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• ‘Band of Brothers’ Veteran Edward Tipper Dies In Colorado

  12-02-2017 23:22
  
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Edward Tipper, a World War II paratrooper who was portrayed in the HBO series “Band of Brothers,” has died. He was 95.He died Feb. 1 in the Denver suburb of Lakewood, said his daughter, Kerry Tipper.
  Edward Tipper was a member of the famed Easy Company, part of the 101st Airborne Division, and parachuted into France as part of the June 6, 1944, Allied D-Day invasion. The company’s exploits were retold in “Band of Brothers,” based on rese
  
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• Doll Based On Transgender Teen To Debut At New York Toy Fair

  12-02-2017 22:45
  
  MATT OTT, Associated Press
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A New York doll maker says it will be selling what it believes is the first transgender doll on the market.
  The doll is based on Jazz Jennings, the teenage transgender subject of the TLC documentary series “I am Jazz.” It will make its debut at the New York Toy Fair next week and be available on the Tonner Doll Co.’s web site and in specialty stores in July.
  A spokesman for the company said the 18-inch doll, which has a “
  
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• Officials Investigating Arsons At 3 Maryland Homes

  12-02-2017 22:13
  
  FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Officials are investigating fires at three homes they say were intentionally set.
  WJLA-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2lDDSLd ) that Frederick County fire officials have determined that three separate fires discovered on Feb. 5 and 6 were caused by acts of arson.
  The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office says fire crews were called to a townhome under construction at about 2 a.m. on Feb. 5, and were able to put out a small blaze that was started with construction materia
  
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• Grammy-Winning Jazz Singer Al Jarreau Dies At 76

  12-02-2017 22:00
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammy-winning jazz singer Al Jarreau, who transcended genres over a 50-year career, died at a Los Angeles hospital Sunday, just days after announcing his retirement from touring because of exhaustion.
  His official Twitter account and website say he died surrounded by his wife, son and a few other family members and friends. He was 76.
  Jarreau was hospitalized earlier in the week and was said to have been improving slowly. The cause of his death was not revealed, but he
  
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• Semi Blows Over, Crushes Patrol Car On Highway

  12-02-2017 21:55
  
  ELK MOUNTAIN, Wyo. (AP) — Dramatic video of a tractor-trailer toppling onto a Wyoming Highway Patrol car shows just how windy it can get on the high plains.
  The truck was driving on Interstate 80 in southern Wyoming on Tuesday when it blew over onto the parked patrol car. No one was inside the patrol car, and Patrol Lt. David Wagener says the truck’s driver and a passenger were not hurt.
  Gusts up to 90 mph were recorded around the time of the crash.
  A camera in another patrol car cau
  
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• US Tennis Apologizes For Nazi-Era Anthem At Fed Cup Match

  12-02-2017 21:09
  
  KAANAPALI, Hawaii (AP) — The United States Tennis Association has apologized after an outdated version of the German national anthem that later became associated with the Nazi regime was performed before a Fed Cup match in Hawaii.
  The anthem was sung Saturday before a Fed Cup quarterfinal between American Alison Riske and Germany’s Andrea Petkovic. It contained a verse that translates to “Germany, Germany, above all, above all in the world,” which became identified with A
  
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• Shoppers Weigh Boycott Calls As Buying Gets More Political

  12-02-2017 21:02
  
  ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Stormy Patterson makes a distinction between opinion and action as she surveys each new call to boycott Company A or support Brand B.
  It’s “silly” to penalize Under Armour over its CEO’s praise of President Donald Trump, she says. Far more important is how a company behaves toward its customers or employees, especially if it has an impact on their rights.
  “Hobby Lobby, I won’t patronize them. I won’t touch them. And I actually
  
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• Pentagon Launches Effort To Solve Baffling WWII Mystery

  12-02-2017 20:57
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Pentagon is launching efforts to solve a baffling World War II mystery: whether dozens of U.S. sailors listed as missing from a ship disaster were actually recovered and buried all along as unknowns in a New York cemetery.
  More than 130 victims of the USS Turner’s 1944 explosion and sinking near New York Harbor are still officially missing. But WWII researcher Ted Darcy found papers last year indicating at least four of them were buried as unknowns in a Long I
  
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• Downed Electric Wires Causing Outage In Baltimore County

  12-02-2017 20:54
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Residents in Carney are reporting a power outage and flickering lights Sunday afternoon, with downed power lines believed to be the cause.
  WJZ received a number of reports of a power outage in Carney from residents.
  Units are on scene near Harford Rd. and I-695 working to repair electric wires that are down.
  Residents are told to take caution in the area.
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• One Hospitalized In Sunday Morning Shooting

  12-02-2017 20:32
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are investigating a shooting Sunday morning that sent one person to the hospital.
  The Baltimore Police Department reports their officers were called out to the 1600 block of W. Baltimore St. for a reported shooting at 11 a.m.
  Responding officers found a man who had been shot. The victim was taken to an area hospital. His condition is unknown at this time.
  Anyone with information is asked to call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7Lockup.
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• White House Defends Travel Ban As Provocations Mount

  12-02-2017 20:29
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A top White House aide renewed support for President Donald Trump’s embattled immigration order and praised a surge in deportations Sunday, as the new president faces a new provocation in the form of an apparent missile test by North Korea.
  The White House continues to weigh its options following a legal blow last week to Trump’s immigration order suspending the nation’s refugee program and barring citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from e
  
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• Remains Of Missing Boater Found On Va. Shoreline Months Later

  12-02-2017 19:28
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland Natural Resources Police recovered the body a 52-year-old man whose remains were missing after the boat he was on with three other men sank on the Potomac River back in November.
  The body of Roger Grissom was recovered on the Virginia shoreline, 63 miles from the scene, according to police.
  Authorities say Grissom and three other boaters were out on the water for a fishing tournament in St. Mary’s County.
  Two of the fishermen, Gregory Mo
  
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• Stolen Vehicle Spotted At BWI; Driver Flees, Crashes, Causing Traffic Delays

  12-02-2017 19:01
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Traffic near BWI-Thurgood Marshall International Airport was delayed for a time Sunday morning after a stolen vehicle was found at the airport, with the driver fleeing from police and hitting a utility pole.
  A spokesperson from MDTA Police says the incident began shortly before 6:30 a.m., when dispatch put out an alert about a stolen car out of Baltimore County.
  An officer spotted that stolen vehicle on the lower level of the airport, and tried to pull the vehicle over.
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• Pedestrian Dies After Car Accident

  12-02-2017 18:15
  
  PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal car accident that claimed the life of a pedestrian.
  Deputies say the accident occurred just before 6:30 p.m. on Saturday when a pedestrian, identified as 52-year-old Brenda Lee Hill, walked into the westbound lane of Hallowing Point Road and was struck by a Dodge Dakota. Police say the driver was uninjured, and remained on the scene.
  The sheriff’s office says no charges have been filed, an
  
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• Abandoned Homes To Go On Sale For $999

  12-02-2017 17:35
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A program in Kansas City, Missouri, that sold off dozens of eyesore houses for just a dollar last year hopes buyers are willing to pay a bit more for another batch of fixer-uppers.
  The Land Bank of Kansas City’s latest promotion, which starts with an open house Tuesday, is offering roughly 50 homes for $999 apiece, nearly a year after 32 homes in worse disrepair were snapped up for just a buck.
  The available houses will be listed on the Land Bank’s websi
  
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• Weather Blog: High Wind Warning In Effect Sunday Night Into Monday

  12-02-2017 17:12
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Frontal boundary during the day Sunday will probably not move much, and will be a divide between cool and showery weather to the north, with highs not making it out of the 40s/50s, and very mild weather to the south, with highs in the 60s/70s.
  As cold front begins to cross into western areas later this afternoon and strong cold air advection begins to occur, first surge of strong winds is expected across the terrain of western Virginia and eastern West Virginia,
  
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• Police Searching For Suspects In Overnight Stabbing

  12-02-2017 16:58
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Anne Arundel County Police Department has released photos of two suspects wanted for a stabbing early Sunday morning.
  The stabbing suspects have been identified as 25-year-old Stephen Michael Sirois and 28-year-old Gregory Michael Taylor.
  Few details have been released at this time about the stabbing, but police say it happened at 12:30 a.m. Sunday, in the Edgewater-area of Anne Arundel County.
  Police say the victim is currently at Shock Traumer, and th
  
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• Northeast In Sights Of Another Winter Blast Of Snow, Winds

  12-02-2017 16:24
  
  The Northeast U.S. is once again in the sights of a winter blast of snow, bitter cold and strong winds.
  Winter storm warnings are in effect from upstate New York to northern Maine, where blizzard conditions and snowfall of 8 to 16 inches are likely.
  The National Weather Service says the storm is expected to intensify Sunday night and into Monday before it exits the New England coast. Wind gusts of over 50 mph could hit parts of the region.
  A two-day respite had graced the region after it was hit
  
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• On Time: Sunday, February 2, 2017

  12-02-2017 16:22
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Marcus Washington is joined by guests to talk about a number of topics, including “The Ground On Which We Stand On,” the Greenebaum Cancer Center, the Maryland Half Marathon, and Penn-Mar
  The Ground On Which We Stand On
   
  Greenebaum Cancer Center
   
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• Sunday, February 12, 2017

  12-02-2017 16:03
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore County Library in Essex holds exhibit for kids
   
  Pastry chef from Lord Baltimore Hotel joins Devin and Tim in studio with some Valentine’s Day treats
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• Police: Man Fired Gun During Argument Over Parking Spot

  12-02-2017 15:47
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Police Department arrested a 33-year-old man after they say he fired a gun during an argument over a parking spot with his neighbor.
  Patrol officers were stopped by a man in the 3300 block of Spaulding Ave., at 10 p.m. on Friday.
  The man told officers that he was in an argument with his neighbor over a parking spot, and his neighbor had threatened him and fired a gun during the dispute.
  Andolphus Covel was arrested following the police investigatio
  
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• ACLU Seeing Trump-Era Surge In Members And Donations

  12-02-2017 15:24
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The nearly century-old American Civil Liberties Union says it is suddenly awash in donations and new members as it does battle with President Donald Trump over the extent of his constitutional authority, with nearly $80 million in online contributions alone pouring in since the election.
  That includes a record $24 million surge over two days after Trump banned people from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States. The organization said its members
  
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• Neighbors voice concern about proposed development near Lake Roland - Baltimore Sun

  12-02-2017 15:10
  
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  Neighbors voice concern about proposed development near Lake Roland
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  "You're going to the park … It's beautiful ... and now there's going to be this enormous building." With hundreds of wooded acres, walking trails and a dog park, Lake Roland Park has served as a green retreat for Robert Macht and others for years.
  
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• Supreme Court Nominee Has Defended Free Speech, Religion

  12-02-2017 14:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has been a defender of free speech and a skeptic of libel claims, an Associated Press review of his rulings shows. His record puts him at odds with President Donald Trump’s disdain for journalists and tendency to lash out at critics.
  On other First Amendment cases involving freedom of religion, however, Gorsuch’s rulings in his decade on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver reflect views more in line with the pres
  
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• New Baltimore history event connects past with present - New Baltimore Voice Newspapers

  12-02-2017 08:58
  
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  New Baltimore history event connects past with present
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  Photo courtesy of VINCE NESTICOHistoric photos such as the one seen here picturing a 1910 car and bath house will illustrate Old New Baltimore Tales Two, an upcoming presentation sponsored by the New Baltimore Historical Society. History event ...
  
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• Trump, Abe Express Close Bonds After N. Korea's Missile Launch - CBS Local

  12-02-2017 06:13
  
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  Trump, Abe Express Close Bonds After N. Korea's Missile Launch
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  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and US President Donald Trump speak at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on February 11, 2017, after North Korea reportedly fired a ballistic missile, the first since Donald Trump became US ...and more »
  
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• Army Pays To Connect 5 Homes Near Fort Detrick To City Water

  12-02-2017 05:42
  
  FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — The Army says it has paid $62,000 to connect five homes near Fort Detrick to the Frederick city water supply nearly 12 years after toxic chemicals were found in their wells.
  Fort Detrick says in a statement that the connections were completed Friday.
  The Army had supplied the homes with bottled water for cooking and drinking ever since the chlorinated solvents were detected in the wells.
  The tainted water prompted an environmental investigation and excavation of some
  
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• Trump, Abe Express Close Bonds After N. Korea’s Missile Launch

  12-02-2017 05:00
  
  JILL COLVIN, Associated Press
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — For most of the day President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe used golf under the Florida sun to show the world the U.S.-Japan alliance remained strong. Then events half-a-world away provided a more significant example of cooperation.
  After North Korea reportedly launched a ballistic missile, the two leaders appeared for hastily prepared statements in a ballroom of Trump’s south Florida estate. Abe spoke first
  
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• Md. Man Arrested In Howard Co. For NJ Triple Homicide

  12-02-2017 04:55
  
  Columbia, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland State Police help the FBI and New Jersey Police in arresting a suspect wanted for a triple homicide.
  37-year old Jimmy Mays of Columbia was arrested in Howard County Friday.He is charged along with another man, with the January 29th murders of three men in Maplewood, New Jersey.Mays is waiting to be extradited to New Jersey. He’s facing three counts of murder.Police are also looking for an alleged accomplice of Mays. That man is considered armed and dan
  
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• Domino’s Pizza Launches Wedding Registry Before Valentine’s

  12-02-2017 04:52
  
  ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Forget the fine china. Domino’s Pizza has launched a wedding registry site that allows couples to order the pie of their dreams.
  Domino’s spokeswoman Jenny Fouracre says the company launched the site just in time for Valentine’s Day so couples “passionate about pizza” can “register for something they both truly love as much as their partner.”
  Visitors to the site have the option of signing up for Domino’s to be served
  
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• Millennials Look To Give Back Through Volunteering Untapped

  12-02-2017 04:30
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — If you have something to give, share it with your community, and the world.
  That’s the purpose behind “Volunteering untapped.” It’s a summit that is connecting hundreds of millennials with local non-profits, and in turn helping the city.
  It’s the beginning of the work. Take a room full of eager people ready to give back — and make a difference– one volunteering mission at a time.
  “Volunteering is important, because people wi
  
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• Army Drone That Vanished On Arizona Flight Found In Colorado

  12-02-2017 04:26
  
  DENVER (AP) — An Army drone that disappeared on a training flight in southern Arizona has been found about 600 miles away in Colorado, and the military is trying to figure out how it got there.
  Officials at Fort Huachuca (wah-CHU’-kuh), Arizona, say a hiker found the $1.5 million Shadow drone stuck in a tree in the mountains west of Denver Thursday. It was missing a wing.
  Soldiers lost contact with the drone at Fort Huachuca nine days earlier. A search failed to find it, and the Army
  
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• City police respond to shootings Saturday evening - Baltimore Sun

  12-02-2017 04:23
  
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  City police respond to shootings Saturday evening
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  A man was shot in the stomach around 6:30 p.m. at the intersection of Chatford Avenue and Bowleys Lane in Northeast Baltimore's Parkside neighborhood. About an hour later, officers were called to the 4100 block of 10th Street in Brooklyn in South ...
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• Baltimore residents turn to Guardian Angels to fight crime - Fox Baltimore

  12-02-2017 04:20
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  Baltimore residents turn to Guardian Angels to fight crime
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  BALTIMORE, Md. (WBFF) -- A few residents living in north Baltimore are partnering with the Guardian Angels; a group which helps empower communities while addressing crime in the area. A few dozen people strolled through the Oakenshawe neighborhood ...
  
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• Baltimore police investigate two non-fatal shootings Saturday evening - Fox Baltimore

  12-02-2017 04:12
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  Baltimore police investigate two non-fatal shootings Saturday evening
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  BALTIMORE (WBFF) -- Police are investigating two non-fatal shootings that happened Saturday evening less than one hour apart. Officers responded to reports of shots fired in a shooting at 6:30 p.m. near Bowleys Lane and Chatford Avenue, police said.
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• Police Arrest Man On Drug Charges, Carjacking Suspect Still At Large

  12-02-2017 03:04
  
  HANOVER, Md. (WJZ) — Chaos erupts at Maryland Live Casino overnight.  A carjacking suspect was arrested in crowds of people enjoying the evening, sending dozens of people running for the exit. But, police say the suspect they arrested was not the man they had initially been looking for.
  Police identify the suspect arrested at Maryland Live Casino Friday night as 43-year-old Larry Browne from Washington, D.C.
  Police had been following a car through Prince George’s Count
  
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• Carjacking becoming a youth 'sport' as numbers climb - Baltimore Sun

  12-02-2017 01:56
  
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  Carjacking becoming a youth 'sport' as numbers climb
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  More people are experiencing the jolting experience of a carjacking in Baltimore this year. The crime is up 132 percent this year when compared to the same time last year, and it's been rising dramatically over the past four years. (Baltimore Sun video).
  
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• Shedding Light On Black History Month At The Reginald F. Lewis Museum

  12-02-2017 00:52
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s 28 days full of history —Black History Month is now in full swing, and Baltimore is shedding light on some of the countless contributions of African Americans.
  The Reginald F. Lewis Museum is helping locals learn and celebrate centuries of Black History, as a part of one event, which offers a one of a kind experience.
  The accomplishments are astonishing.
  “Playing the game of baseball, great game.”
  Stories – from those who paved the way.
  
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• 'Untapping Potential' event aims to match millennial volunteers with nonprofits - Baltimore Sun

  12-02-2017 00:44
  
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  'Untapping Potential' event aims to match millennial volunteers with nonprofits
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  Volunteering Untapped celebrated its third anniversary Saturday with an "Untapping Potential" event at the Columbus Center at the Inner Harbor, where millennials were matched with local organizations in need of volunteers. Seth Franz, the founder and ...
  
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• Two Firefighters Injured In Parkville House Fire

  12-02-2017 00:40
  
  PARKVILLE, Md (WJZ) — Two firefighters were injured and transported for non-life threatening injuries after they were called to a home at Proctor Lane and Cider Mill Road in Parkville.
  Fire crews say they were called to the home around 4 p.m. for heavy smoke coming from the rear of the house. of the two firefighters taken to the hospital, one was given medical attention for smoke inhalation, and the other for minor injuries from falling debris from the roof of the building.
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