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• Tears Flood Homeowners’ Faces After Fire Rips Through Dozens Of Homes

  11-04-2018 23:51
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– More than 24 after a massive fire damaged nearly a dozen home in Hampden–a number of the homeowners are trying to rebuild their lives.
  RELATED: Families Displaced After Fire Rips Through Baltimore Homes
  Seventy-two firefighters battled the smoke and flames from the fire on Roland Avenue could be seen for miles. There’s still no word on sparked the massive 2-alarm fire on Tuesday.
  A few homeowners returned Wednesday. Many of them are still in disbelief
  
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• BPD Commissioner May Remove Homicide Unit From Suiter Case

  11-04-2018 23:42
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh said she is not sure whether Det. Sean Suiter was murdered in a press conference Wednesday.
  She said since the funeral, she has advocated for an extra set of eyes on the unsolved case.
  “I have no idea. I’m not a detective,” Pugh said. “That’s why–I mean–we’re still investigating.”
  Suiter was shot with his own weapon on Nov. 15 while investigating a gang-related triple murder in West B
  
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• Ravens Announce 2018 Preseason Schedule

  11-04-2018 23:35
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Ravens’ 2018 preseason schedule has been released, which means the countdown to football has begun.
  As previously reported, the Ravens will have a five-game preseason for the first time in the team’s history because of the Hall of Fame Game.
  The Ravens will take on the Chicago Bears at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium on Aug. 2 at 8 p.m. ET — just two days before Ray Lewis is enshrined in the NFL Hall of Fame.
  The Ravens open at M&T Bank Stad
  
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• Long Day Of Football Practice, Work May Have Resulted In Fatal Crash Of Md. Athlete

  11-04-2018 22:47
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– An early morning crash in Howard County took the life of a promising young man.
  It appears fatigue caused Saif Bryant to crash his car into a tree in Ellicott City Sunday. In that split second, a family, a community, a school and team suffered a deep loss.
  The 21-year-old followed his girlfriend, who was a new driver, home after a date. It had been a long day of football practice at Morgan State University, then work.
  “She felt he was tired and she told him to g
  
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• Andre Ingram’s Long Road To The NBA

  11-04-2018 22:46
  By Matt Citak
  The NBA has reached the final week of another regular season, and each of the league’s 30 teams has one of two mentalities. Playoff teams are preparing themselves for postseason play, while lottery teams are getting ready for the long offseason.
  For players that play for teams in the bottom half of the standings, the final few games often don’t hold much significance. The playoff hunt is over, and within the next few days, they’ll be clearing out their lockers.
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• Gary McCord On RBC Heritage: ‘There Are No Shortcuts’

  11-04-2018 22:24
  By Dan Reardon
  Golf loves anniversaries. So this year’s edition of the RBC Heritage deserves special attention as it turns 50. For all of its half century, the Harbour Town Golf Links has been the site of the event, with neighboring Sea Pines sharing time in the early years.
  The course is perhaps the most conservative (traditional) Pete Dye design, with an assist from Jack Nicklaus, and challenges its fields in ways the newer muscle TPC courses of the Tour do not. At just under 7100 yards,
  
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• Horseshoe Casino Evacuated After Fire Breaks Out In Restaurant

  11-04-2018 22:07
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore was evacuated Wednesday after a small fire was reported inside one of the restaurants, fire officials say.
  A small kitchen fire broke out in Guy Fieri’s Baltimore Kitchen & Bar just after 3:30 p.m.,according to Baltimore Fire Department spokesperson Blair Skinner.
  Skinner said a cooking appliance caught fire, which caused the casino to briefly be evacuated.
  The fire was extinguished before firefighters arrived to the scene.
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• Name The Maryland Zoo’s 1000th African Penguin

  11-04-2018 21:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The Maryland Zoo still needs help naming it’s newest penguin chick — and you can help!
  The little girl arrived back in February and it’s the 1000th African penguin to hatch at the zoo.
  This little girl was the 1000th African penguin chick to hatch at The Maryland Zoo! We need YOUR help to choose a special name for a very special baby: https://t.co/hpMbeYT17x #penguinchick #allforanimals pic.twitter.com/nqZI66tsRr
  — Maryland Zoo (@marylandzoo) A
  
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• Hear From The Firefighters Who Saved 93-Year-Old Woman From Apartment Fire

  11-04-2018 21:12
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Easter morning 3-alarm fire that swept through the Owings Landing Apartment complex triggered a dangerous rescue by firefighters.
  “There were numerous occupants coming up to us stating there was someone still in the apartment on the third floor,” Perry Point Assistant Fire Chief Aaron Neely said.
  A team of four Perry Point firefighters made their way in and up, having to crawl and feel their way through intense heat and smoke after a roof collapsed.
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• The Chase For Lord Stanley’s Cup Begins

  11-04-2018 21:00
  By Steve Silverman
  The puck drops Wednesday night in three series, and so the NHL’s death march to the Stanley Cup begins.
  The defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins get right into the hatred with a match-up against their arch-rivals from across the state of Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Flyers overcame an early-season 10-game losing streak and climbed back into the playoffs under the watchful eye of head coach Dave Hakstol.
  Credit: Matt Kincaid/Getty Images
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• Bank Of America Plans To Stop Lending To Makers Of Assault Weapons

  11-04-2018 20:46
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Bank of America says it plans to stop lending money to gunmakers that produce military-style firearms for civilians.
  In an interview with Bloomberg Television, one of the largest U.S. banks said it intends to do everything it can to reduce gun violence in America. “It’s our intention not to finance these military-style firearms for civilian use,” vice-chairman Anne Finucane announced. Finucane called recent mass shootings a “tragedy in the Uni
  
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• Police Release Photos Of Suspect Accused Of Attacking Bus Driver

  11-04-2018 20:45
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man accused of attacking an MTA bus driver and firing several shots.
  Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration Police say this incident happened on April 4, as the suspect boarded a bus in the 1100 block of Bentalou St.
  Police say he then attacked the bus driver, before getting off the bus and firing several shots.
  The bus driver’s condition was not released.
  This suspe
  
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• ‘Sweet Tooth’ Gene Linked To Having Less Body Fat, Study Finds

  11-04-2018 19:49
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A new study has found that people with a specific gene that makes them crave sugary treats actually have less body fat than others.
  According to scientists at the University of Copenhagen, a variation of the gene FGF21 is responsible for both alcohol and sugar cravings. After testing more than 450,000 individuals in Europe, the researchers were surprised to find that people with the “genetic sweet tooth” were at lower risk for both obesity and di
  
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• Griffin III Hopes To Start Anew As A Backup QB With Ravens

  11-04-2018 19:44
  OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — After winning a Heisman Trophy, being picked second overall in the 2012 NFL draft and becoming an instant sensation with the Washington Redskins, Robert Griffin III is looking ahead to a promising future instead of wistfully gazing at his brilliant past.
  Griffin agreed to terms on a one-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens last week, fully aware his role will be to back up Joe Flacco. He’s fine with that, because RG3 is far more interested in where his car
  
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• Walmart To Renovate 8 Stores, Invest $28 Million In Maryland This Year

  11-04-2018 19:31
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Walmart is set to renovate eight Maryland stores this year, as well as invest an estimated $28 million through the renovations and the “rollout of in-store and online innovations.”
  The following stores are set to be renovated in 2018:7081 Arundel Mills Cir., Hanover
  401 Constant Friendship Blvd., Abingdon
  11930 Acton Ln., Waldorf
  7400 Guilford Dr., Frederick
  6205 Baltimore National Pike., Catonsville
  8730 Liberty Rd., Randallstown
  6210 Annapolis Rd.,
  
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• Funeral Home Loses License Over Maggots, Decomposing Bodies

  11-04-2018 19:00
  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan funeral home and its manager are no longer licensed to operate after inspectors found decomposing corpses and unsanitary conditions at the facility.
  The Flint Journal reports that Swanson Funeral Home in Flint and O’Neil Swanson II also were fined a total of $34,100.
  The state Board of Examiners in Mortuary Science voted to remove the licenses last week. A final order is expected this week.
  The funeral home was closed in July after maggots wer
  
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• Scam Alert: If Your Own Phone Number Calls You, Don’t Pick Up

  11-04-2018 18:56
  CBS Local — A new scam is tricking victims into giving away precious information by calling them from what appears to be their own phone numbers.
  According to WSPA, the “number spoofing” scam calls victims and displays the person’s own phone number on caller ID. One woman in South Carolina says she was curious to find out how her own cell number was calling her and picked up.
  “I answered and they said hey this is so and so from the phone company and I’m just c
  
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• Crews Respond To Explosion At Baltimore Co. Apartment Complex

  11-04-2018 17:23
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Baltimore County crews have responded to an explosion at a Randallstown apartment complex.Officials say the explosion occurred in the 3400 block of Carriage Hall on the second floor Wednesday.
  #BCoFD o/s 3400 blk Carriage Hill Ci, 21133, for explosion in 2nd floor garden apt; no injuries reported. Adjacent apt buildings evacuated. Crews monitoring for gas. BGE en route.EA^EA
  — BACO Public Safety (@BACOPoliceFire) April 11, 2018First responders say the building has be
  
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• Baltimore Man Arrested With 3 Loaded Guns; 2 Reported Stolen

  11-04-2018 17:11
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities have arrested a Baltimore man who was driving with a suspended license and three loaded handguns.
  City police say 25-year-old Devin Scott was arrested after a traffic stop in the 3700 block of West Belvedere Avenue Tuesday.Officers say Scott was driving with a suspended license and had three loaded handguns in the car, two of which were reported stolen from Baltimore County.Follow @WJZ on Twitter and like WJZ-TV | CBS Baltimore on Facebook
  
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• Baltimore Man Arrested For November Murder

  11-04-2018 16:36
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities have arrested a Baltimore man for a murder that occurred in November.
  City police say Garrett Smith, 47, was arrested Tuesday for the murder of 50-year-old Mark Grant on November 21.
  Officers say Smith allegedly fatally shot Grant in the 3800 block of Oakford Avenue.
  Smith has been charged with first-degree murder.
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• Planning Your Summer Music Festival Calendar

  11-04-2018 16:06
  By Laurie Jo Miller Farr
  Which summer music festivals are you going to attend? Beyonce has already headlined Coachella in April, but there’s lots more to come during the summer of ’18. Five of America’s best and biggest annual summer music festivals convene between Memorial Day and Labor Day in five different states right across the country.
  Governors Ball Music Festival Randall’s Island ParkNew York, NY 10035www.governorsballmusicfestival.com
  Dates: June 1 through June 3
  
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• Police Identify Victims In ‘Targeted’ Double Homicide At Towson Apartment

  11-04-2018 15:29
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police have identified the two men found dead inside a Towson apartment, in what police say was a targeted attack.
  Stanley B. Brunson, Jr., 29,  and Shameek Davone Joyner, 28, were found dead inside a fifth floor apartment on Lambourne Rd. Monday morning.
  RELATED: Police Investigating 2 Bodies Found Inside Towson Apartment As Double Homicide
  Police say they were called after a maintenance man went into the apartment and found the two men dead inside.
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• Don’t Freak Out About Stanton’s Slow Start

  11-04-2018 15:07
  By Matt Citak
  When Giancarlo Stanton was traded to the Yankees back in the beginning of December, New York was immediately considered one of the favorites to become the 2018 World Series Champions. With a heart of the batting order consisting of Aaron Judge, Stanton, and Gary Sanchez, not to mention guys like Didi Gregorius, Brett Gardner, and Neil Walker, many believed the Bronx Bombers would ride the momentum of their surprising 2017 success into the franchise’s 28th World Series title.
  
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• Cecil Co. Man Arrested On Child Pornography Charges

  11-04-2018 15:05
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland State Police arrest a Cecil County man after they say they found evidence of distribution and possession of child pornography.
  Police say William Nelson Hughes, 40, is charged with one count of distribution of child pornography, one count of possession of child pornography, one count of illegal possession of a firearm, and one count of illegal possession of ammunition.
  Hughes was arrested at his home at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning. He is being he
  
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• Ryan Bows Out: ‘I Have Given This Job Everything I Have’

  11-04-2018 14:56
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Claiming he’s accomplished a “heckuva lot,” House Speaker Paul Ryan announced Wednesday he will not run for re-election and will retire next year, injecting another layer of uncertainty as Republicans face worries over losing their majority in the fall.
  The Wisconsin Republican cast the decision as a personal one, saying he did not want his children growing up with a “weekend dad.” He told reporters he believes he’s leaving with strong
  
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• House Speaker Paul Ryan Won’t Seek Re-Election

  11-04-2018 14:56
  (CNN) — House Speaker Paul Ryan has told confidantes he is not seeking re-election and will soon announce his decision, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told CNN Wednesday.
  He is expected to address his decision in a closed-door GOP conference meeting Wednesday morning, the sources said.
  Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, has been in Congress since 1999 and became House speaker in 2015.
  Some of Ryan’s close friends previously told CNN that he might leave office af
  
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• Iraq War Veteran Gets Life In Slaying Of Maryland Girlfriend

  11-04-2018 14:32
  CROFTON, Md. (AP) — An Iraq war veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder has been sentenced to life in prison for first-degree murder.
  Forty-year-old Ryan Gregory Hollebon told the court Tuesday that he stabbed his girlfriend twice last March before blacking out. Twenty-eight-year-old Jhalandia Butler, who was also a veteran, was found dead with more than 50 stab wounds.
  RELATED: Police Arrest Man Wanted For Girlfriend’s Murder
  Hollebon says the two were addicted
  
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• Baltimore Man Charged With First Degree Murder

  11-04-2018 14:19
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Police say they have charged a suspect with first degree murder for a fatal shooting.
  According to police, Dante Henderson, 28, was arrested Tuesday for a homicide that occurred on April 7 in the 1500 block of West Baltimore Street.
  The homicide took place in west Baltimore around 3:00 a.m. when officers were called for a report of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found a 28-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
  RELATED: Baltimore Poli
  
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• Weather Blog: Enjoy The Warm Weather

  11-04-2018 14:16
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Ready to party? Here comes that warm up. Right now as I write this blog, around 7 A.M., it is 34°. This time tomorrow morning it will be 43°.
  Today’s high 58°, tomorrow 72°. The forecast relief is here. Eventually we will see nature find it’s normal again, and that will be at the end of the weekend.  Beyond the weekend that return to normal, temperatures in the mid 60’s, seems to be on solid ground. At least not on frozen ground. A s
  
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• Police: Attempted Kidnapping Suspect Targeted Two Teens

  11-04-2018 13:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Montgomery County Police are searching for a man they say attempted to kidnap two teenagers on separate occasions.
  He is described as a Hispanic male, possibly in his 30’s, 5′ 10″ tall, and thin (possibly weighing approximately 160 pounds.) This is a composite sketch of the suspect:
  Courtesy: Montgomery County Police
  Police say one incident happened on Friday April 6, at approximately 7:50 p.m. A 14-year-old female was returning home from the 7-11 o
  
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• Women Cannot Be Paid Less Than Men Based On Past Salary, Court Rules

  11-04-2018 13:16
  (CNN) — A federal court ruled Monday that employers cannot use salary history to justify paying women less than men for the same work.
  The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided in favor of the plaintiff in Rizo v. Fresno County Office of Education, ruling that wage disparity based on “prior salary alone or in combination with other factors” violated the Equal Pay Act.
  The case was heard by the entire 11-judge panel, including the late Judge Stephen Reinhardt. He penn
  
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• Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson To Host Wednesday’s HQ Trivia

  11-04-2018 13:00
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is co-hosting Wednesday’s HQ Trivia.
  “HQ Trivia” is a game show that happens at 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. everyday. It’s usually hosted by Scott Rogowsky, a graduate of Johns Hopkins University.
  RELATED: Hopkins Grad Host Of Game Show App ‘HQ Trivia’
  According to the trivia app’s twitter, Wednesday’s game will take place at a “special time in the afternoon.” A time tha
  
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• Police: Pedestrian Struck, Killed On BW Parkway

  11-04-2018 04:40
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police say a pedestrian has died after being hit by a vehicle on Baltimore-Washington Parkway on Monday night.
  Maryland State Police responded to the scene at southbound MD 295 at I-695 just after 9 p.m.
  All soundbound 295 lanes were closed, bringing traffic to a halt.
  UPDATE: Crash in AA Co MD 295 S/N AT I-695. All lanes closed southbound. 2 Left lanes closed northbound. Use alternate route. #mdtraffic SOC
  — MD State Highway Adm (@MDSHA) April 11, 2018The vict
  
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• Weather Blog: Warm Temps Continue

  11-04-2018 04:24
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Tuesday was another day of well-below normal temperatures, but it ended up 10 degrees warmer than yesterday.
  Tomorrow promises to be a few degrees warmer still, then we really bust into the warm spring air you have been waiting for!
  By Thursday, we should break 70, and by Friday, how about 80?!
  The next chance of rain will come on Sunday and cooler temperatures, as well, which will continue next week.
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• Orioles Drop 4th Straight At Home With 2-1 Loss To Blue Jays

  11-04-2018 04:06
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Aaron Sanchez lost his no-hit bid when Baltimore’s Tim Beckham led off the eighth inning with a sharp grounder through the legs of third baseman Josh Donaldson, and Curtis Granderson hit a tie-breaking homer in the ninth to carry the Toronto Blue Jays over the Orioles 2-1 on Tuesday night.
  O's 4th straight home defeat is witnessed by 8,640 fans which is the 2nd fewest in Camden Yards history (last night 7,915 is fewest all-time).
  — Mark Viviano (@MarkWJZ)
  
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• Police Investigating Double Shooting In East Baltimore

  11-04-2018 03:42
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Police say two men were shot in East Baltimore on Monday.
  Officers responded to the 1400 block of East Preston Street for a report of a shooting around 8:20 p.m.
  When police arrived, they located a 27-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen and a 30-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the foot.
  Both victims were taken to an area hospital, where they are listed in stable condition.
  Citywide Shooting detectives are asking anyone with infor
  
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• Maryland Legislature Passes Women’s Rights Bills

  11-04-2018 02:33
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Fueled in part by the #MeToo movement, lawmakers in the Maryland General Assembly passed several bills related to women’s rights in this session.
  Some of the bills have been in the works for years. One bill strengthens how the statehouse handles sexual harassment complaints against lawmakers, and it extends the policy to lobbyists. Another bill that was a decade in the making creates a process for impregnated rape victims to ask to end the parental rights of the
  
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• What Methods, Strategies Will Sex Traffickers Use Following Seizure Of Backpage?

  11-04-2018 02:24
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Now that Backpage.com is gone, law enforcement is trying to find out where sex traffickers will migrate next.
  The executives of Backpage, a popular website to buy and sell sex, have been indicted over allegations that their platform was a magnet for child sex traffickers and prostitution.
  RELATED: Indictment Accuses Backpage Founders Of Aiding Prostitution
  Police agencies in Maryland and around the country have set up prostitution and human trafficking oper
  
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• Voters Sue To Force Ex-Senator’s Name Off Primary Ballot

  11-04-2018 01:53
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A new lawsuit seeks to remove the name of a former Maryland state senator who resigned and has pleaded guilty to fraud charges in a federal bribery case from the Democratic primary ballot.
  News outlets report three voters registered in former state senator Nathaniel Oaks’ Baltimore district sued the Maryland State Board of Elections on Tuesday to force Oaks’ name off the June 26 ballot. Although the 71-year-old pleaded guilty to wire fraud and honest services f
  
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