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• Gardner's use of private firm for investigation questioned

  27-02-2018 23:59 via yahoo.com
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Attorneys for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens are questioning why St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner hired a private out-of-state company to perform the investigation that led to his indictment, rather than relying on St. Louis police.
  
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• Prison work boot sales halted after guard kicked, killed

  27-02-2018 23:49 via yahoo.com
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania prison official said Tuesday the sale of work boots at all prison commissaries was halted because an inmate is accused of killing a guard by knocking him to the floor and kicking him in the head with a boot.
  
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• Independent group, now called Unite America, names its Senate candidates — all two of them

  27-02-2018 23:47 via yahoo.com
  Unite America, formerly The Centrist Project, a group hoping to create a third political force in America, on Tuesday named the two candidates it plans to run for the U.S. Senate in November.
  
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• Apple Reportedly Planning 3 New iPhones This Year

  27-02-2018 23:42
  Three new iPhones are reportedly in the works to be released by Apple this year.
  According to Bloomberg, Apple is working on three different devices to target a wider range of customers after the iPhone X sold less than expected potentially, in part possibly due to reported production delays.
  The trio of smartphones reportedly includes a large "phablet" — a phone nearing the size of a tablet — which will be the biggest iPhone ever, a new phone similar in size to the iPhone X, an
  
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• U.S. FDA rejects filing for Celgene MS drug, shares fall

  27-02-2018 23:33 via yahoo.com
  (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have rejected Celgene Corp's application seeking approval of a key multiple sclerosis drug due to insufficient data, the company said on Tuesday, a surprise development that will likely delay the entry to market of one of Celgene's most important pipeline assets.Celgene shares fell nearly 8 percent after it revealed that it had received a "refusal to file" letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its ozanimod for the treatment of patients with rel
  
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• Russia 'both arsonist and firefighter' in Syria: U.S. general

  27-02-2018 23:24 via yahoo.com
  By Idrees Ali and Phil StewartWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. general accused Russia on Tuesday of playing a destabilizing role in Syria and acting as "both arsonist and firefighter," as a brief truce unilaterally declared by Moscow in the eastern Ghouta region collapsed.The United States and Russia have been on different sides of the seven-year-old war, with Moscow heavily backing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad whose forces are besieging eastern Ghouta, a rebel-held area near Damascus.
  
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• Stop worrying about Nintendo Switch storage with $22 off this 200GB MicroSD card

  27-02-2018 23:04 via gamesradar.com
  Get a nice saving on a big boost to your Switch's storage capacity
  
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• Krysten Ritter on being Jessica Jones: "It’s been completely life-changing"

  27-02-2018 23:02 via gamesradar.com
  The actress talks survivors, female empowerment, and season 2 in new SFX interview
  
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• How Trump's new campaign manager used Facebook to help him become president

  27-02-2018 22:49 via yahoo.com
  Brad Parscale's new role of Trump 2020 campaign manager comes amid a spirited debate over just how much social media benefited the Republican candidate.
  
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• Delta is sued by Port Authority over 2015 skid at New York's LaGuardia Airport

  27-02-2018 22:48 via yahoo.com
  Delta Air Lines Inc was sued on Tuesday by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for damage caused when a jet skidded off a runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport during a March 5, 2015, snowstorm.The complaint seeks $750,047 for property damage and other costs that allegedly occurred when Flight 1086 veered off Runway 13 after touchdown, struck a fence and came to rest on an embankment, just short of plunging into frigid Flushing Bay.According to the Port Authority, which operates the a
  
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• Two stowaways on US-bound flight from Ecuador die after falling from aircraft

  27-02-2018 22:46 via yahoo.com
  Two men thought to have been stowaways on a US-bound flight from Ecuador have died after they fell from the aircraft, it has been reported.The Jose Joaquin de Olmedo airport in Guayaquil was closed for an hour and a half as their bodies were removed from the runway.Employees at the airport noticed three objects falling from the plane and officials believe the pair either fainted or were ejected.
  
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• Republicans in Congress reject new gun limits

  27-02-2018 22:45 via yahoo.com
  By Susan Cornwell and Richard CowanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican leaders of the U.S. Congress said on Tuesday thatthey would not raise the minimum age for gun buyers, in a sign that one of President Donald Trump's proposals likely will not get far on Capitol Hill after a deadly Florida school shooting.The second-deadliest shooting at a U.S. public school has reignited the long-running national debate over gun rights, pitting many of the students who survived the Feb. 14 high school shooting
  
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• Poll: Most Voters Think The NRA Is Bad For America

  27-02-2018 22:43 via yahoo.com
  Most voters think the National Rifle Association supports policies that are bad for the country, new polling finds, as an increasing share favor stricter gun laws.In a Quinnipiac University National Poll conducted after the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, 51 percent of voters said the NRA supports policies that are bad for the U.S. That’s an uptick from October, when the poll found that 47 percent of respondents thought the NRA supported bad policies.
  
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• Wisconsin's Top Election Official Resigns After GOP Votes To Oust Him

  27-02-2018 22:39 via yahoo.com
  Wisconsin’s top election official announced Tuesday that he would step down from his post, ending a confrontation with Republicans who suddenly voted to oust him in retaliation for his work on a government board that investigated Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R).Republicans in the state Senate voted in January not to officially confirm Wisconsin elections administrator Michael Haas to that role, which he’d held since 2016 on an interim basis.
  
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• UConn gives posthumous admission to school shooting victim

  27-02-2018 22:32 via yahoo.com
  STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut has sent a posthumous letter of admission to the family of a student killed in the mass shooting at a Florida high school.
  
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• Democrats Flip Seats in N.H., Connecticut Special Elections

  27-02-2018 22:03 via yahoo.com
  Rachel Maddow reports on three state special elections, two of which, in New Hampshire and Connecticut, were formerly Republican-held and flipped by Democrats, and a third, in Kentucky.
  
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• Russia is 'arsonist and firefighter' in Syria: US general

  27-02-2018 21:54 via yahoo.com
  Russia is acting as "both arsonist and firefighter" in Syria, where it claims it wants to settle the civil war even as it stokes the conflict, a top US general said Tuesday.General Joe Votel, who heads the US military's Central Command (Centcom), blasted Moscow for its role in Syria's seven-year-old war that in recent weeks has morphed in unexpected ways -- including an incident that saw apparent Russian mercenaries killed after they attacked US advisors and Kurdish forces."Diplomatically and mi
  
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• Jared Kushner's Security Clearance Has Been Downgraded: Reports

  27-02-2018 21:53 via yahoo.com
  All other White House aides working on high-level interim clearances also had their access downgraded, according to a memo reportedly sent to staffers on Friday.Earlier that same day, Trump said he would leave it up to his chief of staff, John Kelly, to decide what access Kushner should have.
  
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• Trump campaign nixes Kushner title amid legal questions

  27-02-2018 21:48 via yahoo.com
  The Trump campaign appears to have fallen afoul of the Hatch Act while announcing that digital strategist Brad Parscale would run the 2020 operation. The statement referred to Jared Kushner by his official White House title.
  
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• Harley-Davidson's 115th Anniversary Promises Tons of Fun

  27-02-2018 21:41 via yahoo.com
  Harley-Davidson's 115th Anniversary Promises Tons of Fun Special bikes, long rides home, and a huge, citywide party in Milwaukee are just the start Harley-Davidson turns 115-years-old this year, and the venerable Motor Company plans to celebrate with a bang.
  
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• US top court rules immigrants can be held indefinitely

  27-02-2018 21:31 via yahoo.com
  The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that immigrants can be detained indefinitely without bond hearings, in a setback for immigrant rights.The five-to-three decision was carried by the court's conservative justices, who said immigrants detained in the United States had no right to periodic bond hearings.It reversed a ruling by the San Francisco 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which had set a six-month limit for detention without a bond hearing as long as the person did not pose a flight risk or a da
  
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• No Jail For Texas Teen Who Lied About Being Raped By 3 Black Men

  27-02-2018 21:28 via yahoo.com
  On Thursday, 19-year-old Breana Harmon of Pottsboro pleaded guilty to four felony charges of tampering with physical evidence and government documents in relation to false reports of kidnapping and sexual assault.“She’s very remorseful for what she did and what she said, and that’s why she decided to plead guilty,” Harmon’s attorney Bob Jarvis told the Sherman Herald Democrat.On March 8, 2017, Harmon was reported missing to the Denison Police Department af
  
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• Correction: People-Heather Locklear story

  27-02-2018 21:17 via yahoo.com
  THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — In a story Feb. 26 about Heather Locklear's arrest for domestic violence allegations, The Associated Press reported erroneously details about Heather Locklear's two marriages. Locklear was married to Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee from 1986 to 1993 and married to Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora from 1994 to 2007.
  
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• North Carolina Facebook Live Murder Suspect Arrested

  27-02-2018 20:55 via yahoo.com
  The motive for the shooting is still unclear
  
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• US judge blocks weed-killer warning label in California

  27-02-2018 20:54 via yahoo.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. judge blocked California from requiring that the popular weed-killer Roundup carry a label stating that it is known to cause cancer, saying the warning is misleading because almost all regulators have concluded there is no evidence that the product's main ingredient is a carcinogen.
  
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• Ryan Seacrest Will Work Red Carpet At Oscars Despite Sexual Misconduct Claims

  27-02-2018 20:53 via yahoo.com
  E! has confirmed that Seacrest will be doing red carpet hosting duties before the Academy Awards on Sunday.Earlier this week, the TV personality’s former personal stylist told Variety that Seacrest sexually harassed and assaulted her over seven years.Suzie Hardy says she was terminated in 2013 after she reported Seacrest to E! News’ human resources executives.
  
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• Brazilian passports reportedly used by Kim Jong-un and his father seen for first time

  27-02-2018 20:52 via yahoo.com
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his late father Kim Jong Il used fraudulently obtained Brazilian passports to apply for visas to visit Western countries in the 1990s, five senior Western European security sources have told Reuters. While North Korea's ruling family is known to have used travel documents obtained under false pretences, there are few specific examples. The photocopies of the Brazilian passports seen by Reuters have not been published before. "They used these Brazilia
  
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• Polish officials heading to Israel for talks on Holocaust law

  27-02-2018 20:51 via yahoo.com
  A high-level Polish government delegation will travel to Israel on Wednesday to hear the Jewish state's objections to a controversial Holocaust law, the Israeli foreign ministry said.The law, passed by Poland's senate this month, ignited an unprecedented diplomatic row and calls in the Jewish state for the recall of Israel's ambassador in Warsaw.It sets fines or up to three years in jail for anyone ascribing "responsibility or co-responsibility to the Polish nation or state for crimes committed
  
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• Take an asylum full of psychopaths to go now that Outlast is on Switch

  27-02-2018 20:44 via gamesradar.com
  "I think the idea that you can play horror games in the setting or location of your choice is freeing for players," says creator
  
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• FedEx Says NRA Member Discounts Are Here to Stay

  27-02-2018 20:29 via yahoo.com
  FedEx said it has never changed rates due to "politics, beliefs or positions”
  
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• Mike Trout tops 2018 list of highest earning MLB players

  27-02-2018 20:17 via yahoo.com
  Spring training has finally arrived and despite a lackluster offseason for free agents, several surprising names have bolstered their ranking on the league’s highest-paid players list.Two-time Most Valuable Player for the Los Angeles Angels Mike Trout is this year's highest-paid player, topping Clayton Kershaw who held the top spot in 2016 and 2017.Giancarlo Stanton jumped from No. 69 on the list of highest-paid MLB players in 2017, earning $14.5 million, to No. 12 on this year's list
  
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• Surprise! Outlast: Bundle of Terror for Released Nintendo Switch

  27-02-2018 20:12
  Surprise! Outlast: Bundle of Terror has been released for Nintendo Switch on the eShop. Developer Red Barrels initially announced the port via Facebook and quickly went silent, until now.
  Outlast: Bundle Of Terror assembles the first game and its Whistleblower DLC into one terrifying little package, slaps on a $19.99 price tag, and eagerly awaits to shorten your life with some heart-pounding horror.
  Unlike the first game, Red Barrels have stated that the Switch version of Outlast II wi
  
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• Blizzard Teases Overwatch Hero 27 and Their Weapon

  27-02-2018 20:06
  Two new teaser images appear to reveal the new Overwatch Hero’s weapon and the long rumoured cat in a jet pack.
  Blizzard are gearing up to reveal hero 27 and have followed up last week’s teaser story content with two new images on the Official Overwatch Twitter account. Previously, fans had been lead to believe that Emre Sarioglu would be hero 27, but these two new images heavily indicate our new hero may in fact be Törbjorn’s daughter and weapons specialist, Brigitte.Cont
  
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• After Kevin Smith's Near-Fatal Heart Attack, What to Do If You Have 'Widow-Maker' Symptoms

  27-02-2018 19:51 via yahoo.com
  Dr. Oz tells Inside Edition everything you need to know.
  
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• The Latest: Bill Clinton says he is grateful for Graham

  27-02-2018 19:35 via yahoo.com
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on mourning for the Rev. Billy Graham (all times local):
  
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• Dubai closes case on Indian actress, calls death an accident

  27-02-2018 19:35 via yahoo.com
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai investigators on Tuesday closed the case into the death last weekend of Indian movie icon Sridevi, calling it an accidental drowning.
  
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• Rare Identical Newborn Triplets 'Doing Better Than Expected'

  27-02-2018 19:31 via yahoo.com
  Their father, Caleb Choge, said his first thought when he realized he would have triplets was, "Our car doesn’t fit. I need a bigger car."
  
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• Hearthstone is Un-nerfing Molten Giant and Moving it into Wild

  27-02-2018 19:15
  
  April is an exciting time for Hearthstone fans each year, as it’s when the game changes the most. Not only is a new expansion released, but it marks the beginning of a new Hearthstone year; when a full year’s worth of cards leave the Standard format. Suddenly hundreds of staple cards – some of which the community has been playing with for up to two years – are gone, and the game is turned on its head.
  This year’s set rotation will see us say goodbye to the Year of t
  
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• Nindie Spotlight - Mulaka for Nintendo Switch Developer Interview

  27-02-2018 19:12
  If you've been paying close attention to the media you may have noticed a unique relationship developing between some of the world's most ancient cultures and the newest medium for storytelling.
  Similarly to Upper One Games' Never Alone, which worked heavily in tune the native Alaskan Iñupiaq people to bring global attention and preservation of their culture's stories, Mulaka is the latest title to join the digital preservation front. It's an indie-developed 3D action-adventure puzzle gam
  
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• Protests as sanctioned Iran minister addresses UN rights meet

  27-02-2018 19:09 via yahoo.com
  Demonstrators gathered outside the UN in Geneva Tuesday and some diplomats left in protest over an address by Iran's justice minister to the rights council, despite facing Swiss and EU sanctions over rights violations.Alireza Avaie took the podium at the Human Rights Council, slamming "appalling deficiencies" there and in other UN rights mechanisms, and accusing Washington and others of "exploiting human rights for their political ends".Standing near a large pyramid of shoes meant to represent t
  
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• Two police officers sentenced for sexually assaulting women while on duty

  27-02-2018 19:04 via yahoo.com
  A pair of former Los Angeles police officers were sentenced to 25 years behind bars after pleading no contest to charges of sexually assaulting multiple women.Luis Valenzuela and James Nichols abusing their authority to prey on vulnerable women, luring them into their car and warning of repercussions if they did not perform sex acts on them, prosecutors from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office said.The abuses often occurred when the pair was on duty, they told Los Angeles Cou
  
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• 5 things you need to know about Hearthstone's Year of the Raven

  27-02-2018 19:02 via gamesradar.com
  A new Druid skin, a tournaments beta and better daily quests
  
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• US deputy branded a 'coward' breaks silence, defends actions

  27-02-2018 19:00 via yahoo.com
  Now, after nearly two weeks of opprobrium, the sheriff's deputy accused of failing to take action during the Florida high school shooting is fighting back.Scot Peterson, 54, broke his silence on Monday and defended his conduct during the shooting at Marjory Douglas Stoneman High School in Parkland, Florida, which left 14 students and three adult staff members dead."Let there be no mistake, Mr. Peterson wishes that he could have prevented the untimely passing of the 17 victims on that day, and hi
  
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• North Korea vows sanctions will 'never work'

  27-02-2018 18:57 via yahoo.com
  North Korea told a United Nations disarmament forum on Tuesday that sanctions over its nuclear programme would "never work", as it voiced further defiance against President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign.The "US should (be) aware that sanctions and pressure will never threaten (North Korea) and never work", said Han Tae Song, Pyongyang's envoy to the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.The comments came days after Trump unveiled what he described as the "heaviest sanctions ever" l
  
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• Prison fight caught on camera

  27-02-2018 18:56 via yahoo.com
  A fight broke out in the maximum security section of the Cook County Jail in Illinois. Two inmates were taken to area hospitals for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.Sixteen inmates were charged with 'mob action.'
  
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• Sheriff’s Office received almost 50 calls about Florida shooting suspect and his brother, report claims

  27-02-2018 18:52 via yahoo.com
  The Broward County Sheriff’s Office responded to nearly 50 calls about Nikolas Cruz or his brother in the 10 years before he allegedly opened fire on his former Florida high school, new records reportedly show.Call logs obtained from the sheriff’s office show authorities received 45 calls relating to Mr Cruz or his brother from 2008 to 2017, according to CNN.The number is significantly higher than the sheriff’s office has publicly admitted.
  
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• Israeli government backs down in stand off with Christian churches

  27-02-2018 18:51 via yahoo.com
  Israel on Tuesday suspended tax measures and other actions that led to the rare closure of the church built at what is seen as the holiest site in Christianity, shut down all week in protest. Christian leaders who have kept Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre closed since Sunday were yet to respond to the decision and it was not clear whether it would reopen imminently. The closure has left thousands of pilgrims and tourists seeking to visit the site locked outside, with some kneeling
  
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• The Witcher 2 and More 360 Games Are Getting Xbox One X Enhancements

  27-02-2018 18:45
  Four additional Xbox 360 games have received Xbox One X enhancements.
  Starting today, Major Nelson announced the new additions are The Witcher 2: Assassin's of Kings Enhanced Edition, Crackdown, Fable Anniversary, and Forza Horizon.
  The enhancements include increased resolution, antialiasing, higher pixel counts, increased texture details and more by default, but players can opt to play the games as they originally appeared.
  Xbox One X currently has over 100 enhanced games! For a list
  
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• Florida student who threatened to kill classmates arrested with pipe bomb, weapons

  27-02-2018 18:41 via yahoo.com
  A 16-year-old Florida boy who allegedly threatened to kill other students at his school had weapons in his possession when he was arrested on Monday night, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office.An anonymous person tipped off the Boca Raton Police Department, who notified Broward County authorities after they found that the teen lived in Pompano Beach, Florida.Deputies with the sheriff's office bomb squad, along with representatives of Homeland Security and the FBI, went to t
  
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• Bill Clinton pays respects to Billy Graham

  27-02-2018 18:34 via yahoo.com
  Former President Bill Clinton paid his respects to the late evangelist preacher Billy Graham in Charlotte, North Carolina on Tuesday. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
  
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