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• Wendi Winter’s Blood Drive Lives On Through Family, Friends

  11-09-2018 23:56
  ANNAPOLIS (WJZ) — 17 years ago, as the country was coming to grips with the terrorist attacks in New York, the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, a woman in Annapolis decided she needed to do something.
  Wendi Winters, who was killed in the Capital Gazette attack this summer, started a blood drive at her church in Annapolis.
  “It was like a call to action, it was her hometown. She felt like she had to do something and give back,” said Summerleigh Geimer, Wendi’s dau
  
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• Baltimore Co. Businessman, Survivor Reflects On 9/11

  11-09-2018 23:33
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — 17 years after issue, Steve Peck’s World Trade Center visitor badge is starting to fade.
  But for the Baltimore County businessman, who survived the 9/11 terrorist attack with it in his pocket, it’s a badge that tells his story.
  “All of a sudden, the building shook so violently,” Peck said.
  Peck was on the 63rd floor of the North Tower when the first plane hit.
  As chaos erupted, he said he and his colleagues ran down floor after floor of a crowded s
  
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• Police Seeking Info On Royal Farms Robber

  11-09-2018 23:17
  BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — Baltimore County Police are seeking information on a suspect in a robbery at the Royal Farms store on North Point Boulevard.
  The suspect had taken extreme measures to not be identified, but police believe someone may have information on this person’s identity or information that may lead the suspect to police.
  According to police, the suspect is believed to have committed armed robberies at the Royal Farm store at 4015 North Point Boulevard on August 30
  
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• Annapolis Landfill Being Resurrected Into Annapolis Solar Park

  11-09-2018 23:08
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — When it couldn’t hold any more, the Annapolis landfill was buried. It is now being resurrected into the Annapolis solar park.
  All it took was 55,000 solar panels and an investment by Building Energy, an Italian alternative energy company.
  “So the cost is roughly $35 million, not only the cost of construction, but development and financing of this project,” said Andrea Braccialarghe, withBuilding Energy.
  So how much clean power does $35-million buy?
  
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• Family Keeps Son’s Memory Alive By Raising Money To Fight Pediatric Cancer

  11-09-2018 23:02
  BEL AIR, Md. (WJZ) — When her young son succumbed to brain cancer in 2009, one Bel Air woman decided to do something to remember him and help others.
  Nicole Stagnoli and her many friends in Harford County began raising money to fight the deadly disease.
  The “Do Believe” Foundation’s 9th annual Dominator 5k will be held Sunday, September 16, at the Bel Air Athletic Club.
  “After Dominic passed away in 2009, the community, along with my family, began a foundation, the
  
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• Baltimore Tax Preparer Sentenced To Prison For Filing False Tax Returns

  11-09-2018 22:58
  BALTIMORE, Md. (WJZ) — An Owings Mills woman was sentenced to seven years in prison for filing false tax returns and stealing other people’s personal information.
  45-year-old Dawn Chapelle Cottman was found guilty on 14 counts of filing false tax returns, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
  She owned a tax preparation business called 40 AM Tax Service, which she operated from her home in Owings Mills. A federal jury convicted Cottman back on May 22.
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• Maryland Prepares For Possible Flooding From Hurricane Florence

  11-09-2018 22:51
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Agencies across the state are rushing to get ready for a surge of water. They are ready resources they hope they do not have to use.
  But at this point, flooding and power outages are major concerns, and crews are doing what they can to work ahead of the storm.
  Those who will be on the front lines to face down the Category 5 storm are using every remaining minute to get ready, get set and wait.
  Rescue boats are loaded in Baltimore County, where the already wet summer
  
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• Man Arrested In Cecil County For Attempted Murder With Machete

  11-09-2018 22:46
  CECIL COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — Cecil County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in an attempted murder case this week.
  Deputies responded on September 10 at around 7:30 a.m. to the North East Police Department for an assault that happened in the 600 block of West Old Philadelphia Road North East, Md. They made contact with a 29-year-old woman, they observed she had suffered a laceration to her head area while her head, face and hands were covered in blood.
  Cecil County Paramedics transpor
  
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• Dealer Pleads Guilty To Helping Players Cheat Casino Out Of $1M

  11-09-2018 21:52
  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A man who worked as a baccarat dealer at a Maryland casino has pleaded guilty to helping players cheat the casino out of just over $1 million in exchange for a share of the proceeds.
  Ming Zhang, of Alexandria, Virginia, faces a maximum of five years in prison following his guilty plea on Tuesday in federal court. He was charged Thursday with conspiring to transport stolen funds.
  A court filing says Zhang exposed part of a baccarat deck to a player who photographed the
  
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• Ray Lewis: Slow Down With Darnold, Let Him Go Through His Bumps And Bruises

  11-09-2018 21:05
  Ryan Mayer
  The week following the first weekend of NFL action is what we like to call “silly season.” A time when fans and media alike tend to overreact based on what we saw from teams in their first official outing of the new season. To try and temper some of that reaction and break down the opening weekend, we caught up with Ray Lewis as he prepared for this week’s edition of Inside the NFL. Lewis weighed in on which team impressed, which he’s worried about, and what th
  
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• D.C. Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Florence

  11-09-2018 20:53
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP/WJZ) — DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has declared a state of emergency as the capital prepares for heavy rain and flooding expected to come with Hurricane Florence.
  This comes followings days of rain in Maryland and ahead of Hurricane Florence’s potential impact.
  Gov. Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency on Monday and asked Marylanders to prepare for the worst.
  Officials are especially concerned about Maryland’s low-lying communities, who have already been im
  
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• Police Officer Injured After Being Dragged By Car During Traffic Stop

  11-09-2018 20:40
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A police officer is being rushed to the hospital after he was dragged by a car during a traffic stop.
  The incident happened on 3300 block of Garrison Avenue in NW Baltimore.OfficerDown2OfficerDownThe officer tried to stop the driver of the gray Toyota Camry, when the suspect tried to flee, dragging the officer.
  The male officer is being taken to Shock Trauma for non life-threatening injuries.
  #BREAKING: Baltimore City Police Officer en route to hospital after being dragge
  
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• HURRICANE TRACKER: Florence Expected For Landfall Thursday; More Rain For Maryland

  11-09-2018 20:40
  By Thursday, the hurricane will be making landfall in North Carolina as a category 4 storm with winds around 140 mph.
  
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• Man Charged With Burying Dog Alive

  11-09-2018 20:09
  NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. (CBS) – Police charged a man with animal cruelty after he allegedly buried a dog alive in Northbridge. Richard Piquard, 24, of Whitinsville was arrested on Sunday.
  The woman who found the dog and called police said the man who buried it had been trying to get rid of it for some time.
  “Picked him up and he was breathing and yelping and screaming in pain coated in dirt, his nose embedded with dirt it was horrible,” said Kaylee Belanger, describing the moment sh
  
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• New York Police Trying To Figure Out Who Is Behind Vending Machines Selling Drug Paraphernalia

  11-09-2018 20:00
  BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — In Suffolk County’s drug fight, police want to find who is responsible for putting drug paraphernalia in vending machines.
  For $2 in quarters consumers were dispensed a writing pen with what looked like a drug pipe hidden inside, CBS2’s Jennifer McLogan reported Monday.
  A pen dispensary was knocked to the ground by an angry town resident who called in Brookhaven officials to lug it away, furious at whoever installed vending machines across the co
  
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• Active Shooter Study: Semi-Automatic Rifles More Deadly

  11-09-2018 19:30
  CHICAGO (AP) — Active shooters with semi-automatic rifles wound and kill twice as many people as those using non-automatic weapons, although chances of dying if hit in either type of assault are the same, a new analysis shows.
  Researchers examined FBI data on nearly 250 active shooter incidents in the United States since 2000. Almost 900 people were wounded and 718 were killed.
  One in four of these attacks involved semi-automatic rifles. These weapons automatically load each bullet after f
  
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• Annapolis Prepares For Hurricane Florence, Closes Some Roads After Flooding

  11-09-2018 18:25
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — For the second day in a row, Annapolis officials closed several streets due to flooding.
  Compromise, Dock and Newman streets were all closed due to higher than normal tides.
  This comes following days of rain in Maryland and ahead of Hurricane Florence’s potential impact.
  Ocean City Preparations Underway As Hurricane Florence Approaches East Coast
  Gov. Larry Hogan declared a state of emergency on Monday and asked Marylanders to prepare for the worst.
  Officials a
  
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• Upper Potomac River Safety Advisory In Effect

  11-09-2018 18:06
  BALTIMORE, Md. (WJZ) — The Maryland Natural Resources Police have issued a safety advisory to avoid boating and other recreational activities on the Upper Potomac River until further notice.
  High water, debris and weakened shoreline have combined to make the river and its tributaries from Harpers Ferry to Little Falls hazardous for recreational use. This comes followings days of rain in Maryland and ahead of Hurricane Florence’s potential impact.
  Appalachian Trail Hikers Warned About
  
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• 26-Year-Old Shot In The Back While Sitting In Vehicle

  11-09-2018 18:00
  BALTIMORE, Md. (WJZ) — A 26-year-old is recovering after he was shot in the back while sitting in a vehicle in Baltimore.
  Police were called to a report of a shooting around 1:50 a.m. on Monday when the victim went to a local hospital.
  Once detectives arrived to assume control of the investigation, the victim told detectives that he was shot while sitting in a vehicle in the 700 block of North Rose Street.
  Anyone with information is urged to contact Baltimore Police Department Citywide Sho
  
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• Ocean City Preparations Underway As Hurricane Florence Approaches East Coast

  11-09-2018 17:58
  OCEAN CITY, Md. (WJZ) — Ocean City Emergency Management officials have started to prepare for the possible flooding and other effects that could happen when Hurricane Florence makes landfall on the East Coast.
  While the North and South Carolina are set to take the brunt of the storm starting on Thursday, parts of Maryland could see flooding along the bay.
  Preparations are underway in Ocean City, with the walkways and trash cans being removed from the beach, as well as the sea wall gates be
  
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• Appalachian Trail Hikers Warned About High Waters

  11-09-2018 17:57
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Maryland State Park officials are warning hikers on the Appalachian Trail about high waters.
  Park officials report high water levels at creek crossings and urge hikers to use caution.
  Due to high water levels at creek crossings on the Appalachian Trail, hikers are urged to use caution. We will continue to monitor conditions.
  — Maryland State Parks (@MDStateParks) September 11, 2018This comes following days of rain in Maryland and ahead of Hurricane Florence’s
  
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• Maryland Moves To Ditch Current Standardized Tests

  11-09-2018 17:21
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland will drop its standardized test, often criticized for being too time-consuming and disruptive to the school schedule.
  WTOP-FM reported last week that Gov. Larry Hogan said at a news conference that officials “never want to see another one of these PARCC exams.” The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers tests were once used in dozens of states as a way to compare student achievement scores across the country afte
  
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• Fan Essentials: Best NFL Division

  11-09-2018 16:57
  Each NFL division is filled with rivalries. Whereas most teams square off every two or three seasons, when the schedule pits their divisions against each other, teams in the same division play each other twice a season, every season. That makes for familiar opponents and competitive, emotional games.
  But an intra-division win doesn’t necessarily signal the strength of a division as a whole. The Browns just tied the Le’Veon Bell-less Steelers, in what must feel like a win in Cleveland
  
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• Police Searching For Critically Missing Annapolis Man

  11-09-2018 16:41
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — Police are looking for 21 year-old Isaiah Caldwell, who’s been missing from Annapolis.
  Caldwell is described as 6-foot-tall with a slim build, brown eyes, longer hair and gold fronts on his teeth.
  Family members are concerned for Caldwell’s welfare and have reported him missing. There are factors which make Caldwell a critically missing person.
  He  was last seen on Sept. 6 at 12:15 p.m. in the 700 block of Newtowne Drive in Annapolis.
  Caldwell may be
  
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• Maryland Wine Fest Postponed Due To Weather

  11-09-2018 16:07
  CARROLL COUNTY, Md. (WJZ)—The 35th anniversary of the Maryland Wine Festival has been postponed due to inclement weather. The new, single-day date for the Maryland Wine Festival is Saturday, October 13, 2018.
  Hosted by the Carroll County Farm Museum, this event features more than 25 Maryland wineries, pouring more than 150 distinct and delicious wines.  Attendees of the Maryland Wine Festival can peruse wares and purchase food from dozens of vendors. Come out on Saturday, October
  
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• Police Department To Alter ‘Open Checkbook’ Overtime Tactic

  11-09-2018 16:04
  BALTIMORE (AP) — A deputy commissioner of a Maryland police department says the agency is working on plans to change its “open checkbook” approach to overtime.
  The Baltimore Sun reports Baltimore Police Deputy Commissioner Andre Bonaparte announced Monday that the agency is struggling with staffing shortages. The department needs about 1,200 patrol officers to work effectively. It has about 730.
  Bonaparte says the chronic understaffing drives up overtime costs and “there
  
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• US Marks 9/11 With Somber Tributes, New Monument To Victims

  11-09-2018 15:11
  NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are commemorating 9/11 with somber tributes, volunteer projects and a new monument to victims, after a year when two attacks demonstrated the enduring threat of terrorism in the nation’s biggest city.
  Margie Miller was among the 9/11 victims’ relatives, survivors, rescuers and others who gathered on a misty Tuesday morning at the memorial plaza where the World Trade Center’s twin towers once stood. She came to the site from her home in suburban B
  
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• Hurricane Florence Forces More Than 1 Million People To Flee

  11-09-2018 14:37
   (CNN) — The southern East Coast of the United States is bracing for the arrival of Hurricane Florence as the storm — already packing winds of up to 140 mph — nears Category 5 strength.
  More than 1 million people face mandatory evacuation orders in coastal areas of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
  Tropical storm force winds are expected to reach the Carolina coasts late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning, CNN meteorologist Michael Guy said. Those state
  
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• Georgia School Reinstating Paddling To Punish Students

  11-09-2018 14:15
  (CBS NEWS) — A school in Hephzibah, Georgia, is drawing national attention after sending consent forms to parents informing them of a new policy of using paddling as a form of punishment for students, CBS affiliate WRDW-TV reports.
  The Georgia School of Innovation and the Classics (GSIC), a kindergarten-through-9th-grade charter school, is bringing back paddling — spanking a child on the behind with a wooden board — as a form of discipline. Superintendent Jody Boulineau to
  
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• Trump To Mark 17 Years Since Sept. 11 At Pennsylvania Field

  11-09-2018 13:50
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is marking 17 years since the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil by visiting the Pennsylvania field that became a Sept. 11 memorial.
  Trump and his wife, Melania, were participating in Tuesday’s somber remembrance in Shanksville. It’s where hijackers crashed a California-bound commercial airliner on Sept. 11, 2001, after the 40 passengers and crew members learned what was happening and attempted to regain control of the aircraft. Everyon
  
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• Florence Could Hit With Punch Not Seen In More Than 60 Years

  11-09-2018 13:41
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The last time the midsection of the East Coast stared down a hurricane like this, Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House and Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were newlyweds.
  Hurricane Florence could inflict the hardest hurricane punch the Carolinas have seen in more than 60 years, with rain and wind of more than 130 mph (209 kph). North Carolina has been hit by only one other Category 4 storm since reliable record keeping began in the 1850s. That was Hurrica
  
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• Weather Blog: Lousy Weather Pattern

  11-09-2018 13:36
  Hi Everyone!
  What a lousy weather pattern we’ve been in. Ain’t no putting lipstick on this pig, and we continue gray skies today and tomorrow with some showers around. A thunderstorm is not out of the question today through Thursday too. Gray skies on early shifts mean trying to get motivated and NOT nap in the afternoon. (Heck gray skies over and over again make it tough not to nap on the 9 to 5 job!) Then we will be dealing with Hurricane Florence.
  (And we will be dealing specifica
  
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• Weather Blog: Impact Of Hurricane Florence On Maryland

  11-09-2018 05:02
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Welcome to Monday, and all eyes are on Hurricane Florence and the possible effects on our region.
  After a very wet weekend and a drizzly and cool damp Monday, we still have additional rain or shower chances this week.
  A warmer, more humid flow and a front approaching from the west may bring some thunder or just showers both Tuesday and Wednesday.
  By Thursday, the hurricane will be making landfall in North Carolina as a category 4 storm with winds around 140 mph. Major dev
  
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• This Week In Golf: Bradley Clips Rose To Win BMW Championship

  11-09-2018 03:50
  By Sam McPherson
  It had been more than six years since one-time golfing sensation Keegan Bradley had won a PGA Tour event. But thanks to fortune and opportunity, he now can add the 2018 BMW Championship to his victory ledger. Bradley defeated Justin Rose on the first hole of a playoff to claim the title after posting rounds of 66-64-66-64 to finish tied with Rose atop the leaderboard at 20-under par.
  Rose bogeyed the 72nd hole of the event to fall back into that tie with Bradley, and the 2011 PG
  
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• ‘Why So Crabby?’: PETA Crab Billboard Battle Continues

  11-09-2018 02:48
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The crab billboard controversy is heating up again in Maryland.
  PETA is now planning to put a second billboard up in downtown Baltimore.
  The new billboard reads, “Why so crabby? Letting others live might just save your life.”
  It’s aimed at those who criticized the organization’s original billboard which showed a crab saying, “I’m me – not meat. See the individual. Go vegan.”
  PETA Puts Up Billboard Urging Marylanders To Stop
  
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• Poll: Teens Say Social Media Makes Them Feel Better

  11-09-2018 02:06
  NEW YORK (AP) — Today’s teens are constantly on their smartphones, many check social media “constantly” and prefer texting over face-to-face communication.
  But a new poll finds that these same teens also say that social media has a positive effect on their lives, helping them feel more confident, less lonely and less depressed.
  The poll was released Monday by Common Sense Media, a San Francisco-based nonprofit group focused on kids’ use of media and technology. It f
  
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• Hurricane Florence Prompts Mandatory Evacuations In Virginia

  11-09-2018 00:47
  (CNN) — As Hurricane Florence approaches the East Coast of the United States, the governors of Virginia, North and South Carolina have issued mandatory evacuation orders affecting hundreds of thousands of residents in coastal areas.
  Florence was upgraded twice Monday to Category 4, prompting numerous warnings from state officials to not underestimate the threat the storm poses. The size of hurricane-force winds doubled over 12 hours from 30 to 60 mph, the National Hurricane Center said Mon
  
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• Reward Doubled For 3 Suspected In Violent Gang From Cherry Hill In Baltmore

  11-09-2018 00:16
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Authorities have doubled the rewards being offered for information that leads to the arrests of three Baltimore fugitives wanted for their roles in a Cherry Hill gang.
  The ATF in Baltimore is offering $10,000 each for information leading to the arrests Travis Eugene Alewine (aka Sticks), Deaven Raeshawn Cherry (aka Gotti), and Terrell Luster (aka Relly).
  These men are considered armed and dangerous, as police say Cherry was involved in the murder of two people, and t
  
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• Reward Doubled For 3 Fugitives In Cherry Hill Gang From Baltimore

  11-09-2018 00:16
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Authorities have doubled the rewards being offered for information that leads to the arrests of three Baltimore fugitives wanted for their roles in a Cherry Hill gang.
  The ATF in Baltimore is offering $10,000 each for information leading to the arrests Travis Eugene Alewine (aka Sticks), Deaven Raeshawn Cherry (aka Gotti), and Terrell Luster (aka Relly).
  “These individuals grew up in the community and they do have contacts in the community that are possibly pro
  
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• REACH Program Helping Hundreds Of Marylanders With Opioid Addiction

  11-09-2018 00:03
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — September is “National Recovery Month,” and Maryland communities are raising awareness of services available to help kick opioid addiction across the state.
  175 people a day are dying in this country from opioid abuse.
  On the front lines, the use of Narcan reverses overdoses, but recovery is the ultimate goal, which Terrie Alexander was able to achieve.
  “I am proud to say I am a person in long-term recovery of 21 years,” Alexander said.
  And in
  
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