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• Two charged with illegally possessing assault rifle in Jamestown

  20-09-2017 23:57 via wivb.com
  JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Jamestown man and woman are facing charges after a loaded assault rifle and ammunition was found at their McKinley Avenue residence.
  Gabriel Harrison, 40, and Stacey Thayer, 37, were both charged with second degree criminal possession following a search warrant execution at their residence on Wednesday afternoon.
  Entry was made with the assistance of the Jamestown Police Department’s SWAT Team.
  Both suspects were charged because they have prior convictions
  
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• Erie County Sheriff’s deputy steps in to put out fire

  20-09-2017 23:36 via wivb.com
  ALDEN, N.Y. (WIVB) – An Erie County Sheriff’s deputy acted quickly to put out a fire behind a Broadway Avenue business.
  According to the sheriff’s office, Deputy Retzlaff spotted smoke coming from behind the Tractor Supply Store and observed a loading dock rubber bumper on fire.
  The deputy alerted employees and used two separate fire extinguishers to suppress the fire. A volunteer fire company from Alden then arrived to check the building.
  Firefighters did not find any structur
  
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• Bills not worried about criticism heading into showdown with Broncos

  20-09-2017 23:20 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – After a strong performance in Week One and a less than stellar offensive output in Week Two, the Bills know they have to be better.
  “My initial feeling after the game and after watching film, was just a lack of execution of my behalf and as a whole on the offense. Some plays we left out there that we definitely like to have back,” Taylor said on Wednesday.
  “(Carolina) made plays last week and we didn’t,” McCoy added.  “Simple
  
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• Williamsville native living in Mexico City describes 7.1 earthquake

  20-09-2017 23:15 via wivb.com
  MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (WIVB)- Joanne Lopez was at work Tuesday afternoon when a 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocked Mexico City.
  “As soon as I hit outside… I could feel the ground starting to shake,” she tells News 4 via Skype.
  The Canisius College graduate works in Public Relations for a restaurant in Mexico City; she’s lived there for about six years.
  Lopez says rescue efforts following the quake have been nonstop. At least 225 people are confirmed dead, and officials b
  
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• Maria destroys homes, triggers flooding in Puerto Rico

  20-09-2017 23:14 via wivb.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years destroyed hundreds of homes, knocked out power across the entire island and triggered heavy flooding Wednesday in an onslaught that could plunge the U.S. territory deeper into financial crisis.
  Leaving at least nine people dead in its wake across the Caribbean, Hurricane Maria blew ashore in the morning in the southeast coastal town of Yabucoa as a Category 4 storm with winds of 155 mph (250 kph).
  It w
  
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• Man gets prison term for killing wife by setting her on fire

  20-09-2017 23:08 via wivb.com
  SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man who killed his wife by setting her on fire has been sentenced to 21 years to life in prison.
  The Times Union of Albany reports (http://bit.ly/2ydhyyd ) 69-year-old Antonio Bargallo Sr. was sentenced Wednesday in a Schenectady (skeh-NEHK’-ta-dee) courtroom, where he pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder charge in July.
  Bargallo admitted dousing 48-year-old Elizabeth Gonzales with gasoline and setting her aflame at their Schenectady home
  
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• Erie County Sheriff’s Office warns of counterfeit bills being circulated

  20-09-2017 22:32 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Erie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating several reports of businesses receiving counterfeit U.S. currency.
  The Sheriff’s Office is encouraging businesses to educate their employees on how to identify counterfeit bills.
  The U.S. Treasury recommends the following tips:
  Using a counterfeit detection pen/marker
  Observing color-shifting ink (in new U.S. bills) – tilt the bill back and forth and observe the number in the lower right-hand corner
  
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• Two teens charged with armed robberies in Fashion Outlets parking lot

  20-09-2017 22:16 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – Two teens were arrested and charged with armed robbery in the parking lot of the Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls, USA on Tuesday.
  According to New York State police reports, troopers responded to the mall at 7:40 p.m. Tuesday for a report of an armed robbery in the parking lot.
  While state police were responding, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office dispatched another report of an armed robbery in a different area of the parking lot.
  Town of Niagara Polic
  
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• Buffalo City Mission celebrates 100 years of helping Buffalo’s homeless

  20-09-2017 21:56 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Buffalo City Mission is celebrating its 100th anniversary of serving Buffalo’s homeless community.
  The Mission first opened in July 1917, utilizing Calvary Presbyterian Church to provide meals for the homeless.
  In 1922, the Mission’s board of directors purchased Fenton Pekin Cabinet, a former nightclub at 85 Broadway, using the building to provide meals and chapel services to the homeless. The Mission operated at that location for 62 years before it w
  
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• Niagara Falls barber and beauty shops offer blood pressure screenings

  20-09-2017 21:40 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) –Some people do not like going to the doctor’s office, especially if they’re scared of what the doctor has to say. Six beauty and barber shops around the city of Niagara Falls are trying to take the fear out of a quick blood pressure screening by doing it in their own shops.
  The barber shop is a sanctuary for men. They go to get a haircut, a clean shave, but also to share things they normally wouldn’t with just anybody. David Brown, a customer o
  
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• Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls, USA to gain new “food hall”

  20-09-2017 21:28 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) – A new “food hall” is coming to the Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls, USA.
  The 16,000 sq. ft. food hall will be dubbed “Hip City” and is expected to be open for business in spring 2018. It will be located along Military Road, with floor-to-ceiling glass and patio style seating around the building.
  Mercado Development is developing the property. The food hall will have capacity to feature up to 24 merchants, and the company plans to includ
  
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• Man accused of hitting woman in front of child during dispute

  20-09-2017 20:49 via wivb.com
  ALLEGANY, N.Y. (WIVB) — An Allegany man was arrested after New York State Police say he struck a woman in front of a child.
  On Monday night, Troopers went to a residence in the Colonial Village trailer park on State Route 417 after receiving a 911 call.
  There, a woman told officers that Sammy McDaniel, 40, came home intoxicated and started an argument. The woman told Troopers that McDaniel eventually hit her while in the presence of a 9-year-old child.
  After this, authorities say McDaniel
  
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• Lawn sign burned on Mariner St.

  20-09-2017 19:23 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo police say a front lawn sign was burned at a home on Mariner St. Tuesday night.
  It is not clear what the sign said, but police responded to the fire around 11:30 p.m.
  The complainant put the fire out by throwing water on it.
  The burning of the sign is under investigation.
  
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• Maria tears off roofs, triggers flooding in Puerto Rico

  20-09-2017 19:08 via wivb.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years pummeled the island Wednesday, tearing off roofs and doors, toppling cell towers and unleashing heavy flooding in an onslaught that could deepen the U.S. territory’s financial crisis.
  Leaving at least nine people dead in its wake across the Caribbean, Hurricane Maria blew ashore in the morning in the southeast coastal town of Yabucoa as a Category 4 storm with winds of 15
  
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• This high school must approve girls’ dresses before they can get tickets to homecoming

  20-09-2017 18:36 via wivb.com
  PEWAUKEE, Wis. (FOX21) — It’s homecoming season, but before students can let loose and have some fun — those planning to wear dresses must get them approved — by photo — in order to get tickets to the dance.
  In Wisconsin, Pewaukee High School’s policy is an extension of the Pewaukee School District’s dress code, which is aimed at keeping students from being removed from the dance for showing too much skin.
  Students planning to wear a dress must submit a
  
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• North Tonawanda Community Hub offers dozens of service providers for people in need

  20-09-2017 18:32 via wivb.com
  NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) — The new North Tonawanda Community Hub is located inside the Redeemer Lutheran Church on Falconer Street. It will be open on a quarterly basis, and it brings 40 service providers all together in one spot.
  “We have services ranging from the Niagara Community Action Program to National Fuel gas which will be handing out winterization packages to residents,” said Robert Pecoraro, North Tonawanda Common Council.
  According to research more than 12,000 p
  
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• Sheriff: Mom charged after 2-year-old found naked outside

  20-09-2017 18:27 via wivb.com
  MAYVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Chautauqua County mother has been charged after authorities say her 2-year-old was found walking around outside while naked.
  The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s office went to W. Chautauqua St. in Mayville around 10:15 a.m. Wednesday.
  The child was found, but their mother was not outside with them, deputies say.
  According to the Sheriff’s office, the mother, Jessica Cooper, 25, was inside her W. Chautauqua St. home sleeping, and did not know the child
  
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• 70-year-old woman hit by truck in Niagara Falls

  20-09-2017 18:03 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) — A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle in Niagara Falls Tuesday afternoon.
  Police in the city went to the 1900 block of Forest Ave. around 3:45 p.m. There, a pedestrian had been struck.
  The 70-year-old Niagara Falls woman had been crossing the street when a truck hit her while making a left turn off of 19th St.
  The driver was identified as a 54-year-old Niagara Falls man.
  The woman was taken to ECMC with multiple injuries. It is not clear what condition she is
  
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• Boxer LaMotta, immortalized in ‘Raging Bull,’ dies at 95

  20-09-2017 17:50 via wivb.com
  MIAMI (AP) — Jake LaMotta, the former middleweight champion whose life in and out of the ring was depicted in the film “Raging Bull,” for which Robert DeNiro won an Academy Award, has died, his fiancee said Wednesday. He was 95.
  LaMotta died Tuesday at a Miami-area hospital from complications of pneumonia, according to fiancee Denise Baker.
  The Bronx Bull, as he was known in his fighting days, compiled an 83-19-4 record with 30 knockouts, in a career that began i
  
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• McDermott concerned with injury to DT Marcell Dareus

  20-09-2017 17:07 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Defensive tackle Marcell Dareus and left tackle Cordy Glenn both suffered ankle injuries in the Bills’ loss to Carolina.
  Meeting with the media on Wednesday, Head coach Sean McDermott expressed concerned in Dareus’ availablility against the Broncos, who Buffalo plays on Sunday.Marcell Dareus (ankle)and Cordy Glenn (other foot)won't practice pic.twitter.com/ezDyaGBxD4
  — Josh Reed (@4JoshReed) September 20, 2017
  McDermott also told reporters Glenn, DE
  
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• Fiat Chrysler recalling 494,417 Ram trucks for safety issue

  20-09-2017 15:56 via wivb.com
  DETROIT (AP) — Fiat Chrysler is recalling almost half a million Ram heavy-duty pickups and medium-duty trucks because their water pumps could be defective.
  The recall involves Ram 2500 and 3500 pickups and Ram 3500, 4500 and 5500 chassis cabs from the 2013 to 2017 model years. All 494,417 of the vehicles involved have 6.7-liter engines.
  Most of the trucks were sold in the U.S., but 46,220 are in Canada and 4,485 are in other markets.
  Fiat Chrysler says a water pump bear
  
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• 3 used obits to steal from cars at funeral homes

  20-09-2017 15:35 via wivb.com
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve arrested three people who used obituaries to plan out thefts of items left in vehicles parked at western new York funeral homes.
  Law enforcement officials from several agencies in the Rochester area say a 39-year-old man and two women ages 20 and 23 would find out when and where funerals were being held, then go to the funeral home’s parking lot and commit smash-and-grab thefts.
  Thefts were reported over the past three months in ne
  
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• Health benefit offers from small businesses keep vanishing

  20-09-2017 14:57 via wivb.com
  MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Only half of America’s smallest businesses now offer health coverage to their workers because many say steady cost hikes have made it too expensive to afford a benefit that nearly all large employers still provide.
  The Kaiser Family Foundation said Tuesday that 50 percent of companies with three to 49 employees offered coverage this year. That’s down from 59 percent in 2012 and 66 percent more than a decade ago.
  “There’s just
  
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• Amazon mistakenly sends baby registry emails

  20-09-2017 14:56 via wivb.com
  (CNN) – Finding out that someone has bought you a present is almost always awesome. Unless that gift is for your unborn child and you are, as far as you know, not expecting.
  Amazon sent out some very confusing emails on Tuesday, telling a large number of customers that someone had bought an item off their baby registry. Many of the recipients did not have a baby registry — let alone a baby gestating or any plans to have or adopt a baby.
  “A gift is on the way&rdqu
  
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• Starbucks to roll out whiskey-flavored coffee

  20-09-2017 13:56 via wivb.com
  SEATTLE (WIVB) — Wake up and smell the…whiskey.
  Starbucks will be rolling out a new whiskey-flavored coffee.
  The non-alcoholic beverage gets its kick from beans that have been aged in old whiskey barrels.
  The coffee will be available in select Starbucks Reserve Coffee Bars around the country.
  
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• Merriam-Webster adds more than 250 words to dictionary

  20-09-2017 13:27 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Merriam-Webster is adding more than 250 new words to its dictionary.
  The list is quite diverse, including terms like “alt-right,” “froyo” and “pre-gaming.”
  There are also a few updated definitions. “Bunny” can now refer to both the animal as well as when basketball player opts for an easy shot close to the basket.
  
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• Study: Teens who vape have higher risk of smoking cigarettes

  20-09-2017 12:49 via wivb.com
  WATERLOO, Ontario (WIVB) — A new study says teens who use e-cigarettes double their risk of smoking traditional cigarettes.
  The research comes from the University of Waterloo and Wake Forest University in North Carolina.
  They looked at students in middle and high school. Those who tried vaping were more than two times more likely to be “susceptible to smoking traditional tobacco”
  The study addresses a key question many have debated in recent years: Do e-cigarettes lead to
  
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• Mexicans dig through collapsed buildings as quake kills 225

  20-09-2017 12:27 via wivb.com
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Rescuers said Wednesday they have found a surviving child in the ruins of a school that collapsed in Mexico’s magnitude 7.1 earthquake, one of many efforts across the city to save people trapped in under schools, homes and businesses toppled by a quake that killed at least 225 people.
  Helmeted workers worked at the debris, sometimes calling for silence, as they tried to reach the girl at the Enrique Rebsamen school in southern Mexico City.
  
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• Mexicans dig through collapsed buildings as quake kills 217

  20-09-2017 12:27 via wivb.com
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police, firefighters and ordinary Mexicans dug frantically through the rubble of collapsed schools, homes and apartment buildings early Wednesday, looking for survivors of Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in decades as the number of confirmed fatalities stood at 217.
  Adding poignancy and a touch of the surreal, Tuesday’s magnitude-7.1 quake struck on the 32nd anniversary of the 1985 earthquake that killed thousands. Just hours earlier, people arou
  
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• Hurricane Maria hits Puerto Rico after slamming Dominica

  20-09-2017 12:20 via wivb.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — One of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit Puerto Rico pummeled the island Wednesday, tearing off roofs and sending doors flying from hinges as officials warned Hurricane Maria would decimate the power company’s crumbling infrastructure and force the government to rebuild dozens of communities.
  Maria, which has killed at least nine in the Caribbean, made landfall early Wednesday in the southeast coastal town of Yabucoa as a Category 4 storm wit
  
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• Hurricane Maria aims at Puerto Rico after slamming Dominica

  20-09-2017 12:20 via wivb.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico faced Wednesday what officials said could be the strongest hurricane to ever hit the U.S. territory as they warned it would decimate the power company’s crumbling infrastructure and force the government to rebuild dozens of communities.
  Maria barreled toward the island with 155 mph (250 kph) winds and was expected to make landfall Wednesday midmorning along Puerto Rico’s southeast coast as a Category 4 storm, punishing the isla
  
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• Niagara Falls leaders react to critical audit

  20-09-2017 05:33 via wivb.com
  NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB)- Niagara Falls city leaders are reacting to a state audit that criticizes the city for its saving and spending practices.
  It’s unknown if Seneca Niagara Casino payments to the state will continue. The Seneca Nation argues it no longer needs to send any money to Albany but its right to operate without competition extends to 2023. Governor Cuomo disagrees and threatens to end the Nation’s exclusive right to operate if payments don’t continue.
  While
  
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• Malala shares message of peace and unity to sold out crowd at UB

  20-09-2017 05:15 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The Alumni Arena at the University at Buffalo’s North Campus was completely filled for a sold out Distinguished Speakers Series Tuesday night.
  The youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize and a women’s rights activist, Malala Yousafzai spoke to a diverse crowd of more than 6,000 people.
  Malala survived an attack from the Taliban in 2012 at just 15 years-old for demanding that girls be allowed to go to school. Malala is now known around the world
  
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• Eichel nets OT winner in 4-3 win over Penguins

  20-09-2017 04:25 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Making his preseason debut, Jack Eichel didn’t disappoint recording three points and netting the overtime winner in the Sabres’ 4-3 win over Pittsburgh at Pegula Ice Arena.
  Eichel picked up assists on two goals from Jason Pominville, who found the back of the net in the first and second periods.
  After scrambling in their own end to start the extra session, Eichel led the rush up ice on a 2-on-1 with Evander Kane.
  The star forward flipped the puck top shel
  
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• Child on bike struck by vehicle at Grant and West Ferry

  20-09-2017 04:16 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Buffalo Police say a child riding a bike was struck by a vehicle Tuesday evening near Grant Street and West Ferry Street.
  The incident happened just after 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
  Authorities say the bicyclist was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
  No charges have been filed at this time.
  
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• Educators from 12 states take 3-day firearms course

  20-09-2017 03:50 via wivb.com
  GREENVILLE, Ohio — A group that keeps track of school shootings in the U.S. said there were 240 incidents since 2013 — about one a week — including one last week at a high school near Spokane, Washington.
  Some teachers believe the answer is to arm themselves, while others strongly disagree.
  Eight states allow kindergarten through 12th-grade school staff who have a concealed carry license to be armed. But of the 40 states prohibiting firearms in schools, many have a lo
  
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• Week 3: How the top QB prospects fared

  20-09-2017 02:14 via wivb.com
  #1 – Sam Darnold, USC Vs. Texas: Win (27-24)28-49, 397 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
  Make no mistake about it: Sam Darnold had his moments – but was at his finest when USC needed him most Saturday night.
  Less than a minute to go and down a field goal? Darnold connected with his receivers for gains of 13, 21 and 18 before the Trojans’ freshman kicker tied the game.
  Now, the pick six wasn’t Darnold’s fault.  He hit Jalene Greene in stride and in the hands, but the receiver
  
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• 5-year-old musician helps raise money for pets affected by Irma

  20-09-2017 01:59 via wivb.com
  ALLEGANY, N.Y. (WIVB) – A five-year-old boy helped raise $150 for pets displaced by Hurricane Irma by sharing his musical talents.
  Max, 5, played drums, guitar, and other instruments outside of Waggy Tails Resort and Spa in Allegany on Tuesday, collecting tips to be donated to the effort.
  The pet resort is currently collecting donations to help displaced animals in the Florida area.
  Max decided to help after his mother made a donation. He set up outside of the resort, playing from a setlis
  
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• EC Holding Center gains accreditation but why now?

  20-09-2017 01:42 via wivb.com
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Operations at the two jails run by the Erie County Sheriff’s Office received a rare stamp of approval by a state sheriff’s group, despite a number of controversies that raise questions about how the jails are run.
  The accreditation was extended to the Sheriff’s Jail Management Division by the New York State Sheriff’s Association, and covers both the Holding Center downtown and the Alden Correctional Facility.
  Only half of the county jails in N
  
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