition while trying to explain a secret Facebook group for agents that included sexually explicit posts about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and qu
  
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• A black hospital patient claims Illinois police arrested him for allegedly trying to steal IV machine

  03-07-2019 23:14 via news.yahoo.com
  Shaquille Dukes says he was walking outside a hospital when a security guard accused him of trying to steal the IV that was attached to his arm.
  
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• Navy SEAL sentenced for posing with dead captive

  03-07-2019 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  A military jury sentenced a decorated Navy SEAL to four months of confinement for posing with the body of an Islamic State captive in Iraq, but a judge credited him with enough days to ensure he won't be locked up. (July 3)
  
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• Trump: migrants can opt 'not to come' if they dislike squalid camps

  03-07-2019 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump brushed off reports of overcrowding and squalid conditions in migrant detention centers Wednesday by saying the migrants can opt "not to come" to the United States.All problems solved!" Trump tweeted.The comment came one day after a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report warned of "dangerous overcrowding" in the facilities, which hold thousands of migrants seeking to remain in the country, most of them fleeing violence and poverty in their Central American homes.
  
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• Polls show Biden a favorite for general election as Harris surges

  03-07-2019 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  Following the first Democratic debate, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris show a strong standing in new ABC News polls ahead of holiday weekend appearances in Iowa.
  
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• Ram Tops Chevrolet Silverado Sales During Year's First Half, but GM Is Still Ramping Up Capacity

  03-07-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The new Ram is as good as pickups come, but Chevy's sales slide could be only temporary.
  
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• Ram Tops Chevrolet Silverado Sales During Year's First Half, but GM Is Still Ramping Up Capacity

  03-07-2019 23:00 via news.yahoo.com
  The new Ram is as good as pickups come, but Chevy's sales slide could be only temporary.
  
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• Very Lucky: This Israeli Fighter Pilot Landed with Only One Wing

  03-07-2019 22:55 via news.yahoo.com
  According to uss-bennington.org, Nedivi managed to bring his F-15 to a complete stop approximately 20 ft (6 m) from the end of the runway.On May 1, 1983, while performing a dissimilar air combat training (DACT)mission over the Negev, an Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-15 Baz (actually the F-15D No. 957) collided with an A-4 Skyhawk.The A-4 pilot had to eject from his aircraft since it was irremediably damaged.Instead the right wing of the Baz was sheared off roughly 2 ft (60 cm) from the root.Zivi Ned
  
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• Homicide charges dropped against shot Alabama woman who miscarried

  03-07-2019 22:53 via news.yahoo.com
  An Alabama prosecutor dismissed charges Wednesday against an American woman who was charged by state authorities over the death of her fetus, having miscarried after being shot five times.Marshae Jones, 27, was shot in the abdomen in December during a fight with another woman, resulting in the death of her five-month-old fetus."There are no winners, only losers, in this sad case," Washington told a press conference, according to the news website AL.com.
  
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• Stonewall veterans return to New York City to celebrate Pride, 50 years after raid

  03-07-2019 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  Five veterans of the Stonewall riots returned to NYC to discuss their experiences as LGBTQ activists 50 years after the initial raid.
  
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• This $19 box turns your iPhone or Android into a universal remote that can control anything

  03-07-2019 22:40 via news.yahoo.com
  Do you ever wish you could control your TV and cable box with your iPhone or Android phone? What about your DVD player, Blu-ray player, stereo system, and even your fans and air conditioners? Well you can, and all it takes is one little $19 box called the VigoRise WiFi Smart Home Control. It even supports advanced features like automation and scene creation! Definitely check it out, you'll be glad you did.Here's more info from the product page:* [Voice Control]Works with Alexa Echo to manage you
  
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• Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher’s Acquittal Reminds Us to Never Rush to Judgment

  03-07-2019 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  When I have a chance to speak to students, one of the questions I’m most frequently asked is whether my life experience has caused me to change any of my deeply held political views. I have a ready answer: I’ve transitioned firmly from a law-and-order Republican to a civil libertarian, and the constitutional value I hold every bit as dear as the rights to free speech and free exercise of religion is the right to due process of law. A person’s liberty is precious, law enforcemen
  
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• Trump Says Migrants Living ‘Far Better’ in Detention Than at Home

  03-07-2019 22:32 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump said that undocumented migrants detained at the U.S.-Mexico border are living in better and safer conditions than in their home countries, after public outcry over the detention of children and adults in unsanitary conditions.“Many of these illegal aliens are living far better now than where they” came from, “and in far safer conditions,” Trump said Wednesday in consecutive tweets. “No matter how good things actually look, even
  
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• Police Find Body Believed to be Noah Tomlin, Missing Virginia Toddler

  03-07-2019 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  Virginia Police say they believe the body of missing Noah Tomlin has been found. The 2-year-old had been missing since June 24.
  
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• Search Continues for 2-Year-Old Reported Lost In Rio Grande River

  03-07-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Mother told Border Patrol agents she lost her 2-year-old daughter while crossing the Rio Grande river into Texas.
  
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• Alabama DA to drop manslaughter charge against woman whose fetus died after shooting

  03-07-2019 21:54 via news.yahoo.com
  Marshae Jones, 27, was arrested last week after another woman shot and killed Jones' fetus in December 2018.
  
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• Indiana woman said she couldn't move legs after vacationing in Dominican Republic

  03-07-2019 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  An Indiana woman said she mysteriously fell sick while vacationing at an all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic in February, WTHR reports
  
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• Migrants face 'massacre' at Libya detention centre

  03-07-2019 21:44 via news.yahoo.com
  From his hospital bed in Tripoli, wounded Al-Mahdi Hafyan recalls the nighttime "massacre" when an air strike hit a migrant centre in the Libyan capital.At least 44 people were killed and more than 130 severely wounded in the attack in the Tripoli suburb of Tajoura overnight, according to the United Nations.Hafyan had been detained in the centre for three months, after coming to Libya with a fellow Moroccan hoping to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean.
  
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• Kremlin says details of deadly sub fire 'state secret'

  03-07-2019 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said there were survivors of the accident, without specifying numbers.The seamen died on Monday due to smoke inhalation, the defence ministry said, following the fire on a submersible in the Barents Sea in Russia's territorial waters, but the accident was only made public on Tuesday.
  
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• UPDATE 1-U.S. judge blocks Qualcomm effort to put antitrust ruling on hold

  03-07-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge on Wednesday ruled against Qualcomm Inc's effort to block the implementation of a sweeping antitrust ruling against it as the mobile chip supplier pursues an appeal that could take more than a year to wind through the courts.The ruling was widely expected, but Qualcomm has argued in court that it could hamper critical negotiations with phone makers over 5G technology.Qualcomm did not immediately return a request for comment.
  
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• Alabama prosecutor drops charges against woman who lost fetus after being shot

  03-07-2019 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  A Jefferson County grand jury indicted Marshae Jones, 28, for manslaughter on May 1, concluding she intentionally caused the death of her fetus in December by starting the fight with the woman who shot her but was not charged."This is truly a disturbing and heartbreaking case," Washington told a news conference.Washington, who announced on Friday that she was reviewing the case, said grand jury members made "what they believed to be a reasonable decision," believing someone needed to be held acc
  
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• Putin signs bill to suspend Russia's participation in nuclear treaty

  03-07-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Vladimir Putin has signed a bill suspending Russia's participation in a pivotal nuclear arms pact with the United States.The Russian president’s decree formalises his country’s departure from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, from which the US announced its withdrawal earlier this year.Donald Trump’s administration gave notice in February of its intention to pull out on 2 August, citing Moscow's development of a missile that was in breach of the pact.Russ
  
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• Joaquin Castro calls Laura Ingraham 'a white supremacist'

  03-07-2019 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  Castro tweeted out a 10-second clip of a dingy shower at the center, which Ingraham re-posted and described as “similar to Army facilities in Iraq."
  
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• The Latest: Navy SEAL sentenced for posing with dead captive

  03-07-2019 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  A military jury sentenced a decorated Navy SEAL to four months of confinement for posing with the body of an Islamic State captive in Iraq, but a judge credited him with enough days to ensure he won't be locked up.The jury Wednesday also reduced the rank of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher by one grade to petty officer 1st class and ordered his monthly pay to be cut by $2,697 for four months.The judge went on to give Gallagher 60 days' credit for being held in overly harsh conditions be
  
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• One tourist killed in Stromboli volcano eruption

  03-07-2019 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  A volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli erupted dramatically on Wednesday, killing a hiker and sending tourists fleeing into the sea.The volcano is known to be active but on Wednesday there were two particularly powerful explosions."Unfortunately one man is dead, there are a few injured, but none seriously," emergency worker Calogero Foti told RAI television.
  
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• Indiana man writes the Declaration of Independence on his driveway every July 4th

  03-07-2019 21:16 via news.yahoo.com
  Joe Spangler, 66, has just spent about four hours on his knees, with chalk in one hand and a pipe in the other, drawing on his Fishers driveway.
  
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• PHOTOS: Where migrants are held in U.S. custody

  03-07-2019 21:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The treatment of migrants in federal custody has come under intense scrutiny following recent reports of unsanitary conditions, overcrowding, and prolonged detention of adults and children at several U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities near the southwest border.
  
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• Florida residents urged to kill iguanas 'whenever possible' amid overpopulation fears

  03-07-2019 21:10 via news.yahoo.com
  The advice to residents of Florida about the rapidly multiplying green iguanas could not have been clearer – kill them, “whenever possible”.Naturalists say the lizards, which are an invasive species to the state, are reproducing more quickly than usual because of an extended warm spell. They can cause damage to infrastructure by burrowing, and foul swimming pools and lakes. Given the creatures can lay up to 75 eggs a year and reach up to 5 feet in length, officials have urged r
  
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• Embattled Boeing to give $100 mn to 737 MAX crash victims' families

  03-07-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Boeing, under scrutiny after two crashes that claimed 346 lives, announced Wednesday it would give $100 million to communities and families affected by the 737 MAX disasters. Describing the sum as an "initial investment" over multiple years, the company said it would work with local governments and non-profit organizations to provide "hardship and living expenses" and boost economic development in regions affected by crashes of planes operated by Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air. Boeing faces num
  
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• 'Unbelievable:' All-time record heat set to bake Alaska

  03-07-2019 21:05 via news.yahoo.com
  Think Alaska is always cold and snowy? Think again. Most of the nation's biggest state is forecast to bake under record-breaking heat over the next few days.
  
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• Update: City officials fill giant Edison Park pothole after residents raise concerns

  03-07-2019 21:01 via news.yahoo.com
  City officials have filled a giant pothole on Touhy Avenue after residents complained pothole caused homes to shake.
  
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• 'You're a white supremacist, Laura': Joaquin Castro and Laura Ingraham feud over migrant detention

  03-07-2019 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  Rep. Joaquin Castro and Laura Ingraham sparred over migrant detention conditions, culminating in Castro calling Ingraham a 'white supremacist.'
  
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• Boeing sets aside $100 million for 737 Max crash victims 'to bring them comfort'

  03-07-2019 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  The aerospace giant has created a fund to comfort families of the victims
  
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• Tornado devastates town in China, killing at least 6

  03-07-2019 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  A tornado devastated Kaiyuan, China, which is northeast of Beijing on July 3, killing at least 6 and injuring nearly 200 people.
  
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• One tourist reported dead in Stromboli volcano eruption

  03-07-2019 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  A volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli erupted dramatically on Wednesday, reportedly killing a hiker and sending tourists fleeing.The volcano is known to be active but on Wednesday there was a particularly powerful eruption.Italian media reported that a hiker had been killed and their partner injured, but firefighters could not immediately confirm any casualties.
  
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• Vegas police fire officer who hesitated during mass shooting

  03-07-2019 20:48 via news.yahoo.com
  A veteran Las Vegas police officer who froze in the hallway of a casino-hotel as a gunman carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history has been fired from the force, police said.Officer Cordell Hendrex was fired from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on March 20, police spokesman Officer Larry Hadfield said late Tuesday.Police union president Steve Grammas said Hendrex was fired because of his actions during the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting that left 58 people dead an
  
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• A Teen From a 'Good Family' Allegedly Bragged About Raping a 16-Year-Old. Now a Judge Is Under Fire for His Leniency

  03-07-2019 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  The judge denied a request to try the boy as an adult. An appeals court reversed his decision
  
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• Volkswagen Type 20 EV Microbus Concept Is the Hippie Classic, Reimagined as an Electric Vehicle

  03-07-2019 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  For VW Bus lovers everywhere, this concept was built to celebrate 20 years of VW's presence and technology in Silicon Valley.
  
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• Fox’s Jesse Watters Says He’s ‘Tired and Bored’ of AOC, Proceeds to Talk at Length About Her

  03-07-2019 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  Fox News host Jesse Watters on Wednesday insisted that he is getting “kind of tired and bored” with one of the conservative network’s favorite targets: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Of course, he then proceeded to go on a minute-long rant against her.On noon-time gabfest Outnumbered, co-host Lisa Boothe led off a discussion of Ocasio-Cortez’s recent tour of border detention facilities, noting that the outspoken progressive lawmaker recently said the U.S. is headin
  
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• Kindergarten Teacher at Private Christian School Charged with Sex Assault, Soliciting Child Porn

  03-07-2019 20:00 via news.yahoo.com
  A suburban kindergarten teacher is facing charges after being accused of engaging in sexual conduct with two underage students.
  
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• With immigration challenge, Castro brothers shake up Democratic battle

  03-07-2019 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Twin brothers Joaquin and Julian Castro are shaking up US presidential politics by forcing attention on the desperate situation of migrants, one as a congressman and the other the sole Latino seeking the Democratic White House nomination.With Democrats generally backfooted by President Donald Trump's tough crackdown on undocumented migrants, the Castros stole the spotlight in recent days by highlighting the mistreatment of border-crossers and offering concrete ideas to face the crisis in a more
  
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• Hong Kong police vow action over parliament storming

  03-07-2019 19:55 via news.yahoo.com
  Hong Kong authorities vowed Wednesday to hunt down the protesters who stormed parliament in an unprecedented challenge to the Beijing-backed government.The semi-autonomous city has been shaken by massive anti-government demonstrations since last month, sparked by a proposed law that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China.China has appeared irked by former colonial power Britain's public rebukes over the protests, and on Wednesday London summoned the Chinese ambassador.
  
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• Trump Revamps July 4 With Speech, Fighter Jets, Military Tanks

  03-07-2019 19:47 via news.yahoo.com
  (Bloomberg) -- Fighter jets and military tanks will set the scene for an Independence Day speech by Donald Trump on the National Mall as the president puts himself at the center of a reimagined July 4 celebration.Trump will speak from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday evening in what’s billed as an apolitical event that comes as the 2020 presidential campaign is heating up. The “Salute to America,” as Trump calls it, will feature flyovers and an expanded fireworks s
  
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