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• French premier, Jewish leaders mark attack on kosher market

  09-01-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — France's prime minister lamented the growing number of departures of French Jews for Israel, as he and Jewish leaders honored four people gunned down in a kosher market a year ago by an attacker claiming ties to the Islamic State group.
  
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• Powerball jackpot jumps to $900 million, fueling American fantasies

  09-01-2016 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dreaming of overnight riches, millions of Americans anxiously awaited Saturday evening's drawing in the multi-state Powerball lottery, hoping to win a jackpot that has climbed to a record $900 million after a last-minute frenzy of ticket sales. The grand prize for Powerball, played in 44 states, Washington, and two U.S. territories, is worth $558 million if a winner chooses an immediate cash payout instead of annual payments over 29 years, according to lottery officials in California, one of the
  
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• Zidane in flying start as Bale, Messi hit hat-tricks

  09-01-2016 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Zinedine Zidane's reign as Real Madrid boss got off to a flying start as Gareth Bale scored a hat-trick in a 5-0 thrashing of Deportivo la Coruna on Saturday. Victory took Madrid back to within two points of Barcelona after the European champions cruised to a 4-0 win over Granada earlier in the day courtesy of a hat-trick from Lionel Messi. Zidane was given a hero's welcome after replacing the sacked Rafael Benitez earlier in the week and Madrid were rarely troubled after Karim Benzema gave the
  
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• IS sympathizer who shot US cop charged with attempted murder

  09-01-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The suspect who shot and seriously wounded a police officer in Philadelphia while claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group was charged Saturday with attempted murder, the district attorney's office said. Police said it was unclear whether the alleged assailant, Edward Archer, a 30-year-old local man, acted alone or as part of a wider conspiracy. The Wall Street Journal reported that the suspect had traveled to Egypt and Saudi Arabia in recent years for reasons that were unclear on Saturday
  
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• Canada PM condemns pepper spraying of Syrian refugees

  09-01-2016 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is condemning the pepper spraying of a group of Syrian refugees in Vancouver, which police are treating as a hate crime.
  
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• Waxing nostalgic over vinyl records at CES

  09-01-2016 23:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turntables turned heads as a renewed love of old-time vinyl records struck a chord at the famously futuristic Consumer Electronics Show. Sony, Panasonic, Victrola, and Audio-Technica were among the companies showing off turntables boasting digital age spins such as high-resolution audio or wirelessly connecting to speakers. Turntable makers at CES, which wraps in Las Vegas on Saturday, told of vinyl records being all the rage after years of digital tunes dominating the music industry.
  
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• DiCaprio may finally get Oscars due with 'The Revenant'

  09-01-2016 22:54 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Leonardo DiCaprio eats a piece of real bison liver in his new movie "The Revenant," a harrowing tale of revenge and survival in a frigid setting of the American Old West. Is this what the guy has to do to win an Oscar, after 25 years of acting and five Academy Award nominations but ultimately no statuette? The original plan was for him to bite into a simulated organ -- "this red, gelatinous sort of pancake" -- but DiCaprio said no, it looked fake.
  
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• Suspect charged in shooting of Philadelphia policeman - prosecutor

  09-01-2016 22:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - A man claiming allegiance to Islamic State militants was charged on Saturday with attempted murder in the shooting of a Philadelphia police officer this week, the prosecutor said. Edward Archer, of Philadelphia, is accused of ambushing an officer in his squad car shortly before midnight on Thursday. The city's police commissioner said on Friday that Archer told authorities that he ambushed the patrol car "in the name of Islam." U.S. officials have been on high security alert followin
  
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• Patient dies after doctor's punch

  09-01-2016 22:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A doctor faces up to two years in prison for beating a patient who later died, Russian investigators said Saturday.
  
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• Ovechkin scores in overtime to give Capitals a 4-3 win

  09-01-2016 22:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Alexander Ovechkin scored his second goal of the game and the 499th of his career at 1:25 of overtime and the Washington Capitals rallied to beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Saturday.
  
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• North Dakota St wins 5th FCS title in row, 37-10 over JSU

  09-01-2016 22:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Carson Wentz threw for a touchdown and ran for two more scores in his first game since mid-October, and North Dakota State won an unprecedented fifth straight FCS championship with a 37-10 victory Saturday over top seed Jacksonville State.
  
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• Trump goads Cruz on eligibility to run, more

  09-01-2016 22:10 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WAUKON, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump goaded a fellow Republican front-runner, Ted Cruz, over his eligibility to be president and professed bafflement that he's not beating him in Iowa polls as a delicate detente between the two became ever more frayed Saturday.
  
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• ABC Family network prepping to become Freeform network

  09-01-2016 22:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A roundup of news Saturday from the Television Critics Association winter meeting, at which TV networks and streaming services are presenting details on upcoming programs:
  
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• AP source: Mexico willing to extradite recaptured drug lord

  09-01-2016 22:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is willing to extradite drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States, a federal law enforcement official said Saturday. It's a sharp reversal from the official position after his last capture in 2014.
  
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• Group seeks Trump apology after Muslim woman ejected from rally

  09-01-2016 21:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - A Muslim advocacy group on Saturday called on Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump to apologize after a Muslim woman engaged in a silent protest was removed by security personnel and booed by the crowd at his rally in South Carolina on Friday night. "The image of a Muslim woman being abused and ejected from a political rally sends a chilling message to American Muslims and to all those who value our nation's traditions of religious diversity and civic participation," s
  
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• Scintillating Vonn equals record

  09-01-2016 21:48 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Lindsey Vonn won the women's World Cup downhill event in Zauchensee, Austria and in doing so equalled a record that has stood for 36 years.
  
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• Locked in tight duel in Iowa, Trump stresses need to win state

  09-01-2016 21:47 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, locked in a tight race with Texas Senator Ted Cruz in Iowa, on Saturday stressed the importance of winning the state that holds the first U.S. nominating contest of the 2016 election season. "We gotta win Iowa," Trump told a rally in Ottumwa, Iowa. An Iowa victory for the New York billionaire would be a validation of his insurgent candidacy against a host of establishment Republicans and put him in a strong position for the upcoming contest.
  
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• The Latest: Mexico willing to extradite Guzman: AP source

  09-01-2016 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The latest on Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman who was recaptured six months after he escaped from a maximum security prison: (all times local)
  
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• Suspect who police say pledged IS allegiance arraigned

  09-01-2016 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man who investigators say claimed he shot and wounded a Philadelphia police officer in the name of Islam has been charged with attempted murder.
  
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• 'Perfect' Djokovic thrashes Nadal to win Qatar Open

  09-01-2016 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Novak Djokovic won his first title of 2016 on Saturday, playing "perfect" tennis to thrash arch-rival Rafael Nadal in straight sets during a breathtaking performance in the Qatar Open final. The win not only secured the 60th career title for the Serb but also means he is leading for the first time in his head-to-head battle with Nadal, winning 24 of the 47 matches they have now played against each other. "I played pretty much perfect tennis today from the very beginning I managed to get every sh
  
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• Hundreds of French mosques open their doors to the public

  09-01-2016 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Hundreds of mosques across France are participating in a major open-house event this weekend, offering visitors the opportunity to come in for tea and a chat about Islam in a country shaken by jihadist attacks. Dubbed "a brotherly cup of tea", the weekend initiative took different forms with local mosques handing out hot drinks and pastries, offering guided visits, putting on debates and calligraphy workshops, and even inviting people to attend one of the five daily prayers. Organised by the cou
  
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• Italian police: US woman found slain in her Florence flat

  09-01-2016 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ROME (AP) — Italian police say a 35-year-old American woman has been found slain in her apartment in Florence.
  
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• 'Merkel out!': German far-right vents fury after Cologne attacks

  09-01-2016 21:07 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chanting "Merkel out" and waving placards with slogans like "Rapefugees not welcome", xenophobic German PEGIDA protesters vented their fury Saturday against migrants after mass sexual assaults on New Year's Eve. Riot police beat back the agitated protesters with batons, teargas and water cannon in clashes that left three police and one journalist injured and in which police detained multiple demonstrators. Merkel must go," one speaker earlier told the 1,700-strong crowd, which loudly echoed the
  
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• Kerry to respond 'as appropriate' on jailed reporter's case

  09-01-2016 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Saturday that Secretary of State John Kerry will respond "as appropriate" to a letter from executives at 25 news organizations, including The Associated Press, asking him to press Iran to free jailed Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian.
  
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• Mexico aims to extradite 'Chapo' Guzman to the U.S.: sources

  09-01-2016 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Dave Graham LOS MOCHIS, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's government aims to fulfill a request from the United States to extradite the newly-recaptured drug lord Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman to face drug trafficking charges, sources familiar with the situation said on Saturday. The Mexican Attorney General's office will be working as fast as possible to establish the path to extradition, and Chapo could be sent to the United States by mid-year, one of the sources said. Guzman, boss of the powerful Sinalo
  
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• Iowa voters experience Cruz, Trump divergent campaign styles

  09-01-2016 20:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WAUKON, Iowa (AP) — On a collision course all week, Republican presidential front-runners Donald Trump and Ted Cruz were giving Iowa voters a look at their contrasting campaign styles Saturday.
  
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• Things to know: The armed standoff in Oregon

  09-01-2016 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BURNS, Ore. (AP) — A small, armed group has been occupying a remote national wildlife refuge in Oregon for a week to protest federal land use policies.
  
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• Record Powerball jackpot irresistible for thousands in US

  09-01-2016 20:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery players, take heart. Officials say it's increasingly likely that someone will win the $900 million Powerball jackpot, which grew by $100 million just hours before Saturday night's drawing.
  
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• Drug lords real and fictional plentiful in pop culture

  09-01-2016 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  He thought his story was movie material. After all drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the leader of Sinaloa cartel, had been captured twice and escaped, and that, along with his ruthlessness, made him a name known in pop culture. But it was those Hollywood dreams that helped Mexican marines track him down in Los Mochis, a seaside city, and capture him Friday.
  
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• Merkel wants tougher expulsion rules as Cologne assault cases rise

  09-01-2016 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday backed tougher expulsion rules for convicted refugees, as Cologne police recorded 379 cases of New Year violence with asylum seekers and illegal migrants making up the majority of suspects. Police used tear gas and water cannon to clear the rally of far-right supporters in Cologne, after protesters flung firecrackers and bottles at officers they accuse of failing to prevent the attacks on women on New Year's Eve. Vowing tough action, Merkel declared th
  
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• 'Unique' Messi masterclass puts Barca back on top

  09-01-2016 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Lionel Messi warmed up for his anticipated fifth World Player of the Year crown by scoring his first hat-trick of the season to move Barcelona back to the top of La Liga by cruising past Granada 4-0 on Saturday. Messi effectively ended the contest within the first 15 minutes with two easy finishes before completing his hat-trick after the break to take his tally to 12 goals in 10 games since returning from knee ligament damage in November, while Neymar completed the rout late on. The European ch
  
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• Syrian government ready to attend peace talks in Geneva

  09-01-2016 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Syrian government announced Saturday it is ready to attend peace talks later this month with the opposition in Geneva as a new airstrike in northern Syria killed and wounded scores of people, including many militants.
  
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• 2 who inspired Obama to attend State of Union address

  09-01-2016 20:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two people who inspired Barack Obama during his first presidential campaign are going to attend his final State of the Union address.
  
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• Pack, Rodgers struggling, Skins, Cousins soaring to playoffs

  09-01-2016 20:22 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers has been a Super Bowl champion and a two-time NFL MVP. He owns the best passer rating in league history. His Green Bay Packers are in the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.
  
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• Catalan separatists agree to form regional govt after Mas steps aside

  09-01-2016 20:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Catalonia's separatists on Saturday struck a last-minute agreement to form a new regional government that will work towards independence from Spain, with controversial secessionist leader Artur Mas stepping aside to seal the deal. "This is not an easy decision, but it is a coherent decision," Mas told a press conference, saying he did what was necessary to save the independence drive in the wealthy northeast region of 7.5 million. "I am stepping aside and will not be standing as a Together for Y
  
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• Congressman wants Aloha wear allowed on House floor

  09-01-2016 20:05 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — A Hawaii Congressman wants Aloha wear to be allowed on the House floor on Fridays, a change from the current rule that requires full business attire.
  
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• Brrrrr: No warm welcome for Seahawks in rematch with Vikings

  09-01-2016 20:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Six weeks ago, the Seattle Seahawks left Minnesota with a laugher 38-7 victory over the Vikings.
  
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• 'Star Wars' opens at record pace in China, Disney says

  09-01-2016 19:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Global blockbuster movie "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" broke records in China with an estimated $33 million in ticket sales on its first day in the world's second-largest film market, Walt Disney Co said on Saturday. The figure represents the Disney film studio's biggest opening day ever in China and the highest Saturday opening day in the country in industry history, the company said. "Force Awakens," the seventh installment in the science fiction franchise created by George Lucas, is the top-
  
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• Anti-migrant protest turns violent as German welcome cools

  09-01-2016 19:52 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Joseph Nasr and Matthias Inverardi COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - German riot police broke up far-right protesters in Cologne on Saturday as they marched against Germany's open-door migration policy after dozens of asylum seekers were arrested for mass assaults on women on New Year's Eve. The attacks, ranging from sexual molestation to theft, shocked Germany, which took in 1.1 million migrants and refugees in 2015 under asylum laws championed by Chancellor Angela Merkel, despite fervent opposit
  
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• U.S. Powerball jackpot surges to record $900 million

  09-01-2016 19:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The grand prize for Powerball, played in 44 states, Washington, and two U.S. territories, is worth $558 million if a winner chooses an immediate cash payout instead of annual payments over 29 years, California lottery officials said in a statement. The prize, which rises with every drawing that generates a winning series of numbers that no ticket buyer holds, now ranks as the largest jackpot for any lottery in North American history. Dony Elias, 26, an attendant at Stardust Liquor in Los Angeles
  
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• Abrams skirts Oscars talk for 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'

  09-01-2016 19:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — J.J. Abrams, director of the blockbuster "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," is deflecting Oscars talk for himself but is hoping other people involved in the film will see their work recognized.
  
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• 'Merkel out!': PEGIDA supporters vent fury after Cologne attacks

  09-01-2016 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Chanting "Merkel out" and waving German flags, supporters of the xenophobic PEGIDA movement vented their anger Saturday against migrants after a rash of sexual assaults in the western city of Cologne. Carrying banners and signs bearing slogans like "Rapefugees not welcome", the far-right protesters took aim at Merkel, accusing her of allowing migrants to running amok in Germany through her liberal stance towards those fleeing war. Merkel must go," a member of PEGIDA told the crowd, which echoed
  
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• Kingpin's sons threaten Mexican govt.

  09-01-2016 19:37 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It didn't take long. Hours after drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was captured by Mexican Special Forces, men reported to be his sons took to social media to threaten the Mexican government.
  
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• Invisible disaster drives people from upscale LA community

  09-01-2016 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Laura Gideon and her family endured the sickening stench from an out-of-control natural gas leak for about a month before they could no longer tolerate the nausea, headaches and nosebleeds.
  
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• Producers say Dallas welcomed Kennedy assassination project

  09-01-2016 19:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Dallas residents welcomed filmmakers shooting Hulu's adaptation of Stephen King's novel "11.22.63" — at least until they stopped traffic in Dealey Plaza to re-enact President John F. Kennedy's ill-fated motorcade.
  
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• US flight diverted to Canada on 'security concern'

  09-01-2016 19:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A United Airlines flight from Alaska to Denver was diverted to Vancouver after a "security concern" and one person was placed in custody on Saturday, officials said. Airline and airport officials would not immediately say what the problem was, but the incident came as the United States and Canada are on heightened alert for terror attacks. "United Airlines flight 1104 from Anchorage, Alaska to Denver, Colorado was diverted to Vancouver International Airport due to a security concern," an airport
  
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• Opinion: Why Trump must be destroyed

  09-01-2016 19:15 via rss.cnn.com
  
  With less than a month until the Iowa caucuses, followed immediately by New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary, it's time the conservative base and Republican establishment destroy Donald J. Trump -- before it's too late for the party, the conservative cause, and the nation.
  
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• Kasich: Woman's ejection 'terrible'

  09-01-2016 19:15 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Ohio Gov. and Presidential Candidate John Kasich tells Michael Smerconish of his disapproval of how the Muslim woman was ejected from a Trump Rally in SC.
  
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• 'The ugliness came out fast'

  09-01-2016 19:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  CNN's Don Lemon speaks to Rose Hamid, a 56-year-old flight attendant who stood up during a Donald Trump rally and was escorted out.
  
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• US skier Vonn wins Zauchensee downhill to tie World Cup win record

  09-01-2016 19:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  American speed queen Lindsey Vonn equalled the number of women's World Cup downhill victories with an impressive win over two testing legs at Zauchensee on Saturday. It was her 72nd win on the World Cup circuit and a record-equalling 36th in the downhill, matching the onlooking Austrian Annemarie Moser-Proell, who previously held the record of overall wins (62). "Another race, another record! Couldn't be happier! I'm honored that the legendary A.M. Proell was there today!" Vonn tweeted.
  
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