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• Drive To The Championship Also Drives Bonanza Of Donations To Food Banks

  18-02-2016 23:19
  
  By Doug Hoffacker
  DENVER (CBS4) – The Broncos Super Bowl win has been good for Colorado in many more ways than one.
  In addition to the celebration of the NFL’s best with a parade attended by a million fans and Broncos players on late night TV, area food bank shelves are much fuller than usual this time of year.
  Before Super Bowl 50 the governors of Colorado and North Carolina made a bet on the game. It resulted in North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory making good on his wager with Colorado
  
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• Darius Kilgo Interns With Under Armour During Broncos Offseason

  18-02-2016 23:17
  
  (AP) – Forget lounging on the beach or 36 holes of golf a day. For 26 NFL players, their time in the next month is being spent commuting to real jobs.
  As part of the NFL Players Association’s “Externship Program,” veterans such as Steelers safety Will Allen and guys coming off a first season in the league such as Broncos nose tackle Darius Kilgo — fresh with a Super Bowl ring, no less — have joined the workforce. Travel and housing are covered for the particip
  
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• Donald Trump Responds To Pope Francis Comment

  18-02-2016 22:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump says a religious leader questioning a person’s faith is “disgraceful,” responding forcefully to comments from Pope Francis that anyone who wants to build a border wall isn’t a Christian.
  The Republican candidate for president says Thursday the Pope should wish that he is elected to the White House, and he accused the Mexican government of using Francis as a “pawn” and says the leader of the Roman Catholic Church &ldquo
  
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• Arapahoe County Deputy Still In Critical Condition 8 Days After Crash

  18-02-2016 22:15
  
  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Department says a deputy is still in critical condition eight days after he was injured in a collision while responding to a fatal stabbing.
  Bill Foreman Jr. (credit: CBS)
  Authorities said Thursday Deputy Bill Foreman Jr. likely faces a long recovery after the Feb. 10 crash.
  Foreman was responding to a report that a 6-year-old boy had been stabbed to death. Authorities say Foreman’s patrol car was hit by a turning vehicle.
  
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• Phil Collins Talks Music And Concerts: ‘I’m Not Ruling Anything Out’

  18-02-2016 21:55
  
  By Brian Ives, Radio.com
  In the past few years, it looked like Phil Collins had closed the door on his career; health issues prevented him from playing drums, and he seemed to have lost interest in making new music. Happily, that may have changed: to hear him tell it, he’s been re-energized by his children’s interest in his music, and his reconciliation with their mother, his ex-wife Orianne Cevey. He has been doing select interviews to promote the reissues o
  
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• Academy Of Country Music Announces Songwriting Nominations

  18-02-2016 20:39
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — GRAMMY-winner singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton earned two extra nominations from the Academy of Country Music Awards, making him the leading nominee with seven nods.
  The ACM announced on Thursday the nominees for the song of the year and songwriter categories. Stapleton, who had five nominations in previously announced categories, added two more for his song “Nobody to Blame,” as co-writer and artist.
  Related: Behind The Song: Chris Stapleton – &l
  
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• Extended Rape Statute Of Limitation Approved By Colorado House

  18-02-2016 20:07
  
  DENVER (AP) — A bill to double Colorado’s statute of limitations on sexual assaults from 10 years to 20 years has won initial approval in the state House.
  One more vote sends the bill to the Senate.
  Two Colorado women who claim Bill Cosby assaulted them decades ago testified recently that the bill would empower traumatized victims by giving them more time to come forward.
  RELATED: Gloria Allred In Denver As Cosby Cases Prompt Colorado Bill Extending Time For Charges
  The House rejecte
  
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• House Panel Issues Subpoenas On Gold King Mine Waste Spill

  18-02-2016 20:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chairman of a House committee has issued subpoenas to the Obama administration seeking documents related to a review of 3-million-gallon wastewater spill from a Colorado mine last summer.
  Rep. Rob Bishop of Utah, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, is seeking documents from the Interior Department and the Army Corps of Engineers related to the Army Corps’ peer review of Interior’s investigation into the spill. The Aug. 5 spill at
  
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• Buffs Lose Second Half Lead, Fall To USC

  18-02-2016 19:59
  
  Senior forward Josh Scott scored 17 points for Colorado, who fell to 8-6 in Pac-12 play.
  
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• Death Of 2-Year-Old Montrose Girl Ruled A Homicide

  18-02-2016 19:57
  
  MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) — The death of a 2-year-old Montrose girl has been ruled a homicide.
  The Montrose County coroner said Thursday Tobi J. Doyle died of multiple head injuries from blunt force impacts, and that the trauma was not accidental.
  The coroner’s office and Montrose police are investigating.
  The child was unresponsive when an ambulance took her to Montrose Memorial Hospital on Feb. 12. She was resuscitated and flown to Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, where she
  
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• CSU Falls To Utah State On The Road

  18-02-2016 19:54
  
  LOGAN, Utah (AP) – Chris Smith scored 19 points and Utah State took advantage of Colorado’s State icy 3-point shooting in the second half to take a 72-59 victory on Wednesday night.
  The Aggies (13-11, 5-8 Mountain West) led by just two at halftime but the Rams (14-12, 6-7) went 1 of 16 from the arc in the second half as Utah State pulled away.
  Jalen Moore added 16 points for the Aggies.
  Colorado State made 7 of 15 3-pointers in the first half before going cold, hitting just 9 of 36 s
  
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• ‘Unacceptable Risk’ Screening & Fire Community Social Friday In Golden

  18-02-2016 19:47
  
  By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4) – Unacceptable Risk, a short film following firefighters who’ve battled Colorado’s epic fires of the past decade, will screen at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival this Friday.
  You can see the film, along with a handful of other short documentaries, at the American Mountaineering Center in Golden. The screening starts at 4 p.m. and tickets can be purchased here.
  After the screening there will be a community fire social at Mountain Toad Brewing
  
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• Giddy Up: Jared Allen Retires With ‘Ride Into The Sunset’

  18-02-2016 19:39
  
  (The Sports Xchange/CBS) – It turns out Super Bowl 50 was the final game for a well-known NFL veteran.
  No, not Peyton Manning! (Well maybe … Manning hasn’t made any announcements yet on his future in the league.)
  Jared Allen, ninth all-time on the all-time quarterback sack list, announced his retirement on horseback with a video posted to his Twitter feed Thursday morning.
  Allen, who played in the Super Bowl with the Carolina Panthers earlier this month, is mounted on a horse
  
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• Broomfield High School Threat Cleared, Students Return To Class

  18-02-2016 19:09
  
  BROOMFIELD, Colo. (CBS4) – Broomfield Police notified the public that the high school had been evacuated late Thursday morning.
  Students and staff at Broomfield High School were evacuated to the stadium at approximately 10:15 a.m. as a precaution after the school received a bomb threat over the phone.
  Officers are responding to the report of a bomb threat at Broomfield High School. Students evacuated to stadium as precaution; #BHS2/18—Broomfield Police (@BroomfieldPD) February 1
  
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• Hours-Long Rock Slide Detour Shows Drivers The Road Less Traveled

  18-02-2016 19:04
  
  WOLCOTT, Colo. (CBS4) – Rocks continue to fall down the walls of Glenwood Canyon and onto Interstate 70, and the expected reopening on Thursday could be further delayed.
  The 24-mile shutdown of the busy interstate due to rock slides means a three hour or longer detour to the north for drivers looking to get around the mess.
  And it’s taking drivers through some lesser traveled parts of Colorado.
  A normally quiet intersection in the small town of Wolcott is now in the middle
  
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• Colorado To Debate Organic Label For Marijuana

  18-02-2016 18:09
  
  DENVER (AP) – Marijuana has attracted many labels in its time. Now “certified organic” could be one of them.
  A Colorado state House committee starts debate Friday on becoming the first state to regulate organic labels in its pot industry.
  Because organic standards are regulated federally, and pot remains illegal at the federal level, there’s no way for consumers to tell whether marijuana carrying an “organic” name really is.
  Colorado is likely just the fi
  
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• ‘War Eagle’ Visits Colorado Wind Facility To Help Protect Other Raptors

  18-02-2016 17:47
  
  By Chris Spears
  DENVER (CBS4) – He could be considered one of the most famous raptors in the world. He’s a golden eagle named Nova that has his own accounts on Facebookand Twitter.
  But for football fans at Auburn University, Nova has a different name.
  He’s called ‘War Eagle VII’ and he represents the school’s spirit at every home game.
  (credit: CBS4)
  Nova and a bald eagle named Spirit recently came to Colorado to help test new technology aimed at keeping birds
  
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• Wind Causes Power Outages Around Estes Park

  18-02-2016 15:00
  
  ESTES PARK, Colo. (CBS4) – High winds in the foothills Thursday morning caused power outages near the town of Estes Park.
  The town itself is unaffected, but power is out for all of the Allenspark area south of Estes Park, along Highway 72. Power was lost there at about 5 a.m.
  Several crews from Estes Park Light & Power responded to the outages in Allenspark and Carriage Hills. Crews also worked to restore power around Glen Haven.
  There was no estimate on when service will be
  
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• Driver Killed In Collision With Police Vehicle

  18-02-2016 14:27
  
  WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) – A collision between a car and a police vehicle early Thursday morning has left one person dead.
  It happened at approximately 1 a.m. when an officer from the Westminster Police Department was responding to an emergency call. The officer was heading south on Federal Boulevard as the other driver was heading north. That driver tried to turn onto West 88th Avenue from Federal, and pulled in front of the police vehicle.
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  The
  
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• Iginla Scores In Final Minutes, Avs Beat Canadiens 3-2

  18-02-2016 06:29
  
  Jarome Iginla was denied a hat trick, but the Colorado Avalanche right winger was happy to settle for an important win in a tight playoff race.
  
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• Utah State Pulls Away From Colorado State 72-59

  18-02-2016 06:21
  
  LOGAN, Utah (AP) – Chris Smith scored 19 points and Utah State took advantage of Colorado’s State icy 3-point shooting in the second half to take a 72-59 victory on Wednesday night.
  The Aggies (13-11, 5-8 Mountain West) led by just two at halftime but the Rams (14-12, 6-7) went 1 of 16 from the arc in the second half as Utah State pulled away.
  Jalen Moore added 16 points for the Aggies.
  Colorado State made 7 of 15 3-pointers in the first half before going cold, hitting just 9 of 36 s
  
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• Injured Officer Lopez Rehabbing, Looking Forward To Fatherhood

  18-02-2016 06:00
  
  By Suzanne McCarroll
  DENVER (CBS4) – Denver Police Sgt. Tony Lopez Jr. was shot six times during a traffic stop Dec. 8, 2015. He nearly died. But slowly he is recovering, spending hours in physical therapy.
  Tony Lopez Jr. in physical therapy (credit: CBS)
  Lopez is in constant pain, having already endured three surgeries.
  “I was shot twice in my left leg, once in my right leg, twice in my right arm and once in my chest,” he told CBS4.
  There are still bullets in his legs, still p
  
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• Shoplifters Make Off With $35,000 Chinchilla Fur Coat From Store In Vail

  18-02-2016 05:54
  
  By Kelly Werthmann
  VAIL, Colo. (CBS4) – A $35,000 chinchilla fur coat was stolen from a store in Vail over the weekend and the thieves were caught on camera.
  The store’s owner asked CBS4 to not reveal the name of the shop, but shared clips of security video that show the thieves in action Saturday around 6:30 p.m.
  The shoplifters in the Vail store (credit: CBS)
  A man and a woman are seen shuffling through the racks of fur coats before the man eventually pulls a coat off its hangar an
  
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• Lawyer On Medical Marijuana Raid & Seizure: ‘Totally Based On Lies’

  18-02-2016 05:40
  
  By Tom Mustin
  DENVER (CBS4) – Police raided a marijuana operation in the foothills, but the people running it say they didn’t break any laws, and now they’re suing the Denver Police Department.
  “Totally based on lies; everything in the affidavit is a flat out falsehood,” attorney Matthew Buck said.
  CBS4’s Tom Mustin interviews Derek Smith’s attorney, Matthew Buck (credit; CBS)
  Buck says Denver police need to pay after what he calls a “reckless&rdqu
  
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• CBS4 Crew Gets Up Close Look At Rock Slide In Glenwood Canyon

  18-02-2016 05:13
  
  By Matt Kroschel
  GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – The shrill of a blast alert horn welcomed a CBS4 crew into the site of one of the largest rock slides to strike Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon since its completion.
  CBS4 photojournalist John Mason and I, wearing safety hard hats, were inside what looked like the bombed out set of some blockbuster movie. Boulders the size of a Toyota Corolla teetered on the edge of the upper highway deck. Gaping holes and exposed bent rebar were everywhere.
  
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• President Expected To Sign Sen. Gardner’s Bill To Hit North Korea With Stronger Sanctions

  18-02-2016 04:54
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The United States is poised to hit North Korea with stronger sanctions for refusing to stop its nuclear weapons program. The White House now says President Obama will sign the bill, and it was co-authored by Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner.
  The legislation comes in the wake of North Korea’s launch of a long range rocket carrying a satellite and a month after its fourth nuclear weapons test.
  Sen. Cory Gardner is interviewed by CBS4’s Shaun Boyd (credit: CBS)
  Gardner s
  
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• 50 Coloradans Happy To Say They’re Now Officially U.S. Citizens

  18-02-2016 04:06
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado has 50 new U.S. citizens.
  The group was sworn in at the History Colorado Center on Wednesday. The new U.S. citizens came from 26 different countries, including Australia, Ghana, China and Thailand.
  (credit: CBS)
  For Nat Suwantala, becoming a U.S. citizen was a family affair. She said her daughter helped her through the journey.
  “She is the one who is helping me. She’s helped me a lot to help me study all 100 questions,” Suwantala said.
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• Some Think It’s Too Easy To Amend The Colorado Constitution And It Needs To Change

  18-02-2016 03:50
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The November ballot in Colorado could be very crowded. The proposed initiatives this year hit on issues including assisted suicide, a fracking ban and single payer health care. All the proposals would require amending the state constitution, and some think that should change.
  Colorado is the only state in the country where it’s as easy for voters to change the constitution as it is to change a law.
  From regulation of hogs to qualifications of a county coroner, legaliz
  
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• Michelle Wilkins Tells Jury She Fought Attacker, Tried To Protect Unborn Baby

  18-02-2016 03:12
  
  By Lauren DiSpirito
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Testimony began Wednesday in the trial of the People vs. Dynel Lane, accused of attacking a pregnant Longmont woman in March and cutting her unborn baby from her body.
  Michelle Wilkins, who says she was attacked while responding to an online ad for baby clothes, took the stand, describing in detail what led up to the attack and telling the jury she fought to survive.
  Lane, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder, felony assault
  
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• Green Mountain Homeowners Warned About Munitions Left Over From WWII

  18-02-2016 02:38
  
  By Mark Taylor
  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – Homeowners on the north slope of Green Mountain are being warned that their properties may contain munitions leftover from pre-World War II artillery practice.
  The Army National Guard and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment held an informational open house on Wednesday to let the public know of the possible danger. The area was used as an artillery practice range from the 1930s to just before World War II.
  (credit: CBS)
  Residents liv
  
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• On Spring Training’s Eve, Rockies Uncertain Of Reyes’ Status

  18-02-2016 01:53
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) – While most of the Colorado Rockies already are at their spring training facility, shortstop Jose Reyes is a notable exception.
  Contact with Reyes has been limited since his Oct. 31 arrest in Hawaii on a domestic violence charge that could lead to discipline under Major League Baseball’s new domestic violence policy. Reyes pleaded not guilty to allegations of abusing his wife, and baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he hopes to have a decision on possible s
  
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• Rock Slide Will Keep I-70 In Glenwood Canyon Mostly Shut For Weeks

  18-02-2016 01:38
  
  GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – Traffic on a stretch of a key east-west highway in Colorado won’t be back to normal for weeks after boulders the size of small cars crashed onto the roadway, according to officials who added Wednesday that workers were still finding large amounts of loose rock days after the initial slide.
  (credit: CDOT)
  Monday’s slide on Interstate 70 about 125 miles east of the Utah border damaged a tractor-trailer but caused no injuries. The highway has si
  
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• Longmont Mother-To-Be Stabbing Trial Opens, Victim First To Take Stand

  18-02-2016 01:24
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – A woman who had her baby cut from her womb by someone she just met testified Wednesday she told herself she had to survive for the sake of her unborn daughter and tried to fight back.
  But Michelle Wilkins said Dynel Lane continued to choke and beat her in the March 18, 2015, attack, and she eventually lost consciousness. When she came to, she said, she was bleeding profusely from her abdomen and called 911.
  Dynel Lane (credit: CBS)
  Wilkins’ child didn’t su
  
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• Cigarette Sales Increase By Than A Million Packs From 2014 To 2015 In Colorado

  18-02-2016 01:13
  
  By Kathy Walsh
  DENVER (CBS4) – Cigarette sales in Colorado have increased for the first time in nearly a decade. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reports more than a million additional packs were sold in 2015 over 2014.
  Cathi Trail, manager of a Smoker Friendly store in Denver, says business is very good. The state sales numbers back that up. According to the Health Department, there were 194.4 million packs of cigarettes bought in Colorado in 2015, up 1.1 million (
  
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• Cigarette Sales Increase By More Than A Million Packs From 2014 To 2015 In Colorado

  18-02-2016 01:13
  
  By Kathy Walsh
  DENVER (CBS4) – Cigarette sales in Colorado have increased for the first time in nearly a decade. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reports more than a million additional packs were sold in 2015 over 2014.
  Cathi Trail, manager of a Smoker Friendly store in Denver, says business is very good. The state sales numbers back that up. According to the Health Department, there were 194.4 million packs of cigarettes bought in Colorado in 2015, up 1.1 million (
  
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• CDOT News Release Regarding I-70 Closure

  18-02-2016 01:01
  
  I-70 REMAINS CLOSED AS CREWS CONTINUE TO BRING DOWN DEBRIS FROM ROCK SCALING OPERATIONS
  Safety is priority before opening the interstate to travel through the canyon; pilot car operation not a certainty tomorrow
  GARFIELD COUNTY – While CDOT still hopes to open the highway tomorrow afternoon to single-lane, alternating traffic, this is not a certainty at this point. Rock scaling operations continued today in Glenwood Canyon, bringing significantly more debris down from the slope than origin
  
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• Man Accused In Christmas Night Head-On Crash Charged With 11th DUI

  18-02-2016 00:46
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The case of a man who has been charged with his 11th DUI was bound over for trial on Wednesday.
  According to Lynn Kimbrough with the district attorney’s office, Ramon Medrano-Corral, 54, has been charged with four counts of vehicular assault, two counts of second-degree assault, and two counts of DUI.
  Ramon Medrano-Corral (credit: Denver District Attorney)
  “The charges allege that on Christmas night … Medrano-Corral was driving drunk near 48th Avenue
  
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• Denver Sports Castle Among 3 Colorado Sports Authority Stores To Close

  18-02-2016 00:16
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – At least three Colorado Sports Authority stores are among 140 the company is planning to close nationwide, an official with Sports Authority confirmed on Wednesday.
  One of the stores that will be closed is the Sports Castle on 10th Avenue and Broadway in downtown Denver.
  (credit: CBS)
  According to the source, the stores will be closed over the next three months.The other two Colorado stores that will be shuttered are located in Greenwood Village and Boulder. It’s not
  
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• Mayor Hancock Announces New Initiative To Reduce Traffic Deaths In Denver

  18-02-2016 00:05
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – The City of Denver is launching a new initiative to reduce traffic deaths.
  Mayor Michael Hancock on Wednesday launched Denver’s Vision Zero. The goal is to eliminate all traffic deaths and serious injuries on Denver’s roadways.
  Mayor Michael Hancock at the announcement (credit: CBS)
  The Denver Police Department, Denver Public Works and Denver Health are collaborating with the city on the project.
  “Today Denver commits to reducing fatal crashes year over ye
  
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