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• Fugitive accused of threatening President Trump arrested in Ohio

  21-09-2018 23:10
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The U.S. Marshals Service says a Pennsylvania man accused of threatening President Donald Trump and law enforcement officials has been arrested in Ohio.They say Shawn Richard Christy was arrested at 4:45 p.m. Friday by marshals and task force members from Ohio and Pennsylvania. This undated image released by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Shawn Richard Christy. (U.S. Marshals Service via AP)
  A federal warrant was issued June 19 for the 27-year-old McAdoo man in connection
  
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• Holding Call: Browns delay naming Mayfield new starting QB

  21-09-2018 22:53
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — The beer-fueled bash spilled into the streets around FirstEnergy Stadium as delirious Browns fans walked — some staggered — while chanting for their new hero, the streak buster."Ba-ker May-field," they screamed.They've named their new starting quarterback. Coach Hue Jackson isn't quite there yet.Jackson said he isn't ready to "officially" identify his starter for next week's game in Oakland, but all signs point to Mayfield taking over in Cleveland following his
  
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• Columbus School Board member resigns, accused of sexual harassment by Statehouse colleagues

  21-09-2018 22:10
  
  The Columbus Board of Education has announced that board member Dominic Paretti resigned Friday.The announcement comes after a report that Paretti left his position as a legislative aide for Rep. Janine Boyd due to sexual harassment complaints.According to The Columbus Dispatch, complaints were filed against Paretti by two female colleagues at the Ohio House of Representatives. The women claim Paretti sent them lewd, graphic text messages late at night on two different weekends.The House Speaker
  
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• Colin Kaepernick is Nike's $6 billion man

  21-09-2018 21:57
  
  The heat Nike has taken over its controversial advertising campaign featuring former NFL start Colin Kaepernick seems to have had another effect: burnishing the iconic brand's appeal to investors.Nike shares have surged 36 percent on the year, making the company the top performer on the Dow's index of 30 blue-chip stocks. The run-up includes a nearly 5 percent increase since Nike's Labor Day announcement that Kaepernick would be featured in its campaign, adding nearly $6 billion to the company's
  
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• Ohio club loses liquor license after lap dances, drugs purchased with food stamps

  21-09-2018 21:53
  
  The Ohio Liquor Control Commission has revoked the permit of a bar in Dayton when it closed Thursday night.According to WHIO, agents began investigating Twenty Two Fifty Inc, also known as Sharkey’s, in May 2017.During the investigation, agents were able to purchase lap dances and drugs using food stamp benefits.Agents reportedly exchanged $2,404.87 in food stamps to purchase heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil, cocaine, methamphetamines and lap dances.Criminal charges were filed against employe
  
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• What to watch for in Meyer's return against Tulane

  21-09-2018 21:17
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State coach Urban Meyer, watching on TV at home while serving a suspension, got so worked up during the TCU game last week that he had to leave the room when the Buckeyes struggled."I only watched the good plays," Meyer said this week. "I couldn't take it. My daughter kept me updated."Ohio State came from behind to beat then-No. 15 TCU in Dallas, giving Ryan Day a 3-0 record as acting head coach. Meyer will get to watch his No. 4 Buckeyes (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten) from
  
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• I-270 reopens after crash involving tanker of human waste

  21-09-2018 20:40
  
  COLUMBUS -- A crash involving a tanker of human waste closed I-270 WB in south Columbus for about two hours Friday afternoon. The lanes have since reopened.The crash happened near U.S. 23 and I-71.The Ohio Department of Transportation also said the ramps from U.S. 23 NB and SB to I-270 WB were closed.Deputies said there were reports of at least one injury.
  
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• New CoGo Bike Share Stations Installed

  21-09-2018 20:29
  New CoGo bike share stations are being installed throughout Columbus, as well as in Upper Arlington, Grandview Heights and Bexley. Many of the two dozen-plus new stations are already stocked with bikes, and the attached kiosks – which feature touch-screens that enable users to buy one or three-day pass – are online and ready to […]
  
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• Columbus police looking for man missing from Franklinton area

  21-09-2018 20:26
  
  COLUMBUS – Columbus police are asking for assistance in finding a missing 72-year-old man, believed to have Alzheimer's.The man, James T. Jackson, was last seen in the area of Sullivant Avenue and South Central.He is 6-foot-1-inch tall and weighs about 216 pounds. He is a white male with gray hair and brown eyes.He was last seen wearing black sweatpants and a white T-shirt.Anyone with information please call The Columbus Police Department at 614-645-4545.
  
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• Invest in US #2

  21-09-2018 20:12 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Orton Geological Museum Mounts Antarctic Dinosaur Skeleton

  21-09-2018 19:30
  You know T-rex and raptors and Dilophosaurus, sauropods and theropods and Ankylosaurus. But do you recall the coldest dinosaur of all? Ohio State University geologist David Elliot was not looking for dinosaurs when he went to Antarctica in 1991. There wouldn’t have been much reason to — very few dinosaur fossils have ever been recovered […]
  
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• Tracking severe weather in central Ohio | Friday, Sept. 21

  21-09-2018 18:32
  
  The heat and humidity will continue into the day on Friday with much cooler conditions over the weekend.Those cooler conditions, however, will come with a price.4:30 p.m. Update: On Friday, an area of low pressure will begin to move through the Midwest & over the Great Lakes.This will bring a cold front, draping across NW Ohio and will push through central Ohio during the evening hours on Friday.Ahead of this front, a line of thunderstorms will begin to ignite in the NW and will push SE thro
  
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• Sheriff: Maryland warehouse shooter may have been mentally ill

  21-09-2018 18:06
  
  ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) — Investigators have found evidence that the woman who killed three people and wounded others before killing herself at a Maryland drugstore warehouse was suffering from a mental illness, a law enforcement official said Friday.Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler told news reporters Friday that the suspect, 26-year-old Snochia Moseley of Baltimore County, had been diagnosed with a mental illness in 2016. "That's as far as I'll go with it," he said, declining to give any
  
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• Sheriff: Maryland shooter had mental illness but legally owned gun

  21-09-2018 18:06
  
  ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) — The woman who killed three people and wounded others before shooting herself to death at a Maryland drugstore warehouse had been diagnosed with a mental illness and used a legally purchased gun in the rampage, a law enforcement official said Friday.Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler told news reporters Friday that the suspect, 26-year-old Snochia Moseley of Baltimore County, had been diagnosed with a mental illness in 2016. "That's as far as I'll go with it," he sai
  
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• Franklin County sheriff asks for help in homicide investigation

  21-09-2018 18:02
  
  FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP -- A man is dead and sheriff's deputies want your help to find out why.The Franklin County Sheriff's Office received reports of gunfire on Sherwood Forest Court East in Franklin Township Thursday night.Sheriff's deputies and Franklin Township police responded just after 9:30 p.m. They found 43-year-old Sherman Sydnor with two gunshot wounds. He later died at the hospital.Detectives are calling this a homicide investigation. The sheriff is asking anyone with information to call
  
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• Ticking Clocks, American Criminals and Puppies – Which to Watch?

  21-09-2018 18:00
  Are we approaching Halloween or April Fool’s Day? Hardcore horror director Eli Roth has a new kids movie. Provocative. And if that’s not your bag, indie filmmakers rethink the whole Lizzie Borden story. Meanwhile, puppies! The House with a Clock in its Walls by Hope Madden Eli Roth made a family film. That’s weird. Although […]
  
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• Cleveland-Based Barrio Sues Condado Owners After Announcement of Cleveland Location

  21-09-2018 17:58
  Build-your-own tacos, a checklist ordering method, and a Day of the Dead motif — Cleveland’s Barrio is accusing Columbus’ Condado Tacos of misappropriating these service marks in a recently filed lawsuit. The story starts back in 2012, when Condado co-owner Joe Kahn was a partner at Barrio with Thomas Leneghan. Leneghan knew he wanted to […]
  
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• Carlos Hyde welcomes baby boy after Browns long-awaited win

  21-09-2018 17:22
  
  Cleveland Browns running back Carlos Hyde has had an eventful week.Hyde celebrated his own birthday Wednesday. Then, he played a major role in the Browns’ first victory since December 2016, running for 98 yards and two touchdowns. Immediately after the Browns 21-17 win Thursday night over the Jets, Hyde was off the hospital.He announced the birth of his son, Carlos Jr., Friday morning on Twitter.8 pounds 11 ounces! #CarlosJR #Blessed— Carlos Hyde (@elguapo) September 21, 2018.@elguap
  
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• Trump tweets Kavanaugh allegation should have been reported decades ago

  21-09-2018 16:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Abandoning his previous restraint, President Donald Trump challenged the credibility of the woman accusing his Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault on Friday, declaring that if the alleged attack was so terrible she would have reported it to law enforcement.Trump's change in tone — and apparent shift in tactics — came as Christine Blasey Ford's lawyers negotiated with the Senate Judiciary Committee on the terms for her possible testimony next week in a dram
  
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• Trump calls out Kavanaugh accuser in first tweets since allegation

  21-09-2018 16:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump challenged the woman accusing his Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault by name Friday, saying that if the alleged attack was that "bad" then she would have filed charges.Abandoning his previous restraint, Trump tweeted: "I have no doubt that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents. I ask that she bring those filings forw
  
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• Westerville man killed by falling lumber at Union County construction site

  21-09-2018 16:03
  
  JEROME TOWNSHIP -- A Westerville man died after being injured at a construction site Thursday morning.The incident was reported around 9 a.m. at a construction site in the 7000 block of Hyland Croy Road. The Union County Sheriff's Office and units with the Jerome Township Fire responded to the scene. The sheriff's office says 53-year-old Rodney C. Hickman, of Westerville, was struck by lumber that had fallen off a skid steer. The public safety officer assigned to Jerome Township was on the scene
  
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• Veritas Goes Tasting Menu Only Next Week

  21-09-2018 16:00
  Starting Tuesday, September 25 Veritas diners will be greeted with two options to enjoy the culinary prowess of Chef Josh Dalton. The Downtown fine dining restaurant will offer a smaller, four to five course tasting menu or a larger version, consisting of eight to 11 courses. The restaurant made its way to 11 W. Gay […]
  
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• Commission on Black Girls - 9/20/18

  21-09-2018 14:40 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Over 100 dead after Tanzania ferry sinks on Lake Victoria

  21-09-2018 14:04
  
  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The death toll rose above 100 after a ferry capsized and sank on Lake Victoria, Tanzania state radio reported Friday, while a second day of rescue efforts raced the setting sun.The toll was likely to go up, John Mongella, commissioner for the Mwanza region, told The Associated Press after dozens of security forces and volunteers resumed work at daybreak."More than 200 people are feared dead," based on accounts from fishermen and others nearby, because passengers had
  
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• Infants among 5 stabbed at New York City day care

  21-09-2018 12:37
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Police say five people, including three infants, were stabbed at an overnight day care center in New York City.Authorities say the stabbings happened just before 4 a.m. Friday at a home in Queens.A 3-day-old girl and a 1-month-old girl were stabbed in the abdomen, and a 20-day-old girl suffered cuts to her ear, chin and lip.Police say the father of a child at the center and a woman who worked there were also stabbed. All are in critical but stable condition.A 52-year-old wo
  
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• Five stabbed at daycare, including three infants in New York

  21-09-2018 12:37
  
  NEW YORK - According to the New York City Police, a woman stabbed herself and then cut five others including three infants at a daycare in Queens.The incident happened around 3:45 a.m. inside a home located on 161st Street.Authorities say it is unclear if this is a legal daycare facility or not.Police tell WCBS, the suspect was taken into custody. The father of a child was stabbed in the leg along with a female coworker, at least one of the infants suffered serious injuries.All five victims were
  
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• 3 newborn babies and 2 adults stabbed at day care center

  21-09-2018 12:37
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Five people — including three newborn babies — were stabbed at an overnight day care center inside a New York City home early Friday, and a woman who had slashed her wrist and was found in the basement was taken into custody, police said. The victims were listed in critical but stable condition.The attack happened just before 4 a.m. in the Flushing section of Queens. A 3-day-old girl and a 1-month-old girl were stabbed in the abdomen, and a 20-day-old girl suffe
  
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• 3 newborn babies, 2 adults stabbed at neighborhood nursery

  21-09-2018 12:37
  NEW YORK (AP) —A woman stabbed five people — including three newborn babies — early Friday inside a New York City home that was apparently being used as a neighborhood nursery and then slashed her own wrist, police said.All of those wounded in the attack, which happened before 4 a.m., were hospitalized but expected to survive. The 52-year-old suspect was in police custody.No immediate charges were filed, and police said the motive was under investigation.Investigators were tryi
  
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• Absentee voting for military, overseas voters to begin

  21-09-2018 12:25
  
  Ohio election officials say absentee voting for military and overseas voters wanting to cast ballots in the November general election begins this weekend.Secretary of State Jon Husted (HYOO'-sted) says county boards of elections will begin mailing absentee ballots to registered military and overseas voters who have requested a ballot on Saturday.Voters in Ohio will be deciding a statewide ballot initiative and races for both state and federal offices on Nov. 6. Various local issues and races als
  
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• Ohio man arrested for allegedly shooting his 39-year-old son

  21-09-2018 12:24
  
  DAYTON, Ohio— Police in Dayton, Ohio have arrested a man they say allegedly shot his son.James K. Eason, 66, was arrested and booked into Montgomery County Jail on felonious assault charges early Friday, according to police.WHIO-TV reports police responded to a call about a shooting at a Dayton home around 10 p.m. Thursday. A 9-1-1 call obtained by WHIO-TV reveals that Eason told dispatchers that he had shot his son.Police say a 39-year-old man was taken to Miami Valley Hospital with life-
  
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• Ford Motor told to pay Thai customers for transmission woes

  21-09-2018 12:21
  
  A Thai court has ordered Ford Motor Co. to pay 291 customers a total of about $720,000 in compensation for selling cars equipped with faulty transmissions.The Bangkok South Civil Court's decision was welcomed Friday as a victory in a country where consumers rarely win redress.Most of the plaintiffs in the class action suit will get payments of $800 to $8,000 each depending on the number of times and length of time their cars took to be repaired. But 12 plaintiffs were denied compensation because
  
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• It's high times for soaring marijuana stocks on Wall Street

  21-09-2018 12:08
  
  NEW YORK — Reefer Madness has gripped Wall Street.Investors are craving marijuana stocks as Canada prepares to legalize pot next month, leading to giant gains for Canada-based companies listed on U.S. exchanges. Some experts are concerned that the ending will be a buzzkill.Billions of dollars have poured into the stocks in the last few months, and investors smell green (money, not leaves) in the air as they consider the opportunities these companies might have as the marijuana market in Ca
  
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• Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen boasts of aiding Mueller investigation

  21-09-2018 11:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer says he is providing "critical information" as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign.Michael Cohen, who pleaded guilty to campaign finance and other charges last month, said Thursday he is providing the information to prosecutors without a cooperation agreement.Trump's longtime fixer-turned-foe
  
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• OSHP: Speed likely played a role in deadly Pike County crash

  21-09-2018 11:04
  
  PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash in Pike County. The crash happened just before 7:00 Thursday evening on Prussia Road in Pee Pee Township.According to investigators, a 2005 Chevrolet Impala, driven by Miranda Dunn, 38 of Chillicothe, was traveling southbound on Prussia Road near Pennington Road when it went off the roadway. Troopers say the driver then came back on the road before going off the left side. The vehicle struck a tree and overturned.Th
  
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• OHSP: Speed likely played a role in deadly Pike County crash

  21-09-2018 11:04
  
  PIKE COUNTY, Ohio - The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash in Pike County. The crash happened just before 7:00 Thursday evening on Prussia Road in Pee Pee Township.According to investigators, a 2005 Chevrolet Impala, driven by Miranda Dunn, 38 of Chillicothe, was traveling southbound on Prussia Road near Pennington Road when it went off the roadway. Troopers say the driver then came back on the road before going off the left side. The vehicle struck a tree and overturned.Th
  
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• Won, won and won! Browns beat Jets for first win since 2016

  21-09-2018 05:34
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — For the first time in 635 days, the Cleveland Browns found a way to win.Baker Mayfield showed them how.The No. 1 overall pick replaced injured starter Tyrod Taylor and sparked the Browns, who got two 1-yard touchdown runs from Carlos Hyde and beat the New York Jets 21-17 on Thursday night for their first win since Dec. 24, 2016.And so ends Cleveland's 19-game winless streak, the NFL's second-longest since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.The Browns (1-1-1) trailed 14-0 in the first
  
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• Open the fridges! Browns beat Jets for first win since 2016

  21-09-2018 05:34
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — For the first time in 635 days, the Cleveland Browns found a way to win.Baker Mayfield showed them how.The No. 1 overall pick replaced injured starter Tyrod Taylor and sparked the Browns, who got two 1-yard touchdown runs from Carlos Hyde and beat the New York Jets 21-17 on Thursday night for their first win since Dec. 24, 2016.And so ends Cleveland's 19-game winless streak, the NFL's second-longest since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.The Browns (1-1-1) trailed 14-0 in the first
  
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• Alert issued for man with dementia missing from Fayette County

  21-09-2018 05:13
  
  WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio - Police in Washington Court House have issued an alert for a man with dementia who is missing.John Doughty, 75, was last seen on Lotz Drive in Washington Court House around 3 p.m. on Thursday.Police said he left his house and has not returned.He is 5-feet 3-inches tall, weighs 150 pounds, has gray hair, and blue eyes.He was last seen wearing a blue plaid shirt and blue jeans.If anyone has any information they are asked to call 911.
  
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• 5 people shot in Syracuse, New York

  21-09-2018 05:03
  
  SYRACUSE, New York — Five people have been shot in Syracuse, New York according to CBS affiliate CNYCentral.The shooting call came in to 911 dispatchers around 9 p.m. Thursday.Police responded to the 1300 block of Midland Avenue on the south side of the city.When officers arrived, they found a large crowd and several people injured with apparent gunshot wounds.The injured people were taken to a local hospital.Police said the victims' ages range between 8 and 35 and all are expected to surv
  
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• Columbus City Schools board announces pick for superintendent

  21-09-2018 03:24
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – After more than three-and-a-half hours of discussion in executive session, the Columbus City Schools board of education voted to approve a new district superintendent on Thursday.The board said Dr. Talisa Dixon will be offered the job pending background checks.She is superintendent of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City Schools.Thursday’s meeting started at 5:30 p.m.The process for selecting a new superintendent has taken a long time.In September 2017, the
  
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• Kavanaugh accuser may testify after all -- under right terms

  21-09-2018 02:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Christine Blasey Ford may personally testify against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after all, her attorney said Thursday, breathing new life into the prospect of a dramatic Senate showdown next week over Ford's accusation that he assaulted her when both were in high school.Ford will tell her story to the Judiciary Committee, whose senators will vote on Kavanaugh's confirmation — but only if agreement can be reached on "terms that are fair and which ensure he
  
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• Suge Knight pleads no contest to voluntary manslaughter in fatal 2015 confrontation

  21-09-2018 00:54
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Averting a murder trial that had been nearly four years in coming, former rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight pleaded no contest Thursday to voluntary manslaughter for running over and killing a Compton businessman and agreed to serve nearly 30 years in prison.The Death Row Records co-founder entered the plea in Los Angeles Superior Court after striking a deal with prosecutors, and has agreed to serve 28 years. Jury selection for his trial, which could have led to a life sent
  
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