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• Columbus police say new technology will lead to faster response

  05-02-2019 23:45
  A new pilot program will soon begin using a microphone system to listen out of shots being fired in certain neighborhoods."The key is to get there quickly enough to render any aid to any victims we may have, certainly apprehend perpetrators and lastly try to find the evidence so we can solve that particular crime," said Deputy Chief Richard Bash, who demonstrated the technology to media Tuesday.The electronic program can detect gunshots and the location of the shot. The specifics of the informat
  
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• Video shows judge stumbling, nearly falling during drunk driving arrest

  05-02-2019 23:10
  Video shows the arrest of a Franklin County judge accused of drunk driving.Police arrested Franklin County Judge Monica Hawkins Thursday night in Pickerington.Hawkins' arrest began with a 911 call from another driver: "She looks like she's falling asleep at the wheel," the driver said. "She's all over the place."A dash camera inside a Pickerington police cruiser picks up from there:Hawkins' light blue Infiniti swerves as the officer activates initiates a traffic stop. Hawkins pulls into a parkin
  
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• First pediatric flu death of the season in Ohio reported

  05-02-2019 22:48
  
  The Ohio Department of Health is reporting the state’s first flu-associated pediatric death of the 2018-19 season.The Highland County Health Department is investigating the death of a 3-year-old boy.ODH says flu activity traditionally begins to increase in October and can last as late as May with a peak between December and February.So far, there have been 1,832 flu-associated hospitalizations in the state this flu season. Last year, there were 8,611 reported during the same timeframe.Duri
  
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• Q&A with Columbus City Council’s Newest Member Shayla Favor

  05-02-2019 22:30
  Columbus City Council’s newest councilmember, Shayla Favor, is closing in on one month in her new role. Selected by council from a pool of 15 finalists, she’s filled the vacant seat left by Jaiza Page, who in November 2018 won her race for judge of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. Though Favor’s path […]
  
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• Student in custody after having gun and ammo at Worthington Kilbourne High School

  05-02-2019 22:28
  
  WORTHINGTON, Ohio - A student at Worthington Kilbourne High School was taken into custody on Tuesday because he had an unloaded handgun and ammunition on campus, according to the Worthington school district.In a letter to parents, the district said high school staff members were made aware of a post on social media about a student and a handgun that appeared to have been taken at Worthington Kilbourne High School.The student was located and taken into custody by Columbus police.Police said the 1
  
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• Bill introduced to repeal Ohio sales tax on feminine hygiene products, baby diapers

  05-02-2019 21:37
  
  Two Representatives in the Ohio House announced legislation to repeal the state sales taxes on feminine hygiene products and baby diapers.The bill was introduced by Rep. Brigid Kelly (D-Cincinnati) and Rep. Niraj Antani (R-Miamisburg).The Ohio House voted last December to exempt tampons and pads from state sales tax, but the Senate did not pick up the bill in time before the end of the legislative session."Making medically necessary products more accessible is not a partisan issue, it’s a
  
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• WATCH: President Trump delivers State of the Union Address

  05-02-2019 21:05
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will call on Congress to "break decades of political stalemate" in Tuesday night's State of the Union speech.You can watch the president's address beginning at 9 p.m. in the player below.
  Trump will tell the American people that the country is "winning each and every day," but has "a moral duty to create an immigration system that protects the lives and jobs of our citizens."And he will accuse "wealthy politicians and donors" of pushing "for open bo
  
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• Trump to call for unity, face skepticism in State of Union

  05-02-2019 21:05
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Donald Trump will call for optimism and unity in his State of the Union address, using the moment to attempt a reset after two years of bitter partisanship and deeply personal attacks.But will anyone buy it?Skepticism will emanate from both sides of the aisle when Trump enters the House chamber for the prime-time Tuesday address to lawmakers and the nation. Democrats, emboldened after the midterm elections and the recent shutdown fight, see
  
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• Pope Francis confirms priests' abuse of nuns included "sexual slavery"

  05-02-2019 19:27
  
  Pope Francis has for the first time publicly acknowledged the scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns and says he is committed to doing more to fight the problem.Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Francis noted that Pope Benedict XVI had taken action against a France-based order after some of its religious sisters had been reduced to "sexual slavery" at the hands of the priest who founded the order and other priests."Should we do something more? Yes. Is there the will? Yes. But it's a p
  
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• Columbus Rotary: Franklin County Auditor

  05-02-2019 19:17 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Mayor Ginther is Running for Re-Election

  05-02-2019 18:43
  Mayor Andrew Ginther is running for re-election. On Monday, Feb. 4, Ginther filed over 3,000 petition signatures for re-election as mayor with the Franklin County Board of Elections. The democrat is the first to throw his name in for this year’s race, in which the seat for mayor as well as four City Council seats […]
  
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• Lawsuit: Wife of Mount Carmel doctor among nurses who administered excessive doses of fentanyl

  05-02-2019 18:26
  
  COLUMBUS — The wife of Dr. William Husel is one of the nurses who helped administer painkillers to at least one of 34 patients the hospital says received excessive doses of fentanyl, 10 Investigates has learned.Mariah Baird is listed as the nurse in the medical records associated with the case involving 65-year old Jan Thomas.Thomas’s family is one of several wrongful death lawsuits filed against Husel, Mount Carmel Health System and nurses and pharmacists. Baird’s name was add
  
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• Wexner Audiences Take a Tour of the 20th Century Through Dance with “Paramodernities”

  05-02-2019 18:24
  Wexner Center audiences got their first taste of acclaimed New York-based dancer Netta Yerushalmy in Joanna Kotze’s antic, beautiful IT HAPPENED IT HAD HAPPENED IT IS HAPPENING IT WILL HAPPEN in February 2018. Yerushalmy returns to Columbus this weekend with one of the most intriguing choreographic projects in recent memory: Paramodernities. Yerushalmy’s website calls Paramodernities […]
  
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• Remains found under billboard in 1998 identified as boy, 10

  05-02-2019 18:15
  
  MEBANE, N.C. (AP) — The remains of a boy found under a billboard in North Carolina have been identified two decades later.Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood told news outlets Tuesday that he was 10-year-old Robert "Bobby" Adam Whitt, who was born in Michigan and raised in Ohio.Last year, the consultant who helped solve the Golden State Killer case, Barbara Rae-Venter, used DNA to determine the child was half-Asian and half-white. Online DNA ancestry services identified a possible rela
  
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• Catch Late Night Lynch at Studio 35

  05-02-2019 18:00
  After a successful run in the Dayton area last year, Mike McGraner brings his director series back home with a David Lynch retrospective launching Feb. 9t at the Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse. McGraner, an Emmy-winner for his longtime role as director of the much-beloved Nite Owl Theatre, thought now was the perfect time to […]
  
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• Trooper, suspect killed in shootout amid drug investigation

  05-02-2019 17:42
  
  FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — Authorities in Virginia say a state trooper and a resident of a home were killed in a shootout as police served a drug investigation search warrant.Virginia State Police said in a statement Tuesday that as a tactical team entered a Farmville home Monday night, a resident began shooting at them and two team members returned fire, killing him.Police say Trooper Lucas Dowell, a tactical team member, was shot and died at a hospital.Police identified the resident killed as
  
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• Police investigating after body found in east Columbus

  05-02-2019 15:37
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – Homicide detectives were called to the east side of Columbus after a body was found Tuesday morning. The body was discovered near Lonsdale Road and East Livingston Avenue.The Columbus Division of Police says it's unclear how the person died or if any foul play is involved.No other information was immediately available. Stay with 10TV for updates on this developing story.
  
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• Tyler Trent's parents to attend State of the Union Address, meet with VP Pence

  05-02-2019 15:14
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — Tyler Trent's parents, Kelly and Tony Trent, will be guests at this year's State of the Union Address.WTHR reports the Trents are guests of U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks.The couple will arrive in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday afternoon and will meet with Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence prior to attending the State of the Union.Tyler passed away on Jan. 1, 2019 after a long battle with bone cancer.He was first diagnosed with a rare bone cancer at age 15. He enter
  
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• Photos – Sweet Treats Dessert Festival 2019

  05-02-2019 15:09
  1,000 golden ticket holders, attended our sold out Festival and enjoyed a day of sweet samples from over 30 local treat makers.
  
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• Sweet Treats Sweeter With Kindness!

  05-02-2019 15:00
  Sweet Treats attendees not only got to sample Columbus’ very best desserts, but they also wrote sweet notes of kindness to fellow community members and learn about The Gifts of Kindness Fund at The Columbus Foundation. Through the Gifts of Kindness program, the Foundation partners with 26 local nonprofits to identify individuals and families experiencing […]
  
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• Woman gets 30 years in prison in Texas dismemberment killing

  05-02-2019 13:13
  
  SAN ANTONIO — A woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for severing the limbs of a family member who was beaten with baseball bats and suffocated after she lured him to a San Antonio home.A judge sentenced Candie Dominguez on Monday. She had confessed last week to participating in the September 2014 slaying of her cousin, 35-year-old Jose Luis Menchaca, over a botched drug deal and stabbing.The San Antonio Express-News reports that Dominguez testified Friday she had no remorse for
  
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• Man sentenced to 15 years in Ohio for Islamic State recruiting

  05-02-2019 12:27
  
  AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A North Carolina man accused of trying to recruit people to conduct terrorist attacks in the name of the Islamic State group has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in Ohio.A jury in Akron found 38-year-old Erick Jamal Hendricks guilty last year on charges of conspiracy and attempt to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization.Hendricks was arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2016, on a federal complaint filed in Cleveland.Authoriti
  
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• Man to get life term for killing 6 in between Uber driving

  05-02-2019 12:26
  
  KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A Michigan man who pleaded guilty last month to killing six strangers between picking up rides for Uber is set to be sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole.Jason Dalton is scheduled to receive the mandatory sentence Tuesday in Kalamazoo County. The surprise guilty plea as lawyers and a judge planned for jury selection came Jan. 7 — nearly three years after he shot eight people at three locations.Four women, a man and a 17-year-old boy were killed.Dal
  
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• Manhunt for driver who ran over officer in Atlanta suburb

  05-02-2019 12:18
  
  FAIRBURN, Ga. — Authorities from several states are looking for a 33-year-old Tennessee man accused of running over and seriously injuring an Atlanta-area police officer, police said.Tauren McShan, 33, of Memphis, is wanted on charges including aggravated assault against an officer, Deputy Chief Anthony Bazydlo said Monday night."We've got some good leads we're following for his whereabouts," including the likelihood that he's trying to get home, Bazydlo told The Associated Press by phone.
  
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• Kiplinger journalism program completes move to Ohio University

  05-02-2019 12:18
  
  ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — A long-time journalism program that has trained thousands of reporters over the years has completed its move from Ohio State University to Ohio University.The Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism was established in 1972 at Ohio State University in Columbus in honor of W. M. Kiplinger, who founded the Washington publisher of business forecasts and personal-finance periodicals.The program has trained almost 10,000 journalists over the years while housed at Ohio
  
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• Akron to reopen police training academy to attract recruits

  05-02-2019 12:12
  
  AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Akron city officials say they will reopen the police training academy to attract more recruits and help build a more diverse police department.Akron Police Chief Kenneth Ball, Fire Chief Clarence Tucker and Director of Human Resources Donald Rice presented the changes to Akron City Council's Public Safety committee on Monday. Cleveland.com reports the city will re-establish a basic training academy that closed in 2008.Rice says the academy will also raise the age limit o
  
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• Missing Adult Alert issued for elderly Ohio man with dementia

  05-02-2019 12:08
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (10TV) -- Dayton Police have issued a missing adult alert for an elderly man with dementia.Police say Christopher Miller, 70, drove away from his home on College View Drive in Dayton on Monday at 9 a.m. and never returned home.Police describe Miller as 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 200 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes.Police say Miller has dementia and does not have his medications with him.Miller's vehicle is described as a red 2004 Cadillac Deville with an Ohio license pl
  
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• 21 Savage's English origins stun fans of the Atlanta rapper

  05-02-2019 12:04
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was a shock for fans when 21 Savage was taken into custody by U.S. immigration agents in Georgia. It was an even bigger shock to learn he had been an immigrant in the first place.The Grammy-nominated rapper and his music are so deeply associated with Atlanta that the notion he was actually born in England and brought to the U.S. at age 12 felt downright bizarre.Scores of surprised tweets came after his Sunday arrest. Memes bloomed that some called cruel under the circ
  
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• Patriots to celebrate 6th Super Bowl win with Boston parade

  05-02-2019 11:59
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The New England Patriots are being feted in Boston after defeating the Los Angeles Rams to claim their sixth Super Bowl title.The parade kicks off Tuesday morning at the Hynes Convention Center. It will rumble roughly 2 miles (3 kilometers) past the Boston Common and other landmarks before ending at City Hall.As is tradition, the team will ride on World War II-era amphibious vehicles. But there won't be a post-parade rally where Tom Brady and other players speak as in previou
  
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• Huge crowds in Boston celebrate Patriots' 6th Super Bowl

  05-02-2019 11:59
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of jubilant fans jammed downtown Boston on Tuesday for a parade celebrating the New England Patriots' sixth Super Bowl title, clamoring for more with cheers of "We want seven!" and "Next year, right here!"A party atmosphere enveloped the city as fans clad in team garb packed sidewalks in the mild weather and stood on tiptoe for a glimpse of quarterback Tom Brady, coach Bill Belichick and the rest of the team. Red, white and blue confetti rained down.It's
  
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• Paris building fire claims 10 lives; arson suspected

  05-02-2019 11:42
  
  PARIS — Paris' deadliest fire in over a decade claimed 10 lives, sending fleeing residents to the roof to escape the flames that engulfed their apartment building before dawn Tuesday.A 40-year-old female resident, said to have a history of psychiatric problems, was detained near the eight-story building in the quiet neighborhood as police opened an investigation into voluntary arson resulting in death.It is the deadliest fire in Paris since the April 2005 hotel fire near the capital's fame
  
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• Columbus police looking for damaged vehicle after hit-skip involving pedestrian

  05-02-2019 09:01
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Division of Police is investigating a hit-skip involving a pedestrian.Investigators say that a pedestrian was crossing E. Whittier Street, just east of S. Ohio Avenue at the same time a silver-colored Chevrolet Malibu was traveling on Whittier. The car hit the pedestrian and the driver did not stop. According to police, the car continued westbound on Whittier, then northbound on Carpenter Street.The pedestrian was transported to Grant Medical Center where he remains
  
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• Two dead, two critically injured at two crime scenes in Ross County

  05-02-2019 05:49
  
  ROSS COUNTY, Ohio - The Ross County Sheriff's Office is investigating a double homicide and double assault at two different scenes near Londonderry.The sheriff's office responded to a home in the 4500 block of Vigo Road at approximately 4:00 p.m. on Monday. They found a male and female who had both been violently assaulted. Both had life-threatening injuries and were transported to Grant Medical Center.While working on this scene deputies were alerted to another scene on Bowman Road. Deputies ar
  
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• Authorities identify 3 people killed at separate crime scenes in Ross County

  05-02-2019 05:49
  ROSS COUNTY, Ohio - Authorities suspect the shooting deaths of two people at a home are connected to a violent assault that critically injured one person and left another dead at another home a few miles away.The sheriff's office responded to a home in the 4500 block of Vigo Road at approximately 4 p.m. on Monday. They found a male and female who had both been violently assaulted.Both had life-threatening injuries and were transported to Grant Medical Center. Authorities said one of those victim
  
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• 3 dead, 1 critically injured at separate crime scenes in Ross County

  05-02-2019 05:49
  ROSS COUNTY, Ohio - Authorities suspect the shooting deaths of two people at a home are connected to a violent assault that critically injured one person and left another dead at another home a few miles away.The sheriff's office responded to a home in the 4500 block of Vigo Road at approximately 4 p.m. on Monday. They found a male and female who had both been violently assaulted.Both had life-threatening injuries and were transported to Grant Medical Center. Authorities said one of those victim
  
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• 2 dead, 2 critically injured at separate crime scenes in Ross County

  05-02-2019 05:49
  
  ROSS COUNTY, Ohio - The Ross County Sheriff's Office is investigating two shooting deaths and a double assault at two different scenes near Londonderry.The sheriff's office responded to a home in the 4500 block of Vigo Road at approximately 4 p.m. on Monday. They found a male and female who had both been violently assaulted. Both had life-threatening injuries and were transported to Grant Medical Center.While at the home on Vigo Road, deputies were alerted to another scene on Bowman Lane. Deputi
  
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• 2 dead, 2 critically injured at 2 crime scenes in Ross County

  05-02-2019 05:49
  
  ROSS COUNTY, Ohio - The Ross County Sheriff's Office is investigating two shooting deaths and double assault at two different scenes near Londonderry.The sheriff's office responded to a home in the 4500 block of Vigo Road at approximately 4:00 p.m. on Monday. They found a male and female who had both been violently assaulted. Both had life-threatening injuries and were transported to Grant Medical Center.While working on this scene deputies were alerted to another scene on Bowman Lane. Deputies
  
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• IRS was 1.2 million refunds behind the day tax season opened

  05-02-2019 03:51
  
  A week into tax season, the U.S.' tax collector appears woefully behind its own projections on processing tax returns and refunds.According to the agency's own numbers from last November, the IRS expected to process 1.5 million tax refunds during its fourth working week of the year, from Friday, Jan. 18 to Thursday, Jan. 24. The following Friday-to-Thursday week, it expected to process 4.3 million refunds.While the IRS is able to accept and process tax returns before the official opening of tax
  
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• Federal prosecutors subpoena Trump's inaugural committee

  05-02-2019 03:43
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors in New York issued a subpoena Monday seeking documents from Donald Trump's inaugural committee, furthering a federal inquiry into a fund that has faced mounting scrutiny into how it raised and spent its money.Inaugural committee spokeswoman Kristin Celauro told The Associated Press that the committee had received the subpoena and was still reviewing it."It is our intention to cooperate with the inquiry," she said.A second spokesman, Owen Blicksilver, dec
  
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• Columbus City Council Meeting 2/4/2019

  05-02-2019 03:03 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Woman struck & killed in northeast Columbus hit-skip crash

  05-02-2019 02:18
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – A woman is is dead after being hit by a vehicle in northeast Columbus Monday night, according to police.Police said 64-year-old Mary Kusel was hit by a vehicle on Cleveland Avenue near Ferris Avenue just after 7 p.m.The driver did not stop according to police.Kusel was later pronounced dead after being taken to Riverside Hospital.Police said the vehicle is possibly a dark 1999-2007 Volkswagen Jetta.It may have damage to the front end including the front lower bumper grill
  
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• 1 person struck & killed in northeast Columbus hit-skip crash

  05-02-2019 02:18
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – One person is dead after being hit by a vehicle in northeast Columbus Monday night, according to police.Police said a person was hit by a vehicle on Cleveland Avenue by Ferris Avenue just after 7 p.m.The driver did not stop according to police.Police said the person who was hit was pronounced dead about 25 minutes later.Cleveland Avenue is closed in the area of the crash.A description of the vehicle was not able to be provided.
  
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• "Absolute systemic failure": Employee addresses fentanyl deaths at Mount Carmel

  05-02-2019 00:09
  COLUMBUS – A Mount Carmel employee is speaking out in wake of scandal at the hospital system where 34 patients are believed to have received potentially fatal doses of painkillers.To date, most patients identified by the hospital were given excessive doses of the powerful synthetic opiate, Fentanyl.“It is absolutely a systemic failure. Most importantly because we did not anticipate it coming,” the employee told 10 Investigates.In a wide-ranging interview, the person spoke to 10
  
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