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• Joey Logano wins Talladega with controversial finish that

  25-10-2015 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Joey Logano used a controversial finish at Talladega Superspeedway to sweep the second round of NASCAR's playoffs and end Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s championship chances.
  
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• Latest: Poland's expected PM: Will stay close to the people

  25-10-2015 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The latest news as Poles vote in a parliamentary election. All times local:
  
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• Roma go top, but Napoli, Fiorentina, Inter and Lazio lurk

  25-10-2015 23:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  First-half goals from Mohamed Salah and Gervinho in a 2-1 win over leaders Fiorentina fired Roma to the top of Serie A as the Giallorossi underlined their scudetto credentials in style on Sunday. Fiorentina dropped two places to third after Napoli marksman Gonzalo Higuain struck on the hour to secure a 1-0 win over Chievo and send Maurizio Sarri's men up to second place. Napoli, Fiorentina, Inter Milan, held to a 1-1 draw at Palermo on Saturday, and Lazio are all now just two points adrift of Ro
  
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• 4 big plays early help Dolphins drub Texans 44-26

  25-10-2015 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins led 35-0 midway through the first half, and while the rest of the sideline celebrated, interim coach Dan Campbell stood alone, staring at the scoreboard and managing to keep a straight face.
  
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• Pakistani homicide unit's new tactic: find evidence, don't plant it

  25-10-2015 23:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Katharine Houreld LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's first specialized homicide investigation unit is promoting a radical idea: find evidence, don't plant it. Launched last month by police in the eastern province of Punjab, the 478-strong unit pairs veterans with university graduates who had an extra year of training in forensics, report writing and interrogation. Reforming the crumbling criminal justice system and the cash-starved, poorly trained police force is vital to Pakistan's stab
  
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• PSG go seven points clear with Saint-Etienne win

  25-10-2015 23:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Zlatan Ibrahimovic was among the scorers as Paris Saint-Germain opened up a seven-point gap over their nearest rivals at the top of Ligue 1 with a 4-1 victory over Saint-Etienne on Sunday. Layvin Kurzawa and Edinson Cavani netted before Ibrahimovic, PSG's all-time leading scorer, got his seventh goal in his last four games against Saint-Etienne to put the game beyond the visitors at the Parc des Princes. Marco Verratti put through his own net to give Les Verts a consolation but Lucas headed in t
  
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• Exit poll: Right-wing party wins Poland's parliamentary vote

  25-10-2015 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland took a decisive turn to the right in its parliamentary election Sunday, tossing out the centrist party that had governed for eight years for a socially conservative and Euroskeptic party that wants to keep migrants out and spend more on Poland's own poor.
  
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• The Latest: Lawyer: Crash suspect may have 'mental illness'

  25-10-2015 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — The latest on the fatal crash at the Oklahoma State homecoming parade (all times local):
  
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• Scioli leads Argentina vote but may face runoff

  25-10-2015 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Buenos Aires Governor Daniel Scioli led Argentina's presidential election race as counting got under way Sunday, but it was unclear whether he would avoid a runoff against his conservative rival. As Argentines gathered around their TVs to learn who will be their next president after 12 years under Cristina Kirchner and her late husband Nestor, exit polls gave the lead to Scioli -- Kirchner's choice to succeed her -- with business favorite Mauricio Macri in second. Scioli, a 58-year-old powerboat
  
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• Justin Bieber rules MTV EMAs in Milan

  25-10-2015 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Canadian pop star Justin Bieber scoops four prizes at MTV's EMAs in Milan, while ceremony co-host Ed Sheeran wins two.
  
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• The Latest from the NFL: Gordon still benched for fumbles

  25-10-2015 23:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The latest from NFL games around the league on the seventh Sunday of the season (all times EDT):
  
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• Hamilton storms to third Formula One world title

  25-10-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Defending champion Lewis Hamilton secured his third world title in dramatic fashion on Sunday when he took victory in a roller-coaster, stop-start, wet-and-dry United States Grand Prix. The 30-year-old Briton, who started from second on the grid, came home 2.850 seconds clear of his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to deliver his 10th victory of a dominant season. Hamilton now has an unbeatable total of 327 points, moving him beyond the reach of both Rosberg, who finished second, and four-time ch
  
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• Deadly crash at Oklahoma parade was like bomb, witness says

  25-10-2015 22:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton STILLWATER, Okla. (Reuters) - A man who was watching the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade when a car plowed into a crowd and killed four people said the crash sounded like a bomb went off, transforming a festive mood into one of horror. Mark McNitt was standing beside his stepfather, Leo Schmitz, 54, when the sedan careened into a throng near the end of the annual parade on Saturday at the university in Stillwater, about 65 miles (105 km) southwest of Oklahoma
  
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• Winner of Poland's election eyes bank tax on assets as of 2016

  25-10-2015 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Pawel Sobczak and Marcin Goclowski WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's Law and Justice (PiS) party, which an exit poll indicated as the decisive winner of Sunday's parliamentary election, wants to tax banks' assets at 0.39 percent from 2016, its leading economic expert Zbigniew Kuzmiuk said. According to the IPSOS poll, PiS won 242 out of 460 seats in the parliament, the largest number a single party has ever secured since Poland overthrew communism in 1989, unseating the center-right Civic Platform
  
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• Scioli leads Argentina exit polls

  25-10-2015 22:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Left-winger Daniel Scioli leads exit polls in Argentina's presidential election, but it is not yet clear if he has won outright.
  
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• Exclusive - Trident programme to cost 167 billion pounds, far more than expected

  25-10-2015 22:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - The overall cost of replacing and maintaining Britain's nuclear deterrent will reach 167 billion pounds, much more than expected, according to an MP's and Reuters' calculations based on official figures. The Scottish Nationalist Party, which wants Britain's Scotland-based nuclear-armed Trident submarines scrapped, called the sum "unthinkable and indefensible" at a time when deep cuts under the government's "austerity" policies mean "thousands of people acros
  
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• Hamilton wins US Grand Prix and F1 season championship

  25-10-2015 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lewis Hamilton seized on a late mistake by Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg to win the United States Grand Prix on Sunday and secure his third Formula One season championship.
  
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• New knife attacks on Israelis as Al-Aqsa measures announced

  25-10-2015 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A wave of stabbings left two Israelis wounded and an alleged Palestinian attacker dead Sunday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to install more security cameras at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in a bid to defuse tensions. In the occupied West Bank a 17-year-old Palestinian girl was shot dead while allegedly trying to knife Israeli border police and two Israelis were wounded in attempted stabbings, police said. Attacks and clashes have become near daily occurrences since simme
  
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• Deadline Looms for Auto Workers' Strike Threat Against GM

  25-10-2015 22:14 via abcnews.go.com
  Negotiations continue as deadline nears for possible auto workers' strike against GM
  
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• Latest: Exit Poll: No Left-Wing Party in Poland's Parliament

  25-10-2015 22:13 via abcnews.go.com
  Latest: Exit poll: No left-wing party gets enough votes to enter Poland's new parliament
  
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• Alibaba results likely to dim outlook for China consumer spending

  25-10-2015 22:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By John Ruwitch SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's second-quarter revenue growth is likely to have slumped to half the year-earlier rate, undermining hopes consumer spending will temper a slowdown in the world's second-biggest economy. Beijing is hoping that private consumption will pick up the slack as exports fall and it tries to rebalance the economy - now heading for its slowest full-year growth in 25 years - away from a reliance on trade and government
  
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• Saints Sprint to Big Lead, Hold off Colts' Comeback 27-21

  25-10-2015 22:08 via abcnews.go.com
  Saints' find perfect balance to build big lead, then hold off Colts'late rally for 27-21 win
  
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• Hamilton wins third F1 world title

  25-10-2015 21:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton wins a thrilling United States Grand Prix to seal his third World Championship.
  
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• Comedian hot favorite in Guatemala presidential runoff

  25-10-2015 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Guatemalans voted Sunday in a presidential runoff election between a comedian with no political experience and a former first lady, amid outrage over a corruption scandal that felled the ex-president. Jimmy Morales, a comic actor famous for playing a country bumpkin who nearly becomes president, headed into the vote with a huge lead -- 68 percent to 32 percent for social democrat Sandra Torres, according to the final opinion poll. Morales vowed to continue the fight against corruption as he cast
  
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• EU, Balkan leaders struggle to defuse tensions over migrants

  25-10-2015 21:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  European Union and Balkan leaders struggled Sunday to reduce tensions over how to tackle the migrant crisis as Slovenia warned the bloc will "start falling apart" if it fails to take concrete action within weeks. The mini summit, called by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, grouped the heads of 10 EU nations, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, plus the leaders of non-EU Albania, Serbia and Macedonia. "This is an important opportunity to have them around one table," Europe
  
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• Tears, Trades and The Captain: Mets' wild ride to Series

  25-10-2015 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Whether it was Wilmer Flores wiping away tears at shortstop or David Wright hitting a home run in his return from the disabled list, the New York Mets' storybook ride to the World Series this season has been marked by several seminal moments.
  
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• Albania-Italy route could see new migrant flow, EU fears

  25-10-2015 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The European Union is concerned that people-smugglers could open a new sea route to Italy from Albania if land borders in the Balkans are sealed, EU officials said on Sunday. Two decades after the 80-km (50-mile) Adriatic crossing saw shiploads of Albanians fleeing post-communist chaos, EU and Balkan leaders meeting in Brussels to try and control refugee movements planned to agree tighter supervision of the overland route to Albania from Greece, where most migrants enter Europe. "There is a risk
  
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• Officials: Man Killed in Georgia Shooting, 2 Deputies Hurt

  25-10-2015 21:33 via abcnews.go.com
  Officials: Man killed in shooting that wounded 2 deputies during dispute in north Georgia
  
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• Guatemala's Perez says Biden forced him to accept anti-corruption purge

  25-10-2015 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Sofia Menchu and Enrique Pretel GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's jailed former president, Otto Perez, says he regrets bowing to U.S. pressure to extend the work of an anti-corruption unit that then toppled him from power and that it was U.S. Vice President Joe Biden who forced his hand. Perez resigned and was arrested last month after Guatemala's attorney general and the U.N.-backed anti-corruption body accused him of leading a customs racket. In a series of meetings earlier this year,
  
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• After comedy, Jon Stewart to start animal sanctuary

  25-10-2015 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After signing off as host of "The Daily Show," comedian Jon Stewart has revealed a new vocation -- starting a sanctuary for abused farm animals. Stewart, who ended his influential show on the Comedy Central network in August, was honored with his wife Tracey at a gala Saturday night of Farm Sanctuary, which provides shelter to animals rescued from factory farms. Tracey Stewart, surrounded by Jon and the couple's two children, announced that the family had bought a farm in New Jersey to serve as
  
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• Polish opposition Law and Justice ahead in election: exit poll

  25-10-2015 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Poland's conservative opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party was ahead of the ruling Civic Platform (PO) as voting ended in Sunday's parliamentary election, an exit poll by IPSOS showed. The exit poll showed PiS winning with 39.1 percent of the vote, while the Civic Platform had 23.4 percent. If the exit poll proves correct, PiS would have a small parliamentary majority that would allow it to govern alone.
  
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• Polish eurosceptic conservatives win absolute majority: TV exit poll

  25-10-2015 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Poland's conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party led by eurosceptic Jaroslaw Kaczynski won an absolute majority in general elections on Sunday, public broadcaster TVP projected, a victory ending eight years of centrist rule. An exit poll showed the PiS picked up 242 out of 460 seats in the lower house of parliament, ousting the governing Civic Platform (PO) liberals who had 133 seats. Kaczynski declared victory, and his first step was to pay tribute to his twin bother, the late president Lech K
  
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• Poland's PiS should be able to govern alone after vote - exit poll

  25-10-2015 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's opposition Law and Justice party (PiS) should be able to govern alone after coming ahead in Sunday's parliamentary election, an exit poll showed. The poll showed PiS commanding 242 seats in the Polish parliament, out of a total of 460. The ruling Civic Platform (PO) party conceded defeat after the exit poll came out. "Remember, we have not lost these (past) eight years," Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz said. (Reporting by Marcin Goclowski and Marcin Goettig)
  
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• Poland's Eurosceptic conservatives triumph in vote - exit poll

  25-10-2015 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Gabriela Baczynska and Pawel Florkiewicz WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's eurosceptic Law and Justice party (PiS) is on course to unseat the ruling Civic Platform (PO) after eight years in power, an exit poll showed on Sunday, a result that could set the country at odds with some of its European allies. Run by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the twin brother of Poland's late president Lech, PiS secured 39.1 percent of the vote, well ahead of the centrist, staunchly pro-European Union PO on 23.4 percent, said
  
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• Salah, Gervinho fire Roma top of Serie A

  25-10-2015 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  First-half goals from Mohamed Salah and Gervinho in a 2-1 win over leaders Fiorentina fired Roma to the top of Serie A as the Giallorossi underlined their scudetto credentials in style on Sunday. Fiorentina dropped one place to second at two points adrift with Inter Milan, held to a 1-1 draw at Palermo on Saturday, sitting third, also on 18 points. Roma coach Rudi Garcia applauded both his goalscorers, and his entire team, but admitted the season is far from over.
  
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• Brady, unbeaten Patriots turn it on in 4th, beat Jets 30-23

  25-10-2015 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady overcame New England's shaky first three quarters by throwing for a pair of touchdowns in the fourth, and the Patriots beat the New York Jets 30-23 on Sunday to remain unbeaten.
  
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• Poland conservatives 'win election'

  25-10-2015 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Poland's conservative Law and Justice party convincingly wins Sunday's general election, an exit poll suggests.
  
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• Cousins' 3rd TD pass of 2nd half lifts Skins past Bucs 31-30

  25-10-2015 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Kirk Cousins threw three second-half touchdown passes, including the go-ahead score with 24 seconds left, to lead the Washington Redskins to the largest comeback in franchise history, a 31-30 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday after trailing by 24 points.
  
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• The Latest from the NFL: Pats control AFC East, Falcons win

  25-10-2015 21:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The latest from NFL games around the league on the seventh Sunday of the season (all times EDT):
  
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• The Latest: Slovenia: No nation could handle migrant flood

  25-10-2015 21:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  OPATOVAC, Croatia (AP) — The latest news as asylum-seekers make their way across Europe by the tens of thousands, fleeing war or seeking a better life. All times local:
  
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• Freeman runs for 116 yards as Falcons edge Titans 10-7

  25-10-2015 21:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons just keep finding ways to pull out victories, no matter how ugly.
  
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• Latest: Exit poll: Law and Justice party wins vote in Poland

  25-10-2015 21:18 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The latest news as Poles vote in a parliamentary election. All times local:
  
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• Radioactive dump that burned in Nevada had past troubles

  25-10-2015 21:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The operator of a closed radioactive waste dump that caught fire in southern Nevada had trouble over the years with leaky shipments and oversight so lax that employees took contaminated tools and building materials home, according to state and federal records.
  
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• Jimmy Fallon falls again, hurts fingers on other hand

  25-10-2015 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Jimmy Fallon should probably be more careful.
  
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• NBA Timberwolves president and coach Saunders dead at 60

  25-10-2015 21:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Phil "Flip" Saunders, coach and president of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, died Sunday at age 60 after a battle with cancer, the team announced. Saunders won more than 1,000 games over a coaching career that spanned 35 years. As an NBA coach, Saunders went 654-594 with Minnesota, Detroit and Washington.
  
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• Exit poll shows right-wing Law and Justice party wins Polish election with 39 percent of vote

  25-10-2015 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Exit poll shows right-wing Law and Justice party wins Polish election with 39 percent of vote.
  
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• EU, Balkan leaders hold migrant summit in bid to defuse tensions

  25-10-2015 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  European Union and Balkan leaders met Sunday to tackle the migrant crisis as Slovenia warned the bloc will "start falling apart" if it fails to take concrete action within weeks. The mini summit, called by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, grouped the heads of 10 EU nations, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, plus the leaders of non-EU Albania, Serbia and Macedonia. More than 600,000 people have landed on European shores this year -- many of them fleeing violence in Syri
  
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• Antonio Gates inactive for the Chargers against Raiders

  25-10-2015 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chargers tight end Antonio Gates is inactive against Oakland because of a knee injury.
  
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• Ivory Coast votes in 1st post-violence election

  25-10-2015 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast voters headed to the polls Sunday hoping to put the past behind them as the West African nation held its first presidential election since a disputed vote five years ago triggered violence that killed more than 3,000 people.
  
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• Saudis see some progress toward political solution in Syria

  25-10-2015 20:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Sunday after talks with his counterpart in Cairo that wider international talks to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria had yielded some progress although further consultations were needed. Differences seem to be increasing between Saudi Arabia's position on Syria and that of Egypt, a close ally. Unlike Saudi Arabia, which backs some Syrian rebel groups, Egypt has welcomed Russian air strikes in Syria against insurgents.
  
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