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• Trump to order review of national monuments

  26-04-2017 23:50 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Wednesday directing his interior secretary to review the designation of tens of millions of acres of land as “national monuments,” an action that could upend protections put in place in Utah and other states as Trump tries to rack up accomplishments in his first 100 days.
  The Antiquities Act of 1906 authorizes the president to declare federal lands as monuments and restrict how the lands can be used.
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• Santa Fe approves development next to Loretto Chapel

  26-04-2017 23:43
  
  SANTA FE — After decades of trying, a family hoping to develop a parcel next to the Loretto Chapel at Old Santa Fe Trail and Water Street in downtown Santa Fe is close to success. On Wednesday, the city’s Historic Districts Review Board — which had rejected earlier plans — gave conditional approval for Teme, […]
  
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• AG sues feds for unpaid oil and gas royalties

  26-04-2017 23:43
  
  New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas sued the federal government on Wednesday over unpaid oil and gas royalties, while also announcing a new investigation into “anti-competitive practices” in the cattle industry. Balderas and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra jointly filed suit in U.S. District Court in northern California against the U.S. Department of the Interior […]
  
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• Family seeking answers after woman killed in six-vehicle-crash

  26-04-2017 23:21 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The family of a woman killed in an especially ugly crash says they are desperate for answers.
  The crash happened on Central and Wyoming on April 17. It involved six vehicles.
  The woman in the back seat of the white car was killed.
  Family members say it was 44-year-old Shadhan Swanson, a single mother of two boys ages 17 and 18. The family says the boys are devastated.
  Police did say it appeared that speed was a factor but they have not released an official cause.
  
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• Attorney General investigating mega meat packing companies

  26-04-2017 22:58 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Attorney General’s Office has launched an investigation into four mega meat packing companies.
  The four corporations being looked into are Cargill Inc, JBS, Tyson Foods and the National Beef Packing Company. The four packers process approximately 80 percent of all the beef slaughtered in the U.S.
  Attorney General Hector Balderas says the investigation will review unfair and anti-competitive practices in the cattle industry.
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• Santa Fe County releases new video to help recruit deputies

  26-04-2017 22:37 via krqe.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Department is trying something new to get the attention of potential recruits.
  With the help of a local production company, they put together a video highlighting some of the best parts of being a Santa Fe County deputy.
  Part of the video was filmed at the western set in the county featured in a lot of movies, but the video also shows the serious side of becoming a deputy, including crime scene investigations, DWI stops, and what
  
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• Bernalillo County DA plans to try less cases, focus on ‘worst of the worst’

  26-04-2017 21:18 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County District Attorney Raul Torrez has announced a plan for his office to try less cases, honing in and focusing efforts on “the worst of the worst” criminals.
  Currently, the DA’s Office takes on about 18,000 of 25,000 criminal cases referred to it by law enforcement each year. The conviction rate on the cases tried, Torrez said, is less than half — about 44 percent. He wants to do better.
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• Albuquerque prosecutor: Fewer criminal cases to go to court

  26-04-2017 21:18 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The Albuquerque area’s chief prosecutor says his office is going to focus on the worst offenders and only try about half the criminal cases referred by law enforcement.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports that the approach announced Wednesday by District Attorney Raul Torrez will significantly reduce the number of criminal cases sent to Bernalillo County criminal courts.
  Torrez says the office in recent years has tried to prosecute three-quarters of the cases ref
  
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• Ruidoso Downs owner says he plans to sell

  26-04-2017 21:07 via krqe.com
  
  RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) – The owner of Ruidoso Downs Race Track and the Billy the Kid Casino has announced he is selling to a group of five businessmen.
  Ruidoso Downs Race Track said Tuesday that owner R.D. Hubbard has signed a letter of intent to sell to a group made up for businessmen from Texas and California.
  Stan Sigman, Gary McKinney, Narciso Flores, Johnny Trotter and John Andreini are part of the purchasing group heavily vested in the breeding and racing.
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• Albuquerque police using Facebook to attack judges, media

  26-04-2017 20:50 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The Albuquerque Police Department is using its official Facebook page to criticize area judges and local news media.
  The Albuquerque Journal reports in recent months the department has used its social media page to highlight specific actions by judges and the media. In some posts, Albuquerque police criticize them and have attracted hundreds of harsh comments from the public.
  Some user comments have called for violence against judges or accused reporters of crimes.
  
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• Grocery store motivating shoppers to eat local produce

  26-04-2017 20:40 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Lowe’s grocery stores are giving shoppers in Albuquerque and Santa Fe some motivation to eat locally grown fruits and veggies.
  The new program called “double up food bucks” kicked off Wednesday.
  The dollar-for-dollar match allows shoppers to use their snap benefits to buy fresh New Mexico-grown produce for half the price, spending up to $25 each visit.
  “Our family of New Mexicans, they get to eat healthier, better fresh local produce,
  
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• Brain Break: 2017 NFL Draft Trivia

  26-04-2017 20:19 via krqe.com
  
  News App users, click here to take the quiz »
  Filed under: Brain Break, Interactives, Silver Star Nation, Sports Tagged: KRQE Extra: Quizzes
  
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• Tabernacle stolen from San Felipe de Neri church found

  26-04-2017 20:18 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque pastor is describing the return of a sacred piece of church history as being an Easter miracle.
  Earlier this month KRQE News 13 reported on how several items from the San Felipe de Neri Church in Old Town, including the tabernacle with the blessed sacrament, were stolen.A little more than a week later, they’re back where they belong after the priest got a call from someone claiming they had information about the stolen goods.
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• Albuquerque man succumbs to injuries following coma after Santa Fe crash

  26-04-2017 20:06
  
  KOB has learned that Kit Francis II, who was in a coma following a crash in Santa Fe on Easter Sunday that left him with severe brain injuries, passed away Tuesday night.
  
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• Trump proposes dramatic tax cuts for companies big and small

  26-04-2017 20:04 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump proposed dramatic cuts in the taxes paid by corporations big and small Wednesday in an overhaul his administration says will spur economic growth and bring jobs and prosperity to America’s middle class. But his ambitious plan alarmed lawmakers who worry about ballooning federal deficits.
  The plan would also reduce investment and estate taxes aimed at the wealthy. But administration officials said that action on other key tax code elements woul
  
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• Houston Mayor: Up to 2,200 layoffs if city pension reforms denied

  26-04-2017 19:59
  
  HOUSTON — Mayor Sylvester Turner is warning that up to 2,200 city workers would be laid off if Houston’s pension-reform measures don’t win approval from the Texas Legislature. Turner was flanked by city leaders Wednesday at a news conference at which he urged state lawmakers to OK the reform plan. The city is seeking to […]
  
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• Joey Barton banned for 18 months for betting on soccer

  26-04-2017 19:15 via krqe.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Premier League player Joey Barton was banned for 18 months on Wednesday after placing 1,260 bets on soccer over the last 11 years, including games he played in.
  The 34-year-old midfielder says the sanction by the English Football Association “effectively forces me into an early retirement from playing football.” He says he plans to appeal.
  Barton started his career at Manchester City and went on to play for Newcastle, Queens Park Rangers, French side Marseille and
  
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• Updated: Sharapova gets lukewarm welcome after 15-month doping ban

  26-04-2017 19:01
  
  STUTTGART, Germany — Maria Sharapova was given a lukewarm welcome by 4,500 spectators upon her return to professional tennis on Wednesday after a 15-month doping ban. After receiving a polite applause and some whistling when she entered the sold-out arena, the five-time Grand Slam champion and former No. 1 is playing Roberta Vinci in an […]
  
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• Nordstrom feels social media sting over $425 muddy jeans

  26-04-2017 18:58
  
  NEW YORK — Department store Nordstrom is getting dragged through the mud on social media for selling a pair of dirty-looking jeans for $425. Nordstrom’s website says the jeans have a “caked-on muddy coating” to embody “rugged, Americana workwear.” A matching mud denim jacket goes for the same price. Some social media users criticized Nordstrom […]
  
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• I-40 eastbound re-opened at Rio Puerco after crash

  26-04-2017 18:45
  
  I-40 eastbound at Rio Puerco have been re-opened after a crash Wednesday morning.
  
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• Breaking: DA Torrez to reduce prosecutions, focus on worst offenders

  26-04-2017 18:45
  
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• Updated: Jonathan Demme, ‘Silence of the Lambs’ director, dead at 73

  26-04-2017 18:33
  
  NEW YORK — Jonathan Demme, the eclectic, ever-enthusiastic filmmaker behind the Oscar winners “The Silence of the Lambs” and “Philadelphia,” and the director of one of the most seminal concert films ever made, the Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense,” has died. He was 73. Demme’s publicist, Annalee Paulo, said Demme died Wednesday morning in his […]
  
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• Code for ABQ volunteers tech skills, time for civic good

  26-04-2017 18:26
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-- There are a lot of problems in Albuquerque that city leader and nonprofits can solve by working together. People who are talented with technology may find a way to get involved with local group Code for ABQ.
  
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• Montenegro opposition vows to freeze NATO membership

  26-04-2017 16:49 via krqe.com
  
  PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro’s pro-Russia opposition has vowed to freeze the Balkan country’s future membership in NATO if it wins the next parliamentary election, saying upcoming approval of the accession treaty is illegal.
  Opposition lawmakers also pledged at an “alternative” assembly session Wednesday in a northern village that if they win the 2021 election they will organize a referendum on Montenegro’s status in NATO.
  Prime Minister Dusko Marko
  
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• 2 hurt in ship explosion in Atlantic Ocean flown to Azores

  26-04-2017 16:30 via krqe.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Authorities say two crew members injured in an explosion aboard a ship in the Atlantic Ocean have been flown to Portugal’s Azores Islands.
  The U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement Wednesday that they were flown from the Tamar after an explosion in the 623-foot Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier’s storeroom killed two other crew members Monday. The cause is unknown.
  The Coast Guard says a Portuguese aircrew flew the injured crew members with three New York Ai
  
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• AG investigates corporate farming practices

  26-04-2017 16:12
  
  LAS CRUCES – New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas and his office have launched a wide-ranging investigation aimed at protecting cattle ranchers, feeders and producers from harmful practices by large-scale, corporate farming operations. Balderas announced the investigation on Tuesday in Las Cruces. Balderas said the “multi-pronged” investigation will “review unfair and anti-competitive practices in the […]
  
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• Albuquerque intersections, streets ranked based on crash data

  26-04-2017 16:10
  
  Everyone has a place to go, but the ride can be bumpy if the road can’t handle the number of cars. The Mid-Region Council of Governments keeps track of crashes and congestion, and the most congested corridors and intersections aren’t always the most dangerous.
  
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• Albuquerque man pleads guilty to armed bank robbery charge

  26-04-2017 16:09
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Authorities say an Albuquerque man has pleaded guilty to an armed bank robbery charge.
  
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• Las Cruces man accused of pushing his wife out of moving car

  26-04-2017 16:07
  
  LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Police in Las Cruces have arrested a man accused of pushing his wife from a moving vehicle. They say 53-year-old Horacio Moreno is facing charges of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and battery against a household member. It was unclear Tuesday if he has a lawyer yet. Police were dispatched […]
  
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• I-40 eastbound reopen at Rio Puerco

  26-04-2017 16:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – I-40 eastbound was closed at Rio Puerco Wednesday morning due to a rollover crash.
  According to NM Roads, that area has since reopened.
  No other information is known at this time.
  For live traffic information, click here.
  Filed under: Albuquerque - Metro, Home, News Tagged: News App Alert
  
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• I-40 east bound closed at Rio Puerco

  26-04-2017 16:02 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The I-40 eastbound is closed at Rio Puerco due to a rollover crash.
  No other information is known at this time.
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• Updated: Hospital drama returns to New Mexico for fourth season

  26-04-2017 15:58
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. — NBC’s hospital drama “The Night Shift” will be returning to New Mexico to film its fourth season. The New Mexico Film Office made the announcement this week. Film Office Director Nick Maniatis says principal photography will begin this month in Albuquerque and will continue through July. The production will take place […]
  
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• Updated: Leading GOP moderate opposes plan to move House health bill

  26-04-2017 15:56
  
  WASHINGTON — Leading House conservatives are saying good things about a plan to revive the GOP health care bill. But an influential GOP House moderate is opposing the proposal, leaving party leaders to assess whether the idea could help one of President Donald Trump’s premier but most problematic priorities spring back to life. Republican lawmakers […]
  
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• Japan PM to visit Russia, Britain amid North Korean tension

  26-04-2017 15:55 via krqe.com
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits Moscow on Thursday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and pursue talks on joint economic projects aimed at a possible breakthrough in their decades-old island dispute.
  Japanese officials said Wednesday that North Korea is also likely to be discussed given the timing of Abe’s trip, though the leaders’ approaches remain different.
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• Updated: Some high plains farmers struggling after fires, drought

  26-04-2017 15:51
  
  DENVER — Deep snow is melting into Western mountain streams, but some farmers and ranchers on the high plains are struggling amid a lengthy dry spell and the aftermath of destructive wildfires. A swath of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas has been in a drought or near-drought condition for six months, putting some of the […]
  
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• Lawsuit filed against Fox alleges racial discrimination

  26-04-2017 15:49 via krqe.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An expanded lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses Fox News Channel of racial discrimination “that appears more akin to Plantation-style management than a modern-day work environment.”
  The lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court, adds eight former and current Fox employees to a case involving three former Fox workers and their accusations against a since-fired Fox financial executive. It also expands the case to include Dianne Brandi, Fox’s chief counsel.
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• Hospital drama returns to New Mexico for fourth season

  26-04-2017 15:42
  
  NBC's hospital drama "The Night Shift" will be returning to New Mexico to film its fourth season.
  
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• Albuquerque business burglarized for sixth time

  26-04-2017 15:12
  
  The parking lot is fenced and gated. The store has bars on its windows. Yet that still didn't stop criminals from breaking into a small business in northeast Albuquerque - and it's not the first time.
  
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• World's largest pow wow hits the Duke City

  26-04-2017 15:09 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For more than three decades, this event has hosted more than 700 tribes from around the world and it’s back.
  The Gathering of Nations is the largest powwow in the world for Native American and indigenous people.
  Tens of thousands of visitors are expected to attend this year’s event, which will be held at a new venue, EXPO NM.
  Attractions for 2017 include the new Teepee Village and the Buffalo Dance Tribute, in support of environmental and wa
  
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• Sandoval County deputies make arrests in separate murder cases

  26-04-2017 15:07
  
  Three men are behind bars as Sandoval County deputies investigate two separate murders.
  
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• Financial toll for mobbing victim's family adding up

  26-04-2017 15:05
  
  Attending court hearings and sentencings for six different teens accused of playing a role in the murder of a loved one can take a serious toll on an entire family, emotionally and financially. It's been nearly two years of court dates and hours spent sitting in court awaiting justice for the family of Steven Gerecke, the well-known Albuquerque bartender murdered in June 2015.
  
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• Former police chief pleads no contest to false imprisonment, battery

  26-04-2017 15:03
  
  A former New Mexico police chief facing kidnapping and rape charges appeared in court Tuesday to learn his fate.
  
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• Duke city events close out April

  26-04-2017 15:03 via krqe.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – This week in Albuquerque is filled with Native American culture, medieval activities, and a kite fest.
  Here’s a list of some of the events happening all over the city:
  It’s the 38th Annual American Indian Week, and The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center has something for everyone. Traditional native dances, native art experts, and daily guided tours are among the exciting options available every day this week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and continuing on throug
  
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• County approves accepting federal funds for project, cutting vacant jobs

  26-04-2017 15:02
  
  Bernalillo County commissioners have approved accepting federal funds to help relieve a South Valley traffic headache.
  
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• Deposition in APD evidence tampering case released

  26-04-2017 15:01
  
  The pressure is mounting on the Albuquerque Police Department with claims that high-ranking officials and attorneys ordered video evidence to be deleted or altered.
  
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• APS students sick with similar symptoms

  26-04-2017 14:58
  
  More than a half-dozen Albuquerque Public Schools students are out sick with the same symptoms, according to district officials. While it’s not an extremely large group, it's enough to raise a red flag at Inez Elementary School this week.
  
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• April 26 Morning Rush: U.S. Senator pushes president to visit New Mexico border communities

  26-04-2017 14:30 via krqe.com
  
  1.President Trump is set to unveil his plan to overhaul the nation’s tax code Wednesday. This is with just two days left until the deadline to avoid a government shutdown over the budget. Lawmakers are reportedly pressing ahead with a spending plan that does not include funding for Trump’s border wall. The president says he’s willing to delay the funding fight until the fall. Steve Pearce, New Mexico’s only Republican Congressman told NPR he’d rather see a “vi
  
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• Russia says it thwarted terror attack, arrested 2 suspects

  26-04-2017 13:51 via krqe.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian counterintelligence agency has announced the arrest of two suspected supporters of the Islamic State group who it says were planning a terror attack.
  The FSB said Wednesday the two men were arrested in an apartment in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, a city on the Pacific island of Sakhalin.
  It said one was a citizen of Russia and the other of one of the former Soviet republics in Central Asia. They were not identified.
  The agency said a search of where they were living turned
  
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• White House briefs Senate amid scary moment with North Korea

  26-04-2017 13:46 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration hosted senators for an extraordinary White House briefing Wednesday at a perilous moment with North Korea, marked by the unpredictable nation’s nuclear threats and stern talk of military action, if necessary, from the United States.
  All 100 senators were invited and transported in buses for the unprecedented, classified briefing. President Donald Trump’s secretary of state, defense secretary, top general and national intelligence direc
  
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• US ups Korean defenses, top admiral says forces are capable

  26-04-2017 13:46 via krqe.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ahead of an extraordinary White House briefing for senators, South Korea on Wednesday started installing key parts of a contentious U.S. defense system against missiles from North Korea. And America’s Pacific commander said any North Korean missile fired at U.S. forces would be destroyed.
  “If it flies, it will die,” Adm. Harry Harris Jr., told Congress.
  South Korea’s trumpeting of progress in setting up the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense syste
  
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