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• Reward offered for man wanted by feds, local police

  22-03-2016 23:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A reward is out for a Buffalo man on the run from authorities both on the local and federal level.
  Police say Christopher Carriero has a history of trouble with the law, but is currently wanted by federal authorities after violating his supervised release. He served time on escape and fraud convictions.
  Officials say he’s currently on the run and is defrauding local post offices with bad checks. Buffalo Police want him in custody to charge him for forgery.
  
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• ‘Batman v Superman’ London premiere scales back after attack

  22-03-2016 23:33 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The London premiere of “Batman v Superman” was scaled back Tuesday following the terrorist attacks in Brussels.
  Warner Bros. said in a statement that “our hearts go out to the victims” and others affected by the deadly explosions at the Belgium city’s main airport and subway. But the studio said it would go forward with the Tuesday-night premiere “rather than yield to terror.”
  However, interviews on the red carpet were canceled.
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• NFTA increases security presence following attacks in Brussels

  22-03-2016 22:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — U.S. cities are ramping up security following terrorist attacks at an airport and subway station in Brussels.
  Here in the Buffalo-Niagara region security was bolstered at both airports and the Metro Rail system.
  “Ironically, we have both of those similar facilities. We have two airports and a metro rail system that includes a tunnel. So, we are very, very conscious of those types of security concerns,” said Douglas Hartmayer, spokesman for the Niagar
  
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• Portion of Denver International Airport evacuated temporarily due to suspicious package

  22-03-2016 22:19 via wivb.com
  
  DENVER — A portion of Denver International Airport was evacuated Tuesday afternoon due to a possible security threat.
  Denver police began evacuating the area around 2:30 p.m., bringing bomb squad units to investigate multiple suspicious packages.
  After a full investigation, and multiple areas being closed off to the public, police say they cleared the area and there were no threats.
  It’s not yet known if any flights were delayed, but the airport thanked its customers for their p
  
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• Officers, members of Kingsmen Motorcycle Club indicted following conviction of member for murder

  22-03-2016 22:06 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Federal officials stood together on Tuesday to announce the indictment of 16 representatives of the national Kingsmen Motorcycle Club, including its organization president, on racketeering charges.
  U.S. Attorney William Hochul announced a federal grand jury returned a 46-count indictment detailing a “major racketeering operation” involving high ranking officials, including David Pirk, 65, the organization’s president, along with regional a
  
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• Terror in Brussels: Timeline

  22-03-2016 20:08 via wivb.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP/MEDIA GENERAL) — Bombs exploded at the Brussels airport and one of the city’s metro stations Tuesday, killing at least 31 people and wounding dozens. Events unfolded quickly and were shared worldwide almost in real-time. Here’s what we’ve learned so far about what happened when for the people of Brussels.
  The times below are in Brussels local time.
  8:30 a.m.: Airport explosions
  In this photo, two women wounded in Brussels Airport in Brussels, Belgium, after e
  
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• Gallery: Explosions rock Brussels airport, subway

  22-03-2016 20:01 via interactives.wivb.com
  
  BRUSSELS (WIVB) — Bombs exploded at the Brussels airport and in the city’s subway on March 22, 2016, killing at least 31 people.
  GALLERY | Click here to see the photos. 
  
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• Snyder shop introduces colorful Easter ice cream

  22-03-2016 17:48 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – With Easter approaching fast, local candy shops are preparing for the rush a shoppers looking to fill their baskets.
  At Oh Pour L’Amour Du Chocolat in Snyder, molded chocolate bunnies and other traditional Easter treats have been flying off the shelves for weeks. They’ve also added some new specialty items this year, including a brand new frozen creation. Peeps ice cream is vanilla flavored, with the multicolored bunny-shaped marshmallows mixed in.
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• Suspected shooter arrested after 6-hour Olean standoff

  22-03-2016 17:40 via wivb.com
  
  OLEAN, N.Y. (WIVB) — After gunshots rang out in the City of Olean, police rushed to the scene of an apartment on Buffalo Street near Sullivan Street Tuesday morning.
  Reports warned of an active shooter who holed up inside an apartment just before 11 a.m. after officers served an eviction notice. A gunman fired off multiple shots, injuring one of the civilians attempting to serve the eviction. The victim sustained a gunshot wound in the torso, requiring him to be evacuated to
  
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• Standoff ongoing after Olean shooting

  22-03-2016 17:40 via wivb.com
  
  OLEAN, N.Y. (WIVB) — Olean Police arrived on Buffalo Street near Sullivan Street Tuesday after reports of an active shooter came in shortly before 11 a.m.
  Police said they were serving an eviction notice when shots were fired, injuring a civilian outside of the apartment.
  The victim was taken from the scene by Mercy Flight. It’s not yet known what condition the victim is in.
  A standoff commenced following the shooting. The shooter is in his apartment, according to police.
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• Checkpoints outside of airport checkpoints necessary, security experts say

  22-03-2016 17:35 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Terrorists directed by ISIS detonated bombs in Brussels that killed dozens of victims in an airport and metro system, prompting security experts to predict increased security checkpoints at American airports even before fliers go through TSA screenings.
  Earlier checkpoints are “absolutely” in the offing, says former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell.
  Morell told CBS This Morning’s Anthony Mason that terrorists are now “adjusting to our
  
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• Truck crashes into church on Goodell Street

  22-03-2016 17:01 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A truck drove into a church on Goodell Street Tuesday morning, closing the road from Michigan Ave. to Oak Street.
  Witnesses at the scene say the dump truck was going the wrong way down Goodell and interfered with the path of a pickup truck.
  The dump truck driver’s condition is not known, but the pickup truck driver and his two elderly parents were all able to walk away.
  City engineers and construction crews expect to be at the scene for several h
  
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• Police step up presence at airports, travelers wary after Brussels attacks

  22-03-2016 16:43 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Tuesday morning’s terrorist attacks in Brussels prompted NFTA Police to increase their presence at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, the Niagara Falls Airport, and on the Metro rail lines.
  The move was made “as an abundance of caution”, according to NFTA officials, not in response to any local threat.
  Still, the attacks at the airport in Brussels left travelers at Buffalo Niagara International airport on edge. “You can’t rel
  
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• Obama pledges US support to Belgium after attacks

  22-03-2016 16:42 via wivb.com
  
  HAVANA (AP) — President Barack Obama pledged to “do whatever is necessary” to help Belgian authorities seek justice for the more than two dozen people who were killed Tuesday in explosions at the Brussels airport and the subway system.
  “We stand in solidarity with them in condemning these outrageous attacks against innocent people,” Obama said in Havana, where he was closing a historic three-day visit. He commented on the events in Brussels at the top of a keynote a
  
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• Obama: Time to bury ‘last remnants’ of Cold War in Americas

  22-03-2016 16:38 via wivb.com
  
  HAVANA (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Cubans to look to the future with hope, casting his historic visit to the communist nation as a moment to “bury the last remnants of the Cold War in the Americas.”
  Obama’s address opened a whirlwind final day on the island that includes a meeting with Cuban dissidents and attendance at a baseball game featuring the country’s beloved national team — events made possible by the normalization of U.S. and Cuban
  
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• Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford dies after fighting cancer

  22-03-2016 16:18 via wivb.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Rob Ford, the pugnacious, populist former mayor of Toronto whose career crashed in a drug-driven, obscenity-laced debacle, died Tuesday after fighting cancer, his family says. He was 46.
  Ford rode into office on a backlash against urban elites. He cast an image sharply at odds with Canada’s reputation for sedate, unpretentious politics.
  But his tenure as mayor of the country’s largest city was marred by revelations about his drinking problems and illegal dru
  
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• 2 morning accidents seen on Hyde Park Boulevard before Noon

  22-03-2016 16:09 via wivb.com
  
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — Witnesses say two accidents occurred on Hyde Park Boulevard in Niagara Falls Tuesday morning.
  Police say a vehicle collided into a pedestrian just before 7 a.m on Hyde Park Boulevard and Sherwood Avenue. Witnesses say they saw police throw up crime scene tape and bring investigators to the field.
  Officers with the Niagara Falls Police Department say a 69-year-old attempted to cross Hyde Park Boulevard when a 26-year-old man in a Buick Regal attempted to tu
  
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• Students working to make future children’s hospital more colorful

  22-03-2016 15:44 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –  There are bright smiling faces everywhere you look at Ledgeview Elementary in Clarence. Both in person, and on paper.
  The school recently held a coloring party in each classroom, that had the students carefully creating vibrant self portraits using their favorite colors and designs. The students’ masterpieces will one day greet visitors at the new John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital in downtown Buffalo.
  The hospital plans to collect drawings from the
  
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• Presidential candidates react to Belgium terror attacks

  22-03-2016 15:33 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Candidates vying for the presidency responded swiftly to the Tuesday terrorist attacks in Belgium that left more than two dozen victims dead in the Brussels airport and subway system.
  As details continue to develop, 2016 hopefuls weighed in on the unfolding tragedy and implications for America’s national security.
  Republican reaction
  Republican front runner Donald Trump pondered the once “beautiful and safe” city of Brussels, urging the United
  
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• Police: Silver Creek man found with meth, paraphernalia in Dunkirk

  22-03-2016 14:14 via wivb.com
  
  DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WIVB) — Dunkirk Police say they found a Silver Creek man in possession of methamphetamine as well as drug paraphernalia during an early morning traffic stop on Brigham Road.
  Shortly after 12:30 a.m., police stopped Mark Massey, 28, after they say he failed to properly signal a turn. During the stop, police say they discovered meth, along with a smoking pipe and drug packaging materials.
  Massey was jailed in Dunkirk without bail and faces several charges including crimin
  
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• Colvin Cleaners collecting prom dresses for local girls

  22-03-2016 13:06 via wivb.com
  
  KENMORE, N.Y. (WIVB) — For the 11th year in a row, Colvin Cleaners in Kenmore is collecting prom dresses for “Gowns For Prom.”
  The annual event seeks to provide dresses to local girls at no cost to them as prom season gets closer in the school year.
  “This is one of the most exciting and fun projects that we run all year and we are so gratified to be able to help the young women of WNY,” stated Colvin Cleaners Owner and President Paul Billoni.
  Colvin Cleaners will be
  
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• NYPD increasing police presence after Brussels explosions

  22-03-2016 12:39 via wivb.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities are increasing security throughout New York City following explosions at the airport and subway system in the Belgian capital of Brussels.
  The NYPD is increasing visible presence of officers on the streets and in the subway system across the city’s five boroughs. The Port Authority Police Department is stepping up security at its three major airports. It’s also employing high visibility anti-terrorist patrols throughout the PATH system and the World
  
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• Woman accused of driving twice over legal limit while speeding in Clarence

  22-03-2016 11:53 via wivb.com
  
  CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A woman is charged with DWI and speeding after a Monday traffic stop in Clarence.
  New York State Police say Kaitlyn McKnight, 23, was driving twice over the legal limit for alcohol when she was stopped on Main Street for alleged speeding.
  Her blood alcohol content measured out to .18 percent, according to authorities.
  She will appear in Town of Clarence court at a later date.
  
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• New York poised to end longtime ban on professional MMA

  22-03-2016 11:13 via wivb.com
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is poised to end its ban on professional mixed martial arts, the last state to prohibit the combat sport.
  Conducted inside a cage or other enclosure with a referee present, MMA bouts end when one fighter quits or gets knocked out, or judges decide after 15 to 25 minutes of fighting who the winner is.
  The New York Assembly plans to vote this week, following seven years of leaving the ban intact after critics complained the sport is too violent.
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• UB holding rally to celebrate basketball teams’ success

  22-03-2016 10:24 via wivb.com
  
  AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – After the University at Buffalo’s men’s and women’s basketball teams both made it to the NCAA tournaments, the campus community is coming together to celebrate both teams’ successful seasons.
  A rally will be held in the Student Union on UB’s North Campus at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.
  UB’s President will be there to congratulate the coaches and players from both teams. The students behind the cowbell chant and UB cheerleaders will be on han
  
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• 36 dead after explosions rock Brussels airport, subway; IS claims attacks

  22-03-2016 10:01 via wivb.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Bombs exploded Tuesday at the Brussels airport and in the city’s subway, killing at least 36 people and wounding dozens, as a European capital was again locked down amid heightened security threats. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks.
  APP USERS | Watch live coverage of the incident here.
  The two airport blasts, at least one of them blamed on a suicide bomber, left behind a chaotic scene of splattered blood in the departure lounge as windows
  
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• 36 dead after explosions rock Brussels airport, subway

  22-03-2016 10:01 via wivb.com
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Explosions, at least one likely caused by a suicide bomber, rocked the Brussels airport and subway system Tuesday, prompting a lockdown of the Belgian capital and heightened security across Europe. At least 36 people were reported dead, and more than 170 injured.
  APP USERS | Watch live coverage of the incident here.
  Earlier in the morning, a spokesman for the Brussels Metro said 15 people were killed and 55 injured in an explosion on a train, and Belgian media reported at l
  
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• Safety questioned after ceiling collapses in refugee family’s rental home

  22-03-2016 05:40 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- A refugee family living on Buffalo’s West Side is having a difficult first few weeks in the United States. On Sunday night, the ceiling collapsed in the kitchen of their rental home on Grant St.
  “It fell on me and my kids we were all inside,” said Roger, who was visiting a family friend that lives in the home.
  Roger told News 4 he was taking a call in the kitchen when the collapse happened.
  “It’s really discouraging when someone comes
  
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• Fire companies looking at financial importance of carnivals after several local events canceled

  22-03-2016 05:38 via wivb.com
  
  MARILLA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Each summer, thousands of people flock to fields with games, rides and raffles. They’re there attending local carnivals and festivals run by fire companies.
  They’re quickly becoming a thing of the past for many areas.
  “We worry it’ll die and stuff like that as communities around,” said Brad Wurthner, the Marilla Fire Company Chief.
  These concerns are backed by watching what is happening to other small town’s festivities. Staff
  
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• Teen lottery winner to pay off mom’s home

  22-03-2016 03:44 via wivb.com
  
  MUIR, Mich. (WOOD) – An Ionia County teenager plans to pay off his mother’s home with the winning lottery ticket she gave him.
  Gabe Smith of Pewamo told the Michigan Lottery his mother bought the lucky ticket at Muir Mini Mart.An image of Gabe Smith’s winning ticket. (Michigan Lottery)Smith, 19, said he scratched off the ticket and thought it wasn’t a winner. But when he tried to enter the ticket’s code into his Player’s Club account, he got an error mess
  
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• Friends, fans say farewell to Don Paul after lengthy career

  22-03-2016 03:39 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A three part series will highlight Don Paul’s career in Buffalo as a trusted meteorologist.
  On Monday, friends, family and fans said farewell and thanks to Paul for his lengthy broadcasting career.
  
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• Thousands to look for job at Buffalo Niagara Convention Center job fair

  22-03-2016 03:34 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Job seekers will get together to market themselves at the Buffalo Niagara  Convention Center on Tuesday when 60 companies come together to seek talent.
  Some of the companies will include Allstate Insurance, Erie Community College and M&T Bank. Organizers say those who show up should dress for the job they desire and bring a handful of resumes.
  The fair runes from 9 a.m. through 2 p.m. Pre-registration is not required.
  
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• Partnership will bring new bike sharing program to Buffalo

  22-03-2016 03:21 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Local partners are working together with a national organization to bring a large bike sharing program to the Queen City.
  Officials with Reddy Bikeshare say their program will come to Buffalo in 2016, bringing hundreds of shareable bicycles stationed throughout the metro area. Specific information on where the bikes will be stationed isn’t yet available, but they’ll work with GoBike Buffalo to hammer out specifics.
  The public will also get a voting p
  
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• Jamestown woman admits to defrauding elderly couple

  22-03-2016 02:41 via wivb.com
  
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Jamestown woman admitted on Monday to opening credit cards in the name of the elderly couple she cared for as an in-home health care aid.
  Alicia Wilson, 36, pleaded guilty to access device fraud, admitting she applied for, then used, credit cards that weren’t in her name, racking up $25,000 in bills. Bank of America, Capital One and Citizen’s Bank each lost significant sums of money.
  When Wilson is sentenced, she will face up to 10 years in priso
  
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• Sabres bring on exciting prospect Hudson Fasching

  22-03-2016 02:28 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Buffalo Sabres have brought on an exciting new prospect after finishing his junior season in college.
  Buffalo acquired Fasching from the Los Angeles Kings in a 2014 trade that also brought Nicolas Deslauriers to the team. Los Angeles drafted Fasching in the fourth round of the 2013 draft, but he spent two years with the National Development Team and then finished out his collegiate career for the University of Minnesota.
  General Manager Tim Murray said he&rs
  
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• Buffalo’s pump price on par with U.S., finally

  22-03-2016 01:15 via wivb.com
  
  CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Pump prices have been rising steadily in recent weeks, and just in the last 7 days, the national average has jumped by 4 cents, but according to Brian Dadswell of the AAA of Western and Central New York, this happens every year, as oil refineries make their seasonal adjustments.
  “It is the switch over from the winter blend of fuel to a more environmentally-friendly summer blend of fuel. Again, this happens yearly.”
  The national average for regular un
  
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• Man arrested for punching protester is an Air Force member

  22-03-2016 00:59 via wivb.com
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A man captured on video kicking and punching an anti-Donald Trump protester at the presidential candidate’s rally in Tucson on Saturday is a member of the Air Force.
  Staff Sgt. Tony Pettway, a response force leader, is assigned to the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson and was arrested on Saturday on a misdemeanor charge of assault with injury. He works in security forces.
  The event in Tucson turned ugly when two protesters displayed offensive imagery in an a
  
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• Buffalo Police, NYS tax department warn of scams targeting WNY residents, businesses

  22-03-2016 00:50 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — As spring continues in western New York, scams are all but melting away, with officials warning of two new ones affecting western New Yorkers now.
  Police in Buffalo say they’ve dealt with multiple cases of scam artists calling businesses and residents pretending to be National Grid representatives. The scam is phone-based and revolves around a threat to cut off services unless a false outstanding bill is paid.
  The scam artists are utilizing both pre-record
  
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• Critics of Key Bank – First Niagara deal to announce ‘groundbreaking’ accord

  22-03-2016 00:49 via wivb.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Shortly after several community groups stood with Western New York’s top elected leaders to oppose Key Bank’s $4.1 billion buyout of First Niagara Bank, last month, members of those group met with Key Bank officials make the merger deal work for Buffalo’s underserved communities.
  The new alliance calls itself the Buffalo Community Reinvestment Coalition, and Tuesday morning, they will announce a “groundbreaking” plan to reinvigorate tho
  
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• FBI may have found way to unlock attacker iPhone

  22-03-2016 00:25 via wivb.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Federal authorities have asked to hold off on a much-anticipated court hearing set for Tuesday over the FBI’s demand for Apple to help unlock an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers.
  In a filing late Monday, federal prosecutors said “an outside party” has come forward and shown the FBI a possible method for unlocking the phone used by one of the shooters in the Dec. 2 terror attack. Authorities say they need time to determi
  
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