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• Santa Fe mayor, others hosting gun violence town hall

  27-01-2016 23:52
  
  Santa Fe city government, service providers and advocates will host a town hall meeting on Monday,  Feb. 1st,  to discuss gun violence in Santa Fe. The panel leading the discussion will include Mayor Javier M. Gonzales; Miranda Viscoli of New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence; District Attorney Jennifer Padgett;  Erin Doerwald of the Sky Center […]
  
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• Curfew measure on to House; passes panel on 9-4 vote

  27-01-2016 23:46
  
  Legislation allowing cities and counties to impose curfews on young people is headed to the full House for a vote after clearing the House Judiciary Committee. The committee voted 9-4 for the bill sponsored by House Majority Leader Nate Gentry, R-Albuquerque. Curfews could apply to children 15 and under between midnight and 5 a.m., and during […]
  
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• MLK State Commission executive director target of probe

  27-01-2016 23:42
  
  Search warrants made public Wednesday and related to the Tuesday probe of the Martin Luther King Jr. State Commission, show that investigators from the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office suspect commission executive director, Kimberly Greene, of embezzling thousands of dollars via a non profit charged with dispersing funds on behalf of the MLK Commission. According […]
  
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• AZ lawmakers aim to revise law outlawing bans on plastic bags

  27-01-2016 23:37
  
  PHOENIX — Republican lawmakers are attempting to sideline a lawsuit that would overturn an Arizona law blocking cities and towns from banning plastic bags. The law passed last session prevents cities from banning plastic bags and other disposable products and blocks cities from requiring business owners to report energy consumption. Rep. Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, sponsored […]
  
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• Updated: Obama, Sanders at the White House: Nice chat but that’s all

  27-01-2016 23:34
  
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his aides have said a lot of nice things about Bernie Sanders, but not this one: He’s ready to be president. The key omission was particularly noticeable Wednesday as Obama and Sanders met for their first one-on-one since Sanders jolted the Democratic campaign and locked Hillary Clinton in an […]
  
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• Teen curfew legislation passes House Judiciary Committee, on to House floor

  27-01-2016 23:34
  
  Legislation that would impose curfews for New Mexico teenagers is headed to the House floor after passing the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday by a 9-4 vote.
  
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• Obama, Sanders at the White House: Nice chat but that’s all

  27-01-2016 23:34
  
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his aides have said a lot of nice things about Bernie Sanders, but not this one: He’s ready to be president. The key omission was particularly noticeable Wednesday as Obama and Sanders met for their first one-on-one since Sanders jolted the Democratic campaign and locked Hillary Clinton in an […]
  
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• South Carolina Senate committee OKs bill to track refugees

  27-01-2016 23:32
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. — A bill requiring state police to track refugees coming to South Carolina and to hold their sponsors liable for damages if they commit an act of terrorism is on its way to the floor of the state Senate. A Senate committee approved the measure on Wednesday. A spokesman for an organization focused […]
  
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• The Latest: Arson not suspected in Canal Street blaze

  27-01-2016 23:31
  
  NEW ORLEANS — The Latest on a stubborn fire that broke out in a building in downtown New Orleans on Wednesday. All times are local. 4:15 p.m. The fire chief in New Orleans says arson isn’t suspected in the blaze that blanketed part of the city with smoke and forced the closure of historic Canal […]
  
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• Facebook posts strong 4Q as company closes gap with Google

  27-01-2016 23:31
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is growing at an exceptional pace as it enters adolescence, propelling it into a better position to challenge Google as the Internet’s most powerful company. Facebook’s fourth-quarter report Wednesday provided the latest gauge of the company’s impressive strides. It marked the first time that Facebook’s quarterly revenue has surpassed $5 billion […]
  
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• UNM doctor invited to White House

  27-01-2016 23:25 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – One of New Mexico’s renowned cancer doctors has been invited to the White House.
  Vice President Joe Biden has invited a delegation of six cancer experts to meet to discuss new national cancer initiatives.
  Doctor Cheryl Wilman is one of them. She is the director and CEO of the University of New Mexico Cancer Center.
  Willman will provide updates on New Mexico cancer patterns, disparities and needs. She said the biggest question she thinks will be asked is, “H
  
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• Homeless man shot by Albuquerque attorney testifies

  27-01-2016 23:13 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The homeless man, who was shot by an attorney in Albuquerque, took the stand on Wednesday.
  The attorney for David Chip asked Stephen Biddinger about the drugs he had taken the day he was shot. He told them he was still “tweaking” on “ice man.”
  Biddinger says Venie taunted him on the street and that’s why he stepped into his law office.
  A short time later, he was shot. “I was calling his bluff, I didn’t think at that time he was
  
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• Updated: Ferguson, feds reaches tentative police reform deal

  27-01-2016 23:08
  
  ST. LOUIS — The Justice Department has reached a tentative agreement with Ferguson on systemic changes following the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in 2014, city officials announced Wednesday. The recommended overhaul follows seven months of negotiations and likely averts a civil rights lawsuit that federal officials have the option to bring against […]
  
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• Apple’s iPhone is slumping. What’s next?

  27-01-2016 23:01
  
  SAN FRANCISCO — The bloom may be off Apple’s iPhone, at least for now. So now the pressure is on the iconic Silicon Valley company to come up with its next big thing. On Tuesday, Apple acknowledged that it’s likely to see an uncharacteristic sales decline this spring, amid signs of global economic weakness and […]
  
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• AP Exclusive: Officials say France wants more Iran sanctions

  27-01-2016 23:00
  
  VIENNA — France has asked the European Union to consider new sanctions against Iran over recent missile tests, in a request made shortly after the EU ended sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program, officials have told The Associated Press. Two officials from European Union nations said the French proposal is under EU review but most other […]
  
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• Bank of NM names Sanchez president

  27-01-2016 22:55
  
  GRANTS — Clemente Sanchez has been appointed president/CEO of Bank of New Mexico and Ron B. Williams has been named chairman of its board of directors. Sanchez has served on the board since 2008 and as chairman since 2014. He retired at the end of last year as director of the Small Business Development Center […]
  
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• Film academy reforms spark new round of protests

  27-01-2016 22:51
  
  NEW YORK — Since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said it was altering membership rules in response to an outcry over the diversity of its voters and nominees, another uproar has erupted around Hollywood. Many academy members are protesting that the new measures unjustly scapegoat older academy members and imply they’re racist. […]
  
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• New Mexico court approves changes to speedy trial rule

  27-01-2016 22:45 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – The New Mexico Supreme Court has approved changes to a rule designed to diminish the backlog of criminal cases awaiting trial in Bernalillo County.
  The court made the announcement Wednesday, saying prosecutors in the state’s busiest judicial district will have more time for handling cases.
  The changes also include safeguards for limiting when cases may be dismissed for failure to comply with the so-called “speedy trial rule.”
  The changes will take ef
  
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• Clovis family seeks public’s help to find driver in fatal crash

  27-01-2016 22:43 via krqe.com
  
  CLOVIS, N.M. (KRQE) – A Clovis family is once again reaching out to the public for help catching the driver who killed a young woman.
  State police have issued an arrest warrant for 25-year-old Jose Calderon, who they say was driving a truck and crashed into a tree.
  Officer say he was on south Roosevelt Road in Portales on June 7. One of his passengers, 20-year-old Angel Garcia was killed.
  It’s believed Calderon had been drinking.  He’s been on the run since the crash.
  
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• Lawsuit: Art work injured Durango woman

  27-01-2016 22:36 via krqe.com
  
  DURANGO, Col. (KRQE) – The City of Durango will be settling a lawsuit after a woman was injured by a piece of falling art.
  According to the Durango Herald, the lawsuit says Shaohong Deng was watching her child on the climbing wall at the Durango Rec. center back in 2013 when a piece of art, that looked like a kite, fell from the ceiling and hit Deng in the head.
  She suffered injuries to her shoulder, neck and ankle.
  Under the settlement, Deng will receive nearly $7,000.
  The piece of artwor
  
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• Breaking: New Mexico court approves changes to speedy trial rule

  27-01-2016 22:35
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Supreme Court on Wednesday approved changes to a rule designed to diminish the backlog of criminal cases awaiting trial in Bernalillo County. The court announced that prosecutors in the state’s busiest judicial district will have more time for handling criminal cases. The changes also include safeguards for limiting […]
  
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• New Gas Co. owner says it will invest in NM

  27-01-2016 22:32
  
  Canadian company Emera Inc. says it will make significant investments in natural gas and possibly other clean energy infrastructure if state regulators allow it to buy the New Mexico Gas Co. Emera, a publicly-traded energy firm with about $10 billion in assets in North America, announced plans last September to acquire Florida-based TECO Energy, which […]
  
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• The Latest: Obama, Sanders meet amid heated primary race

  27-01-2016 22:31
  
  WASHINGTON — Here are the latest developments from the 2016 race for president, less than a week out from the Iowa caucuses. All times local. 4:20 p.m. Bernie Sanders says he and President Barack Obama talked foreign policy, the economy and “a little bit of politics,” during their first extended sit-down since the Vermont senator’s […]
  
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• Hamas says militants missing in Gaza tunnel collapse

  27-01-2016 22:18
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Islamic militant group Hamas says a group of militants have gone missing inside a tunnel built to attack Israel that collapsed due to heavy rainfall. Hamas confirmed the incident in a statement Wednesday, a day after Palestinian social media activists publicized the matter. Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, […]
  
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• Officials mull security options for judge shot in Austin

  27-01-2016 21:59
  
  AUSTIN, Texas — Travis County officials concerned about the safety of a judge who was shot in November are considering spending up to $80,000 a month for ongoing security for her protection. Documents obtained by KVUE-TV and the Austin American-Statesman show the Travis County Sheriff’s Office has spent nearly $70,000 in the past five weeks […]
  
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• House Dems, who delivered for Obama, now diminished minority

  27-01-2016 21:59
  
  BALTIMORE — House Democrats clawed their way into power and delivered a burst of historic legislation for President Barack Obama after he took office seven years ago. Now, in his final year, Obama is leaving them greatly diminished and confronting questions about whether their next generation of leaders can lead them back into the majority. […]
  
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• Rancher killed in refuge standoff vowed to die before jail

  27-01-2016 21:58
  
  BURNS, Oregon — A rancher who was killed during a traffic stop while in Oregon for an armed standoff at a wildlife refuge recently vowed he would die before going to prison. Fifty-five-year-old LaVoy Finicum of Cain Beds, Arizona, died after law enforcement officers initiated the stop Tuesday night near the Malheur (MAL’-hure) National Wildlife […]
  
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• Immigration at center of Pope’s visit to Mexico-US border

  27-01-2016 21:58
  
  REYNOSA, Mexico — The young Salvadoran woman was robbed and forced to dodge kidnappers working for a drug cartel during her four-month odyssey to this border city of belching factories and swirling dust across the Rio Grande from Texas. She hoped to be on the other side long before Pope Francis visits the region next […]
  
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• Voters conflicted on relevance of Clinton marriage drama

  27-01-2016 21:57
  
  WASHINGTON — It’s fair game. It’s ancient history. It’s political. It’s personal. Like it or not, the long-running drama of Hillary Clinton’s marriage — her husband’s infidelity and how she dealt with it — is back as a subtext in this year’s presidential race. The issue has a new, sharper edge this time: Voters are […]
  
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• Lawyer: ‘Runaway grand jury’ indicted abortion foes

  27-01-2016 21:57
  
  HOUSTON — An attorney for two anti-abortion activists facing charges after making undercover videos about Planned Parenthood say the activists were indicted by a “runaway grand jury.” The Houston grand jury cleared Planned Parenthood of misusing fetal tissue and instead indicted David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt on charges of tampering with a governmental record for […]
  
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• Clinton presses for debate before New Hampshire primary

  27-01-2016 21:57
  
  ADEL, Iowa — Hillary Clinton pressed the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday to add a presidential debate before next month’s New Hampshire primary, seeking another high-profile exchange with rival Bernie Sanders. The push by Clinton for more debates — and Sanders’ resistance to adding another forum — underscores his strength in Iowa and New Hampshire […]
  
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• Brazil: 270 of 4,180 suspected microcephaly cases confirmed

  27-01-2016 21:56
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Health Ministry said Wednesday that in recent months it has recorded 4,180 suspected cases of a rare brain defect in babies that officials fear may be linked to the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus. But so far, only 270 of the cases have been confirmed by lab tests as […]
  
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• Here's why the AG searched the MLK Jr. Commission

  27-01-2016 21:20
  
  Recently released documents show that investigators were looking for evidence of fraud, forgery and embezzlement when they served a search warrant at the Martin Luther King Jr. State Commission.
  
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• Firkin BrewHouse finally ready to go

  27-01-2016 21:15
  
  New microbrewery plans public debut on Feb. 4
  
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• Walgreens will keep selling tobacco products

  27-01-2016 21:03
  
  CHICAGO — The nation’s No. 1 drugstore has no plans to stop selling tobacco products and said its main focus is trying to help people kick the habit, Walgreens executives told shareholders at Wednesday’s annual meeting. “We do deliberate this on a regular basis,” said Executive Chairman James Skinner. “Our main focus is to try […]
  
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• Wal-Mart’s shutdown creates new food deserts

  27-01-2016 21:02
  
  FAIRFIELD, Ala. — Wal-Mart’s decision to shutter 154 stores across the country means that, starting Thursday, residents without cars in a neighborhood near a historically black college outside Birmingham, Alabama, will have to cross dangerous roadways on foot to get fresh produce and meat. Come Friday, folks in Coal Hill, Arkansas, will need to drive […]
  
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• Fed voices concern about global economic pressures

  27-01-2016 21:01
  
  WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve sounded a note of concern Wednesday about how global pressures could affect the U.S. economy, while keeping a key interest rate unchanged. Six weeks after it raised rates from record lows, the Fed took stock of a more perilous international picture that could alter its plans for further raising rates. […]
  
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• House expected to vote on Real ID fix

  27-01-2016 20:39 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (KRQE) – The governor and GOP’s proposal to fix the state’s driver’s license problem is scheduled for a full vote in the house Wednesday.
  To comply with federal requirements the measure would stop issuing licenses to illegal immigrants, and replace them with permit cards.
  Opponents argue the measure allows the state to send personal information to the feds.
  The bill is not expected to face much resistance in the GOP controlled House but its future is unclear if a
  
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• Fed keeps rates unchanged, will monitor global pressures

  27-01-2016 20:29 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is pledging to closely monitor developments in the global economy and financial markets, while keeping a key interest rate unchanged.
  The Fed said Wednesday that economic growth has slowed since it raised rates from record lows in December. The changes in a statement it issued after its latest policy meeting signaled that the Fed could be prepared to slow future rate hikes if financial market losses and global weakness do not abate.
  It repeated languag
  
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• New Mexico state revenues plunge on low energy prices

  27-01-2016 20:24 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) – New Mexico is revising downward estimates for revenue growth to $30 million from previous expectations of $232 million as the Legislature crafts a new budget.
  The New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration announced Wednesday that a perfect storm of low energy prices had eroded revenue expectations for the budget year starting in July. Economists from three executive agencies and the Legislature agreed on the new estimate.
  The revised figures threaten to upend prio
  
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• Owner of pig found in burlap sack comes forward after auction

  27-01-2016 20:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Someone has claimed Charlotte the pig but it’s not one of the people who bid for her in the county auction.
  Charlotte was found on the side of the road and taken to the Bernalillo County Animal Shelter and people have been hoping that whoever buys her saves her from the butcher’s knife.
  The county says a resident found Charlotte on the side of a road in a burlap sack. Typically those animals go to the livestock board but the livestock board told the county
  
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• MLK Commission director suspected of stealing thousands

  27-01-2016 20:01 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Search warrants filed by investigators from the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office show the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission’s executive director, Kimberly Greene, is suspected of using a non-profit reading skills group to funnel thousands of dollars in state funds to herself.
  In addition to raiding the Albuquerque offices of the MLK Commission Tuesday, agents for the Attorney General’s Office also seized bank records, computers, hard dr
  
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• Breaking: NM ‘new’ money estimate for next year now at $30M, as oil slide takes toll

  27-01-2016 19:41
  
  New Mexico lawmakers could have far less money to spend on public schools and Medicaid in the coming year than previously projected, as plunging oil and natural gas prices have prompted economists to reduce the amount of projected “new” money to just $30 million. That’s down more than $200 million from just over a month ago, […]
  
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• Federal pain panel rife with links to pharma companies

  27-01-2016 19:11 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal panel that has recently criticized efforts to cut back on painkiller prescriptions is studded with members who have financial ties to drug companies.
  Nearly a third of members on the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee have financial connections to makers of opioid drugs like OxyContin.
  The government advisory panel consists of federal scientists, outside academics and patient representatives. Of the 18 committee members at a recent meeting to discu
  
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• Committee advances bill to hold back some third graders

  27-01-2016 19:07 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE (AP) – A House bill that calls for third graders who don’t show proficiency in reading to be held back is moving forward in the Legislature.
  The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that on Tuesday the House Education Committee recommended approval of the measure which would have students not reading at grade level repeat the third grade and be given intensive remediation.
  Introduced by Rep. Monica Youngblood, an Albuquerque Republican, the bill includes exceptions so that it ultima
  
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• Arrests of Oregon standoff leaders leaves 1 person dead

  27-01-2016 18:57 via krqe.com
  
  BURNS, Ore. (AP) — Federal and state officials were restricting access on Wednesday to the Oregon refuge being occupied by an armed group after one of the occupiers was killed during a traffic stop and eight more, including the group’s leader Ammon Bundy, were arrested.
  The group, which has included people from as far away as Arizona and Michigan, seized the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 2. They want federal lands turned over to local authorities.
  The c
  
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• City of Albuquerque to revamp master plan

  27-01-2016 18:53
  
  The City of Albuquerque Planning apartment is asking people to weigh in on their ABC to Z plan.
  
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• Panic is passé: investors stay steady on retirement savings

  27-01-2016 18:49
  
  Panic is so passé. Investors are keeping their cool — and keeping their hands off of their retirement accounts — despite huge swings in the stock market that sent it careening to its worst start to a year ever. “They are just plugging away through the ups and downs of the stock market,” said Sarah […]
  
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• UN chief wants clean energy investments doubled by 2020

  27-01-2016 18:48
  
  UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. secretary-general on Wednesday challenged investors around the world to at least double their investments in clean energy by 2020, saying that “we must begin the shift away from fossil fuels immediately.” Ban Ki-moon told an investor summit on climate risk that increasing investment in clean energy is critical in following […]
  
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• More than $13,000 raised for teen cyclist hit by car

  27-01-2016 18:42
  
  Friends of a 16-year-old competitive cyclist who was hit by a distracted driver in Albuquerque have set up an online fundraiser for his medical expenses.
  
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