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• President Honors Mercury, Former UConn Star Diana Taurasi

  26-08-2015 23:54
  
  STACY A. ANDERSONWASHINGTON (AP and WTIC-AM) — President Barack Obama is honoring the 2014 WNBA champion Phoenix Mercury for not only being outstanding players, but role models to girls.
  Obama said the team and other women across the WNBA are “changing the way that young girls— including my daughters— see themselves.”
  Former UConn Star Diana Taurasi played for the Mercury in last season.  She presented Obama with a Mercury jersey with the president’s name
  
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• 1st enlisted female sub sailors start training in Groton

  26-08-2015 23:52
  
  HARTFORD — The first four of the female enlisted sailors selected for the Navy’s “silent service” have begun training at submarine school in Groton.
  The barracks at the Navy base have been reconfigured for privacy, but officials say the first co-ed class of enlisted recruits is not being received differently from any others.
  The commander of the Naval Submarine School, Capt. Andrew Jarrett, said he communicated to his staff that it will be business as usual. The only adju
  
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• Man accused of starting fatal crash had suspended license

  26-08-2015 23:50
  
  OLD LYME — Court records show a New Jersey truck driver accused of starting a fatal chain-reaction crash that closed Interstate 95 north in Connecticut on Aug. 15 was driving with a suspended license.
  The Day newspaper of New London reports 66-year-old Rowan Phillip, of Sparta, was charged with driving while under suspension and reckless endangerment in connection with the accident.
  Phillip said he saw traffic completely stopped and attempted to brake but couldn’t stop in time. He hi
  
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• Hartford firefighter arrested after fight with ranking officer

  26-08-2015 23:31
  
  HARTFORD – On Wednesday at around 2 p.m., Michael Patterson, 45, of a High Street, a lieutenant in the Hartford Fire Department, turned himself in to the Hartford Police Department pursuant to an arrest warrant issued for breach of peace in the 2nd-degree.
  The arrest resulted followed a police investigation into an incident alleged to have happened at a fire scene on Friday, August 14, at West Morningside Street.
  Patterson was on duty at the time and is alleged to have engaged Captain Thom
  
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• Teen Held Hostage, Forced Into Sex Trafficking: Cops

  26-08-2015 23:29
  
  Police have arrested a Waterbury man accused of holding a 17-year-old Bridgeport girl against her will and forcing her into sex trafficking.Photo Credit: Bridgeport Police Department
  
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• Radio Station Helps Raise $10K for Family of Boy With Cancer

  26-08-2015 23:08
  
  A popular Connecticut radio station renamed itself after a 9-year-old boy battling brain cancer for a day and raised quite a bit of money for the boy and his family.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Firefighter Arrested Over Confrontation With Ranking Officer

  26-08-2015 23:07
  
  A Hartford fire lieutenant now faces criminal charges in connection with a violent confrontation with another ranking officer.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Young New Britain girl sexually assaulted after being taken from her bedroom

  26-08-2015 22:52
  
  NEW BRITAIN–Police are searching for a suspect after a young girl was sexually assaulted in the middle of the night.
  On Sunday, August 16, a juvenile female was taken from her bedroom by a male in the early morning hours.
  The suspect is said to have inappropriately touched her, then returned her to her room.
  The incident occurred in New Britain’s Broad Street neighborhood.
  The victim described the suspect as between 20 and 50 years old, light skinned with a thin d
  
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• Peter Kostis On The Barclays: ‘Distance Isn’t Necessarily A Factor’

  26-08-2015 22:46
  
  By Dave Shedloski
  The ninth year of the PGA TOUR’s FedExCup Playoffs begins Thursday at Plainfield Country Club in Edison, New Jersey, with The Barclays, a 72-hole stroke-play tournament reserved for the top 125 players in the season-long points race.
  The Barclays, the first of four events in the playoff series, offers a purse of $8.25 million and a chance to get a jump on the ultimate prize, the $10 million bonus and the FedExCup. Of the 125 players who qualified, 119 will compete at Plai
  
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• Ammunition Explodes During Windham House Fire

  26-08-2015 22:45
  
  Two adults and two children were forced from a home in Windham when fire broke out Wednesday afternoon, causing ammunition to go off inside the house, according to officials at the scene.Photo Credit: Submitted
  
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• Inspector Killed When Truck Tips on I-84 Ramp in West Hartford

  26-08-2015 22:30
  
  A consultant performing a routine bridge inspection for the state Department of Transportation was killed when his truck tipped over and crushed him on a West Hartford entrance ramp Wednesday, according to...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• US stocks end sharply higher after afternoon surge

  26-08-2015 22:21
  
  U.S. stocks are closing sharply higher, giving the stock market its best day in close to four years.
  Stocks are rebounding from a six-day slump that was prompted by concerns about the health of the Chinese economy.
  The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 619 points, or 4 percent on Wednesday.
  The Standard & Poor’s 500 index jumped 72 points, or 3.9 percent, to 1,940. That’s the biggest gain for the index since November, 2011.
  The NASDAQ composite surged 191 points, or 4.2 p
  
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• Man Takes Girl From Bedroom, Sexually Assaults Her: Cops

  26-08-2015 22:16
  
  Police are investigating after a man allegedly took a New Britain girl from her bedroom and sexually assaulted her earlier this month.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Comfortable days ahead to end the work week

  26-08-2015 22:11
  
  Thursday and Friday will have a comfortable feel to the air. There will be abundant sunshine, temperatures around 80 degrees, and low humidity.
  A warming trend will start this weekend with the humidity slowly building back in. Summer heat returns! Especially next week when temperatures could approach 90 degrees.
  While we are looking at a great week of weather for outdoor plans, if you need rain for the lawn or garden, you’re out of luck. Rain remains absent through the weekend into the ea
  
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• Radio Station Helps Raise $10,000 for Family of Boy With Cancer

  26-08-2015 22:03
  
  A popular Connecticut radio station renamed itself after a 9-year-old boy battling brain cancer for a day and raised quite a bit of money for the boy and his family.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Virginia gunman details grievances in lengthy ‘suicide note,’ references Charleston church shooting

  26-08-2015 21:59
  
  ROANOKE, Va.–The man who police say killed two journalists during a live broadcast Wednesday was no stranger to WDBJ-TV. He was Bryce Williams, a former reporter for the Roanoke, Virginia, station who was fired two years ago.
  More accurately, Williams was the on-air name for Vester Lee Flanagan II.
  Flanagan died in the hospital Wednesday from a self-inflicted gunshot wounds, hours after he fatally shot WDBJ reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward. A woman the journalists were interv
  
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• Josh Duggar checks into rehab amid new cheating scandal

  26-08-2015 21:37
  
  Josh Duggar is entering a long-term treatment center for his admitted pornography addiction on the same day that InTouch Weekly published an interview with his alleged mistress, stripper and porn star Danica Dillon.
  “As parents we are so deeply grieved by our son’s decisions and actions. His wrong choices have deeply hurt his precious wife and children and have negatively affected so many others. He has also brought great insult to the values and faith we hold dear,” the Duggar
  
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• Bridgeport police officers save teen from sex trafficking

  26-08-2015 21:33
  
  BRIDGEPORT – On Wednesday morning, the Bridgeport Police Department arrested a Waterbury man while saving a 17-year-old Bridgeport girl from suspected sex trafficking.
  At around 2:30 a.m., police officers responded to a reported incident at the Sunnyside Inn at 74 Lake Street in Bridgeport.
  After arriving on the scene, a 17-year-old Bridgeport girl alleged that Brandon Williams, 34, of Cliff Street in Waterbury, was holding the juvenile against her will, forcing her to engage in sex traffi
  
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• Bob Maxon Celebrates 20 Years With NBC Connecticut

  26-08-2015 21:24
  
  First Alert meteorologist Bob Maxon is celebrating his 20th anniversary with NBC Connecticut today.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• South Windsor Man Charged With Stalking Teen

  26-08-2015 21:23
  
  A 19-year-old South Windsor man has been arrested, accused of stalking and threatening a 16-year-old girl who told him to stop contacting her, according to police.Photo Credit: South Windsor Police Department
  
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• Second newborn panda dies at Smithsonian National Zoo

  26-08-2015 21:21
  
  WASHINGTON–A panda cub has died just three and a half days after its birth.
  We are sad to report that the smaller of the two panda cubs has died. We will continue to provide updates on social media w/ #Pandastory.
  — National Zoo(@NationalZoo) August 26, 2015It was reported on the zoo’s Twitter on August 25 that the mother, Mei Xiang, hadn’t swapped the cubs to feed the smaller of the two in almost a full day, meaning the cub had to be supplementally fed thr
  
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• Motor Scooter Driver Injured in Meriden Crash

  26-08-2015 21:20
  
  One person was rushed to the hospital after a motor scooter and a four-door Honda sedan crashed on on East Main Street in Meriden on Wednesday.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Route 145 in Westbrook Closed

  26-08-2015 21:17
  
  Route 145 in Westbrook is closed in both directions at Grove Beach Road North because of a brush fire and a downed tree.
  
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• Bridgeport Teen Held Hostage, Forced Into Sex Trafficking: Cops

  26-08-2015 21:16
  
  Police have arrested a Waterbury man accused of holding a 17-year-old Bridgeport girl against her will and forcing her into sex trafficking.Photo Credit: Bridgeport Police Department
  
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• Long Stretch of Dry Weather, Heat Builds Next Week

  26-08-2015 21:01
  
  The humidity is gone and that’s how it will be for days to come.
  
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• 9/11 survivor known as ‘Dust Lady’ in iconic photo dies at 42

  26-08-2015 21:01
  
  NEW YORK — Many remember the haunting photograph: A woman wearing business attire and pearls is covered head-to-toe in white dust, her hands held out helplessly before her, as she makes her way out of the World Trade Center’s damaged North Tower on September 11, 2001.
  She survived that day, getting out before both towers of the trade center crumbled and killed 2,753 people in the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.
  But the woman in the photos, known to most as the “Dust Lady
  
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• Wal-Mart to stop selling AR-15s and similar weapons

  26-08-2015 20:57
  
  NEW YORK — Wal-Mart says it will stop selling the AR-15 and other semi-automatic weapons at its stores because fewer people are buying them.
  The retailer says it will replace them with more hunting rifles and shot guns. Wal-Mart spokesman Kory Lundberg says the semi-automatic weapons were sold at fewer than a third of its 4,600 U.S. stores.
  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is removing the semi-automatic weapons this week as it prepares its stores for fall merchandise. The Bentonville, Arkansas, compan
  
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• 16-Year-Old Girl Has Been Missing for a Week and a Half

  26-08-2015 20:40
  
  Police have issued a Silver Alert for a teen who has been missing from the Suffield area for a week and a half.Photo Credit: Submitted
  
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• Police: 2 women arrested after fight on JetBlue flight

  26-08-2015 20:33
  
  NEW YORK — Two women have been arrested after police say they attacked each other as their flight arrived at New York’s Kennedy Airport from Jamaica.Port Authority spokesman Joe Pentangelo says it happened at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday.
  He says the dispute started after a 61-year-old passenger at a window seat tried to climb over another woman as Jet Blue Flight 960 approached the gate.
  The older woman used an eyebrow razor to slash the 52-year-old woman and a man who tried to intervene.
  Th
  
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• 5 Biggest Injuries (so far) This Pre-season

  26-08-2015 20:30
  
  by Rob Joyce
  With each passing year, the NFL preseason comes under more and more scrutiny. Fans have to pay regular-season prices for tickets (and parking, and food, etc.) while players complain about it being too long. Of course, most of the bickering comes after a teammate of theirs suffers a critical, if not season-ending, injury before a real down is even played. With another week to go, there is still the chance another star somewhere gets hurt. However, for now, here are the biggest names
  
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• Hazmat situation after truck with crane rolls over on on-ramp for I-84E in West Hartford

  26-08-2015 20:29
  
  WEST HARTFORD–A rollover crash on I-84 east shut down the exit 43 on-ramp on Wednesday afternoon.
  A truck that had a crane on it rolled over around 1:30 p.m., and the front cabin was off the side of the ramp, which is for Park Road.
  The operator was found lying on the roadway, pinned between the truck and the bridge, and was taken to the hospital with injuries.
  Several Department of Transportation construction workers were at the scene when it occurred; they had parked the truck to do
  
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• Exit 43 on ramp closed on I84E after tractor trailer rolls over

  26-08-2015 20:29
  
  WEST HARTFORD–A rollover crash on I-84 east shut down the exit 43 on-ramp on Wednesday afternoon.
  A tractor trailer rolled over around 2 p.m., and the front cabin was off the side of the ramp, which is for Park Road.
  The state Department of Transportation expects the scene to clear in four hours or less.
  Stay with Fox CT as the story develops.
  
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• Ranking UConn Football’s 2015 Opponents

  26-08-2015 20:00
  
  by Rob Joyce
  September 3 marks the beginning of a new year for UConn football. Entering Bob Diaco’s second season at the helm, the Huskies begin play at the newly-named Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field against Villanova. Coming off a 2-10 campaign in 2014, UConn is picked to finish last in the American Athletic Conference East Division this year. With a 2015 schedule that’s similar to the one they played a year ago, the Huskies will attempt to turn heads.
  While expecta
  
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• DMV says more people coming to offices, but transaction time shorter

  26-08-2015 19:57
  
  WETHERSFIELD –  While more people are in line at Motor Vehicles, they are spending less time when they finally reach the counter.
  The Department of Motor Vehicles spokesperson Bill Seymour said an analysis of transaction times shows that employees are taking three minutes less processing each customer. At the same time, more customers are coming to offices to conduct business.
  The department has come under fire for a variety of problems encountered as it replaced its aging computer sy
  
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• I-84 Ramp Closed in West Hartford

  26-08-2015 19:56
  
  The exit 43 on-ramp to Interstate 84 east in West Hartford is closed due to a crash.Photo Credit: DOT
  
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• 11 New ‘Amazing Race’ Teams Take Off

  26-08-2015 19:51
  
  VENICE BEACH, CA (CBS) — Eleven new teams take off on the journey of a lifetime from Venice Beach, CA and head for Rio de Janerio as they race for the $1 million dollar prize.
  THIS JUST IN: Get your first look at the new season of the #AmazingRace:ow.ly/RmKVW http://t.co/xaJjRNFjFj—The Amazing Race (@AmazingRace_CBS) August 25, 2015
  Once they arrive teams will take a thrilling helicopter ride and face a huge decision on the Fast Forward, on the season premiere of “The Amazing R
  
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• Colorado theater shooter James Holmes formally sentenced to life in prison

  26-08-2015 19:37
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Colorado theater shooter James Holmes has been formally sentenced to life in prison.
  Judge Carlos Samour Jr. had no other option after a split jury decided the sentence earlier this month. A death sentence required a unanimous jury verdict.
  Samour sentenced Holmes Wednesday after two days of testimony from about 100 survivors of the 2012 massacre. Holmes killed 12 people and injured 70 by firing upon a midnight movie showing of a Batman film.
  His attorneys argued that H
  
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• Study: Holocaust Trauma Can Be Inherited

  26-08-2015 19:33
  
  NEW YORK (CBS Connecticut) — A new study finds that the trauma experienced by Holocaust survivors can be passed on to their children.
  The study was conducted by researchers from Mount Sinai hospital in New York by analyzing the genes of 32 Jewish men and women who had either been held at a Nazi concentration camp, witnessed or experienced torture or who had to hide during World War II and the genes of their children.
  According to The Guardian, researchers found that these children had an i
  
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• Facebook and Twitter suspend Virginia TV station shooter’s accounts

  26-08-2015 19:30
  
  NEW YORK — Facebook and Twitter suspended the accounts of the shooter suspected in Wednesday’s deaths of two Virginia television journalists.
  A user by the name of Bryce Williams filmed himself shooting reporter Allison Parker and photographer Adam Ward in Moneta, Virginia.
  He posted two videos on Twitter and one video on Facebook.
  The video on Twitter showed someone walking up to Parker and Ward and pointing a gun at them. Another video showed the gun firing. A follow-up tweet said,
  
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• Man Charged With Stalking Teen

  26-08-2015 19:25
  
  A 19-year-old South Windsor man has been arrested, accused of stalking and threatening a 16-year-old girl who told him to stop contacting her, according to police.Photo Credit: South Windsor Police
  
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• WDBJ reporter, photographer hailed by colleagues, friends

  26-08-2015 19:22
  
  ROANOKE, Va. — Reporter Alison Parker was 24. A “rock star.” “The most radiant woman I ever met,” in the words of a colleague.
  Photographer Adam Ward was 27. Engaged to be married. Ready to “do something else,” according to a station staffer.
  On Wednesday morning, Parker and Ward, both employees of Roanoke, Virginia, TV station WDBJ, were shot to death while doing a live report from a shopping district near Moneta, Virginia.
  We love you, Alison and Adam
  
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• West Suffield Teen Has Been Missing for Week and a Half

  26-08-2015 19:19
  
  Police have issued a Silver Alert for a West Suffield teen who has been missing for a week and a half.Photo Credit: Submitted
  
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• Study: Many Students Throwing Out Fruits, Vegetables From School Lunches

  26-08-2015 18:50
  
  HARTFORD (CBS Connecticut) — Though many students may be loading up fruits and vegetables on their lunch trays, a lot of those aren’t actually being eaten.
  New federal guidelines that require healthier school lunches are in effect, but a lot of children are simply throwing out fruits and vegetables instead of eating them, according to a new study.
  University of Vermont researchers conducted a small study using digital photos to capture students’ lunch trays after selecting food
  
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• Road Closed After Scooter Driver Injured in Meriden Crash

  26-08-2015 18:49
  
  A motor scooter driver was injured after colliding with a four-door Honda sedan on East Main Street in Meriden, prompting police to shut down the road as they investigate.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Embattled CCSU Professor Pleads Not Guilty to Larceny

  26-08-2015 18:42
  
  A Central Connecticut State University professor was promoted while in jail last year and arrested again last month has pleaded not guilty to larceny.Photo Credit: Middletown Police Department
  
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• First Enlisted Female Sub Sailors Begin Training In Groton

  26-08-2015 18:26
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ The first four of the female enlisted sailors selected for the Navy’s “silent service” have begun training at submarine school in Groton, Connecticut.
  The barracks at the Navy base have been reconfigured for privacy, but officials say the first co-ed class of enlisted recruits is not being received differently from any others.
  The commander of the Naval Submarine School, Capt. Andrew Jarrett, said he communicated to his staff that it will be business as u
  
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• The cheapest degrees that will earn you $70,000 a year

  26-08-2015 18:20
  
  NEW YORK — You keep hearing the same thing over and over again. A degree in math, science or engineering will get you the highest paying job.
  While that remains true, let’s face it: Not everyone is going to study nuclear engineering at an elite university. The good news is that you don’t have to be a math nerd or pay tuition at one of the priciest schools in order to earn a good living.
  There are several associate’s degrees that won’t rob your bank account, but can
  
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• Route 145 in Westbrook Closed Due to Brush Fire, Downed Tree

  26-08-2015 17:55
  
  Route 145 in Westbrook is closed in both directions at Grove Beach Road North because of a brush fire and a downed tree.
  
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• Flamethrowers spark Second Amendment debate

  26-08-2015 17:21
  
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• Wild Chase Ends When Suspect Tried to Get Away on Bus

  26-08-2015 17:02
  
  South Windsor police arrested a Hartford man after a wild chase on Tuesday night that ended with the suspect’s unsuccessful attempt to get away on a CT Transit bus, according to police.Photo Credit: South Windsor Police
  
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