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• Updated: 17 firms seek contract to sell ABQ as ‘premier location’ for business

  07-12-2015 23:44
  
  City contract valued at estimated $1 million
  
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• UPDATE : Santa Fe Studios claims millions of job hours, but backs off position they all count toward financing mandate

  07-12-2015 23:43
  
  Santa Fe Studios tonight (Monday) backed off claims that it has created 2.7 million job hours that can be counted toward its job-creation requirement for the public financing that the studio received for its construction. (See original story below) But a lawyer for the studio said Santa Fe Studios has in fact created more than […]
  
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• Santa Fe Studios claims “millions” of job hours

  07-12-2015 23:43
  
  SANTA FE — Santa Fe Studios, the film operation established south of town in 2011 with a big boost from New Mexico taxpayers and county government, is using a recent memo from the state Film Office to maintain that it has created over 2.7 million job hours — five times more than mandated as part […]
  
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• Search continues for suspects in Albuquerque shootout

  07-12-2015 23:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The search continues for two burglary suspects who dumped their friend at UNM Hospital after he was shot by an Albuquerque homeowner.
  That homeowner says he confronted three men about to break into his car near Tramway and Montgomery Sunday morning. When one of the suspects pulled a gun on him, he pulled out his gun and fired.
  Police say one of the suspects was shot several times and took off along with the other two.
  
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• Witness in freeway shooting case backs away from alibi claim

  07-12-2015 23:11
  
  PHOENIX — A key witness in the investigation of freeway shootings in metro Phoenix has backed away from her claim that a man arrested in the case was with her at the time of the attacks. Leslie Merritt Jr. says phone records and accounts from family members will show that he wasn’t near the scene […]
  
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• Trial resumes in case of homeless men killed in Albuquerque

  07-12-2015 23:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The trial of a 20-year-old man accused of beating to death two homeless men has resumed after a weekend break.
  Alex Rios is facing multiple charges including two counts of first-degree murder in the July 2014 attack.
  Two teens were also charged in the case. The youngest, Gilbert Tafoya, is taking a plea deal that offers him the possibility of release when he turns 21 in exchange for his testimony.
  On Monday, Tafoya took the stand again. This time the def
  
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• Teen finishes testifying after murder of homeless men

  07-12-2015 23:07 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Jurors have heard all of the testimony and seen all of the evidence in the Alex Rios murder trial.
  On Tuesday, attorneys will have a chance to make their final case before jurors decide if Rios is guilty of murdering two homeless men after getting drunk at a party last year.
  While Rios’ attorney, Daniel Salazar, says his client is not guilty, Rios did not take the stand on Monday to tell the jury that himself.
  In fact, the defense didn’t call any witne
  
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• Homeland secretary urges US to avoid suspicion of Muslims

  07-12-2015 22:47
  
  WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson was meeting with Muslims in northern Virginia. The meeting occurs as the U.S. government says it needs to take a new approach to counterterrorism and homeland security that includes outreach to Muslim communities. Johnson was participating in a round table discussion Monday on civil rights and liberties at […]
  
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• Secret Service agent sentenced in online currency theft

  07-12-2015 22:46
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Francisco has sentenced a former Secret Service agent to nearly six years in prison following his conviction on charges related to the theft of electronic currency during a high-profile investigation into the online drug bazaar Silk Road. U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg said Shaun Bridges had betrayed […]
  
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• Updated: Trump calls for ‘complete shutdown’ on Muslims entering US

  07-12-2015 22:45
  
  NEWARK, N.J. — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called Monday for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” The proposed ban would stand “until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on,” his campaign said in a statement. The statement added that Trump’s proposal comes in response to the […]
  
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• Trump calls for ‘complete shutdown’ on Muslims entering US

  07-12-2015 22:45
  
  NEWARK, N.J. — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is calling for a “complete and total ban” on Muslims entering the United States. Trump says in a statement released by his campaign Monday that his proposal comes in response to the level of hatred among “large segments of the Muslim population” toward Americans. Trump […]
  
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• FBI: Killers were ‘radicalized,’ took target practice

  07-12-2015 22:34 via krqe.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The husband and wife who carried out the San Bernardino massacre had been radicalized and had taken part in target practice, one time within days of the attack that killed 14 people, the FBI said Monday.
  In another chilling twist, authorities disclosed that a year before the rampage, Syed Farook’s co-workers at the county health department underwent “active-shooter” training in the very conference room where he and his wife opened fire on his
  
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• Kerry joins Paris talks as UN warns of climate doom

  07-12-2015 22:15
  
  LE BOURGET, France — The United Nations secretary-general called for a clean energy revolution to avoid a “climate catastrophe” as talks on a global warming pact entered their final week Monday with crunch issues on money and burden-sharing yet to be resolved. One of them, however, appeared to be untangling as the European Union softened […]
  
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• Updated: Former Navajo interim chairman led tribe in tumultuous time

  07-12-2015 22:14
  
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A former Navajo Nation interim chairman who oversaw the tribe during one of its most tumultuous times has died. Leonard Haskie died Sunday after a battle with cancer, said his daughter, Lenore. He was 71. Tribal lawmakers elected Haskie to serve as interim chairman in 1989 after then-Chairman Peter MacDonald was put […]
  
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• Former Navajo interim chairman led tribe in tumultuous time

  07-12-2015 22:14
  
  A former Navajo Nation interim chairman who oversaw the tribe during one of its most tumultuous times has died. Services are scheduled Wednesday in Sanostee, New Mexico, for Leonard Haskie. His daughter, Lenore Haskie, says he died Sunday after a battle with cancer. He was 71. Tribal lawmakers elected Haskie to serve as interim chairman […]
  
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• Commission recommends Sirignano for slot vacated by Judge Nakamura

  07-12-2015 21:53
  
  Former FBI agent and federal prosecutor Amy Sirignano, now practicing personal injury and criminal d ...
  
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• FBI: 2 White Rock residents arrested for Española bank robbery

  07-12-2015 21:52
  
  SANTA FE — The Federal Bureau of Investigations announced Monday that two White Rock residents have been arrested in connection to a bank robbery in Española last week. Fidel Harrison Naranjo, 26, was arrested by the FBI and Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday for allegedly robbing the New Mexico Bank and Trust in Española on […]
  
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• Convention Center hosting 2,600 tech professionals this week

  07-12-2015 21:49
  
  Conference presented by HP
  
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• Defense hammers accomplice in homeless beating deaths

  07-12-2015 21:35
  
  The attorney for Alex Rios, one of three accused of the savage beating death of two homeless men in...
  
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• Gov. Martinez: Obama ‘politicizes tragedy’ with gun control

  07-12-2015 21:30 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (AP) – New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says President Barack Obama’s call for stricter gun control only “politicizes tragedy” after the San Bernardino, California, shooting.
  The Republican and nation’s only Latina governor said Monday in Albuquerque that Obama’s call to ban those on the federal “no-fly” list from purchasing firearms would have done nothing to stop the shooting. She says such gun control measures would only take firearms
  
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• Chicago police probe announced; no charges in 2nd shooting

  07-12-2015 21:27 via krqe.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police officer will not be charged in the shooting of a 25-year-old black man who authorities said was armed with a gun as he ran away from officers, prosecutors announced Monday, the same day the U.S. Justice Department opened an investigation into patterns of racial disparity in the use of force by Chicago police.
  The investigation, announced by U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, comes nearly two weeks after the release of a video showing a white Chicago police
  
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• The Latest: Shooters participated in target practice

  07-12-2015 21:19
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The latest on the shootings in San Bernardino, California (all times local): 12:20 p.m. The FBI says the California shooters have participated in target practice, including once within days of the attack that killed 14 people. David Bowdich, assistant director of the FBI’s Los Angeles office, said at a news conference […]
  
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• Survivors return to Pearl Harbor 74 years after attack

  07-12-2015 21:17 via krqe.com
  
  PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A few dozen elderly men who survived the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor 74 years ago gathered Monday at the site to remember fellow servicemen who didn’t make it.
  The U.S. Navy and National Park Service hosted a ceremony in remembrance of those killed on Dec. 7, 1941. About 3,000 people were expected to join the survivors.
  Adm. Harry Harris, the top U.S. military commander in the Pacific, said the day “must forever remain burned into the American c
  
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• Updated: Gov. plans court monitoring, surge in patrols to help combat DWI

  07-12-2015 21:16
  
  State Police will flood New Mexico’s deadliest highways in coming months to catch drunken drivers and work with other officers to round up DWI offenders who fail to show up in court or violate their conditions of release. Gov. Susana Martinez also plans to hire people willing to sit in courtrooms to watch how New […]
  
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• Gov. plans court monitoring, surge in patrols to help combat DWI

  07-12-2015 21:16
  
  State Police will flood New Mexico’s deadliest highways in coming months to catch drunken drivers and work with other officers to round up DWI offenders who fail to show up in court or violate their conditions of release. Gov. Susana Martinez also plans to hire people willing to sit in courtrooms to watch how New […]
  
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• Breaking: NM revenue estimates pared back; $232M in “new” money now projected

  07-12-2015 20:07
  
  The amount of money New Mexico lawmakers are expected to have available for spending in the coming year has been trimmed back — just like last year — due to plummeting oil prices. Executive and legislative branch economists told members of a key legislative panel this morning there will be an estimated $232 million in […]
  
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• Winter Solstice concerts sparkles for New Mexico Performing Arts Society

  07-12-2015 19:55
  
  The New Mexico Performing Arts Society may be a new organization to Albuquerque audiences, but one well worth getting to know. Founded by esteemed conductor Franz Vote, formerly of the Metropolitan Opera, and acclaimed flutist Linda Marianiello, NMPAS brings together some of the area’s finest musicians for a variety of concerts throughout the year. Last […]
  
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• Credit union’s name will adorn New Mexico’s tallest building

  07-12-2015 19:22 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico’s tallest building will display the name of a credit union, breaking a pattern of banks seeking signage rights on the state’s skyscrapers.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports that U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union’s name will replace the Bank of Albuquerque sign on the 22-story Albuquerque Plaza building in downtown.
  The building is owned by an investment group led by local businessman Jim Long. He says he’s thrilled to have U.S. Eagle
  
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• Supreme Court seems to favor limits on tribal court lawsuits

  07-12-2015 19:14
  
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appears ready to impose limits on lawsuits in a Native American court against people who are not members of the Indian tribe. The justices heard arguments Monday in a closely watched appeal by Dollar General Corp. over a civil lawsuit in the court of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. […]
  
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• Police: 2 New York college students abducted, held hostage

  07-12-2015 19:14
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Two New York college students, one a current member of the football team and the other a former member, have been found safe after police say they were abducted and held hostage. Rochester police say a SWAT team rescued the two University of Rochester seniors Sunday night. Both were taken to the […]
  
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• Mary and Joseph find shelter from the cold

  07-12-2015 19:04
  
  Here’s at least one instance when Mary and Joseph found a room at the inn. A Nativity scene, which is close to life-size, has been installed in the lobby of La Fonda on the Plaza after more than a half-century of exposure to the elements as a display on the hotel’s roof. The damage that […]
  
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• From food to makeup, ‘Star Wars’ stuff is out of this world

  07-12-2015 19:04
  
  LOS ANGELES — Right now, in a store not too far away, there is a galaxy of new merchandise connected to “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Beyond the usual action figures and apparel, the seventh installment in the space franchise (and the first from merchandise-driven Disney) boasts a broader array of branded products than ever […]
  
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• Gov. Martinez announces new anti-drunk driving measures

  07-12-2015 19:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Governor Susana Martinez says she’s done waiting for the New Mexico legislature to act, so she’s is introducing four new initiatives she says will help crack down on drunk drivers in New Mexico.Governor Martinez is going to use her executive power to get this done. She says she’s tired of DWI arrests resulting in a slap on the wrist.One of the things she wants to do is increase officer patrols. Martinez wants police to start targeting some of what sh
  
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• Top nominations for 58th annual Grammys

  07-12-2015 18:45 via interactives.krqe.com
  
  The nominations for the 58th annual Grammy Awards were announced Monday morning. The Grammys will be held February 15, 2016 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
  Top nominations for 58th annual Grammys »
  
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• Apple Maps, once a laughingstock, now dominates iPhones

  07-12-2015 18:32
  
  NEW YORK — Apple Maps quickly became the butt of jokes when it debuted in 2012. It overlooked many towns and businesses and misplaced famous landmarks. It marked New York’s Madison Square Garden arena as park space because of the word “Garden.” The service was a rare blunder for a company known for simple, easy-to-use […]
  
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• Texas car driver killed when deer smashes through windshield

  07-12-2015 18:18
  
  TEMPLE, Texas — Police say a Central Texas driver has been killed after a deer struck by another car crashed through the victim’s windshield. Temple police on Monday identified the victim as 32-year-old Christopher Cody Fields of Temple. Cpl. Christopher Wilcox says the mature buck ran onto a road and was hit by a car […]
  
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• Report: US donors pump millions into Israeli settlements

  07-12-2015 18:17
  
  JERUSALEM — Private American donors have pumped more than $220 million into Jewish West Bank settlements in recent years through tax-deductible donations, effectively subsidizing a policy opposed by U.S. administrations for decades, according to an investigation published in an Israeli newspaper on Monday. The Haaretz daily found that some 50 nonprofit organizations from across the […]
  
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• Kendrick the King: Rapper leads Grammys with 11 nominations

  07-12-2015 18:17
  
  NEW YORK — Kendrick Lamar is the king of the Grammys: The rapper is the leading nominee for the 2016 awards with 11, including album of the year for “To Pimp a Butterfly” and song of the year for “Alright.” Lamar, who won two Grammys earlier this year, is followed by Taylor Swift and the […]
  
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• Homeland secretary: US to roll out new terror alert system

  07-12-2015 18:02 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will announce a new terror alert system “in the coming days,” Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Monday.
  Johnson said the new alert system will better inform the public about threats to the United States, but he did not provide specific details.
  This will be the third terror alert system put in place by the Homeland Security Department since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The much maligned color-coded system was replac
  
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• San Bernardino county reopens for business after attacks

  07-12-2015 17:50 via krqe.com
  
  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of employees of San Bernardino County began returning to work Monday, five days after a county restaurant inspector and his wife opened fire on a gathering of his co-workers, killing 14 people and injuring 21.
  The reopening of much of the government’s offices signals an effort to return to normalcy for a community that has been in shock and mourning since the killings Wednesday.
  “To honor them, to express our gratitude for their unimagina
  
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• US official: Russia strike killed Syria government troops

  07-12-2015 17:46
  
  WASHINGTON — A senior U.S. military official says the United States is “certain” that it was a Russian airstrike that killed three Syrian soldiers and wounded 13 others. The U.S. has said it was not a coalition strike, but Syria’s government accused the U.S.-led alliance of bombing the army camp and hitting troops loyal to […]
  
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• Gov. Martinez to announce new anti-drunk driving measures

  07-12-2015 17:46
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is set to announce new measures aimed at tackling drunken driving deaths in the state. The Republican is scheduled Monday to outline a number of executive orders to “crack down” on crimes related to drunken driving. The move comes days after police say a man accused of […]
  
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• Analysis: Obama offers reassurance, little policy in speech

  07-12-2015 17:38 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — There were no new policy prescriptions, no fresh military strategies and no timelines. When President Barack Obama seized the spotlight for a rare prime time address Sunday night, he came with one major message: It’s going to be OK.
  Standing in the Oval Office, Obama sought to calm nerves and quiet a chorus of critics who charge the president has been too slow to acknowledge the threat posed by Islamic radicalism and too tepid in his response.
  “The threat from
  
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• Feds spend $104 million yearly to house families who earn too much

  07-12-2015 17:20 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – More than 25,000 American families squat in heavily subsidized and often scarce low-income housing, despite earning too much money to live there.
  And taxpayers foot the subsidy bill – all $104 million of it.
  Thousands wait for HUD housing nationwide. (Courtesy: HUD OIG)A recent inspector general (IG) report within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) found that some families, described as “over-income,” make more than $500,000
  
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• Study sees possible dip in world carbon dioxide emissions

  07-12-2015 17:12
  
  PARIS — Global carbon dioxide emissions may be dropping ever so slightly this year, spurred by a dramatic plunge in Chinese pollution, according to a surprising new study by a scientific team that regularly tracks heat-trapping pollution. The unexpected dip could either be a temporary blip or true hope that the world is about to […]
  
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• State Police: Man killed when vehicle slides, overturns

  07-12-2015 17:10
  
  RUIDOSO, N.M. — New Mexico State Police say a man was killed when a vehicle that had been stuck on a snowpacked and icy road slid and overturned onto him. Police say 73-year-old Dan Lewis of Atersia was a passenger in the vehicle that got stuck Sunday on a road near Ruidoso in south-central New […]
  
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• Albuquerque test-driving electric buses

  07-12-2015 17:09
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque’s public transit system has been testing out buses completely powered by electricity. KOB-TV in Albuquerque reports (http://bit.ly/1LWJu87) ABQ Ride has been trying out buses that do not need diesel fuel. ABQ Ride spokesman Rick De Reyes says the city is considering the buses as one way to lower the amount of […]
  
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• Carlsbad teen found shot several times

  07-12-2015 17:08
  
  CARLSBAD, N.M. — Carlsbad police are searching for a suspect in the shooting of a 19-year-old man. The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports (http://bit.ly/1N50Rrk) officers responded to a shooting Saturday around 3:30 p.m. at a house. Police spokesman Blaine Rennie says the victim was found with multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to the hospital, where he […]
  
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• California shooter attended Islamic school in Pakistan

  07-12-2015 17:08
  
  MULTAN, Pakistan — The woman who carried out last week’s mass shooting in California with her husband had attended an Islamic religious school, or madrassa, while living in Pakistan, intelligence officials and the school said Monday. Few details have emerged about Tashfeen Malik’s life in Pakistan, where she lived from 2007 to 2014 before heading […]
  
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• City records indicate possible O’Keeffe Museum expansion

  07-12-2015 17:07
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe is considering a major expansion, according to city documents. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports (http://bit.ly/1TP6Nan) that documents obtained through an open-records request reveal emails and sketches that reference a future museum at the current site of the O’Keefee Educaiton Annex. Roxanne Decyk, president […]
  
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