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• Video: Avalanche Survivor Collapses After Reunited With Wife

  15-02-2017 23:59
  
  GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Two backcountry skiers were caught in an avalanche in Garfield County on Tuesday afternoon. One did not survive and the other had to be rescued.
  (credit: Steamboat Today)
  The snow slide happened near Sheriff’s Reservoir in the Flat Tops Wilderness Area in Garfield County about 40 miles southwest of Steamboat Springs.
  It marked Colorado’s first avalanche death of the season.
  (credit: CBS)
  Steamboat Today shared video of Sean Searle, 42, from Frank
  
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• Denver Breaks Record High, Several Hundred Set In Colorado Since Feb. 1

  15-02-2017 23:56
  
  It's been a warm February across Colorado and the temperature records prove it.
  
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• Colorado Lawmakers Consider Tougher Texting & Driving Penalties

  15-02-2017 23:33
  
  By Libby Smith
  DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill that would make the penalties for texting and driving tougher. The bill has some surprising supporters who have made it their mission to make the roads safer.
  Brian and Jacquie Lehner (credit: CBS)
  “Brian and Jacquie were very involved members of the community, liked by everybody, I don’t think they had an enemy,” said Lori Taggart, an acquaintance of Brian and Jacquie Lehner.
  The Lehners were l
  
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• Baby Girl Found, Mom Still Missing

  15-02-2017 23:30
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – A 1-year-old girl, last seen in Boulder on Sunday, has been found but her mother remains missing.(credit: Boulder Police)
  Police continue to search for the mother, Ashley Elizabeth Mead. The little girl, Winter Daisy Mead, was located in Oklahoma just outside Tulsa about 1:15 p.m. Wednesday.
  Boulder Police locate missing child and continue to search for her mother: https://t.co/CuVhYHwBD3 pic.twitter.com/tDM8hr6cDZ
  — Boulder Police Dept. (@boulderpolice) Febru
  
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• Teen Dies After Hitting Tree At Winter Park

  15-02-2017 23:28
  
  WINTER PARK, Colo. (CBS4)– A 17-year-old died after she struck a tree while skiing at Winter Park.The young woman struck a tree on Forget-Me-Not, an intermediate trail in Parsenn Bowl, about 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday.Ski patrol responded and rushed the teenager to Denver Health East Grand ER at the base of the resort. Unfortunately continued efforts to revive her proved unsuccessful.No other skiers or riders were involved.Winter Park Resort said that it “extends its deepest condolences
  
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• Denver Breaks Another Record High, Several Hundred Set In Colorado Since Feb. 1

  15-02-2017 23:13
  
  By Chris Spears
  DENVER (CBS4) – The temperature at Denver International Airport hit 67 degrees at 3:16 p.m. Wednesday which broke the record high for Feb. 15 set 31 years ago.
  Denver’s average temperature for the first two weeks of February was 41 degrees, which is nearly 10 degrees above normal.
  According to the National Centers for Environmental Prediction 298 record high temperatures were either tied or broken in Colorado during the first 13 days of February.
  18 record high maximu
  
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• Colorado Has 834 Million Dead Trees, Fires Could Get Worse

  15-02-2017 22:39
  
  DENVER (AP) – Foresters say Colorado has about 834 million standing dead trees, threatening to worsen wildfires and degrade vital water supplies that flow from forested mountains.
  The Colorado State Forest Service said Wednesday the number of dead trees has risen nearly 30 percent in seven years.
  They are most visible in forests infested by the mountain pine beetle and the spruce beetle, which have together attacked more than 7,900 square miles in Colorado.
  Dead trees can burn more intense
  
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• Elementary School Teacher Guilty Of Sexually Assaulting Students

  15-02-2017 22:13
  
  BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) – A former elementary school teacher has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two students.
  Gilbert Trujillo assaulted the young girls between 2004 and 2011 when he taught third, fourth and fifth graders at Dupont Elementary School.
  Gilbert Trujillo (credit Adams County DA)
  The victims testified that Trujillo started by giving the girls gifts and writing them love letters, and then eventually started molesting them.
  Trujillo will be sentenced in April.
  
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• Seal For Bilingual High School Grads Clears Colorado Hurdle

  15-02-2017 21:56
  
  DENVER (AP) — A movement to add a seal to the high-school diplomas of Colorado students who speak more than one language has cleared a hurdle that stopped it last year.
  The “seal of biliteracy” would mean that a student can speak English and one other language.
  The state Senate approved the seal 30-5 Wednesday. Last year, the chamber rejected the seal. The bill now heads to the House.
  A few Colorado school districts already offer bilingual seals. The bill would set statewide st
  
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• Police Arrest Man After He Set Own Home On Fire

  15-02-2017 21:50
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Aurora arrested an armed and dangerous suspect wanted in an earlier incident involving a series of bizarre events that started in Federal Heights early Wednesday morning.The ordeal began when police in Federal Heights investigated a man who sent threatening texts to his girlfriend before he set his mobile home on fire.
  Officers rushed to the home in the Kimberly Hills Mobile Park near 92nd Avenue and Federal Boulevard early Wednesday morning. Inve
  
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• Andrew Puzder Withdrawing Nomination For Labor Secretary

  15-02-2017 21:50
  
  WASHINGTON (CBS4/AP) — In statement, Andrew Puzder says he’s withdrawing his nomination for labor secretary.
  The CEO of CKE Restaurants Inc. says in a statement provided to The Associated Press that he was “honored to have been considered by President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Labor and put America’s workers and businesses back on a path to sustainable prosperity.”
  Puzder says “while I won’t be serving in the administration, I fully support
  
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• Federal Judge Hears Free Speech Argument After DIA Rally

  15-02-2017 21:30
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A federal judge in Denver heard arguments on Wednesday about how Denver International Airport handles Free Speech and protests.
  Protesters asked the federal court judge to issue an injunction against the City of Denver and police after demonstrators were asked to leave DIA last month.
  Travel ban protesters gathered Jan. 28 at Denver Int’l Airport. (credit:: CBS)
  The response was strong and immediate to President Donald Trump’s travel ban. Protesters rushed to air
  
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• Warm Weather Blamed For Early End To Evergreen Lake Skating Season

  15-02-2017 20:56
  
  EVERGREEN, Colo. (CBS4) – Warm weather is being blamed for the early end to the Evergreen Lake skating season.
  The lake has closed its entire outdoor ice rink for the season.
  The Evergreen Lake House will remain open on weekends for the public to purchase snacks, beverages, and apparel. They can also use the restroom or just warm up but the lake will not be open for skating.
  The early closing of the lake opens up the Evergreen Lake House for other private events like weddings, special
  
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• Mother Of 4 Defies Deportation Order, Takes Sanctuary In Church

  15-02-2017 20:10
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– A mother of four is defying a deportation order by taking sanctuary at a church in Denver.Jeanette Vizguerra came to the United States illegally 14 years ago. She declined to meet with immigration officials in Centennial on Wednesday because of fears that she would be deported.Jeanette Vizguerra (credit: CBS)
  Dozens of supporters rallied in Centennial, calling for immigration officials to allow Vizguerra to stay. (credit: CBS)
  She has taken sanctuary in the First Unitarian S
  
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• Colorado Group Tries To Lure Outdoor Retailer Show From Utah

  15-02-2017 19:14
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Colorado land conservation group is highlighting why the state would be a better home for the Outdoor Retailer show than Salt Lake City with advertisements in Utah’s two largest newspapers.
  The half-page advertisements from Conservation Colorado ran Wednesday in The Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News as show organizers consider moving the show after two decades in Utah.
  Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and the state’s Republican leaders are facing backlash from th
  
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• Lawmakers Debate Student Privacy Bill

  15-02-2017 18:58
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– State lawmakers are discussing a bill aimed at protecting student privacy when it comes to citizenship and religion.The bill would eliminate questions about those two topics on SAT and PSAT tests.
  The lawmaker sponsoring the bill says those tests were originally used for college admissions only.Last year, K-12 schools started using the questions for taxpayer funded state assessments.“Using a tool designed for college admission. We’re collecting information from s
  
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• Police Arrest Armed & Dangerous Suspect

  15-02-2017 18:50
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Aurora arrested an armed and dangerous suspect several hours after roads were closed and businesses were evacuated Wednesday morning.Officers were trying to take the adult male into custody in the 3000 block of South Peoria Street for domestic violence related charges about 2:30 a.m.(credit: CBS)
  Officers followed the suspect to a business, believed to be a tattoo shop, where the man had been hiding since about 4 a.m. Wednesday. Officers said the man ran int
  
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• Americans Would Choose Money Over True Love, According To A Survey

  15-02-2017 18:01
  
  (CBS) – Does love really conquer all? If it’s up against cold, hard cash – true love may be choice number two.
  According to a survey conducted by Survey Monkey and Money magazine, more people would choose the cash over love.
  Predictably, those happily married are the least likely to choose money over true love. Alarmingly, though, barely more than half would choose true love over $1 million. The majority shifts to money when asking single, never married participants at 55%
  
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• Man Sends Threatening Texts, Sets Home On Fire

  15-02-2017 17:48
  
  FEDERAL HEIGHTS, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Federal Heights investigated a series of bizarre events that started with a man who sent threatening texts to a woman before he set his mobile home on fire.
  Officers rushed to the home in the Kimberly Hills Mobile Park near 92nd Avenue and Federal Boulevard early Wednesday morning. (credit: CBS)
  Investigators say the man sent a woman who lived in the mobile home with him threatening texts and included officers in the texts. (credit: CBS)
  He ran away
  
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• Police Body Cam Video Shows Moment That Led To Cop’s Firing

  15-02-2017 17:35
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Video evidence released by the Denver District Attorney’s office shows why a 48-year-old former Denver police officer recently resigned from his job.
  Former Denver Police Officer Julian Archuleta (credit: CBS)
  The video is from former Officer Julian Archuleta’s police body camera, and it captures him handling money at a crime scene.
  Last fall, Julian Archuleta assisted fellow police officers in north Denver. Two suspects had fired shots in the officers’ di
  
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• Nick Faldo On Genesis Open: ‘I Love The Course’

  15-02-2017 17:30
  
  By Dave Shedloski
  One of the most popular venues among players on the PGA TOUR, Riviera Country Club provides the perfect curtain call for the West Coast Swing at this week’s Genesis Open.
  Opened in 1927, Riviera, designed by George C. Thomas, is a pure shot-making challenge with its numerous doglegs and tilted greens. Ben Hogan won the 1948 U.S. Open and two L.A. Opens in a span of 18 months, thus it is called “Hogan’s Alley.” Today the par-71 layout measures 7,322 yards
  
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• Police Search For Armed & Dangerous Suspect

  15-02-2017 17:12
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Aurora urged residents in one neighborhood to stay indoors until officers could take an armed and dangerous suspect into custody on Wednesday morning.Officers were trying to take the adult male into custody in the 3000 block of South Peoria Street for domestic violence related charges.North and southbound South Peoria Street from East Cornell Avenue to South Parker Road were closed for safety. Police urged people living in this area to stay indoors until the
  
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• Plumlee To Make Debut As Nuggets Host Timberwolves

  15-02-2017 17:12
  
  The Nuggets will try to build on their best win of the season when they host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday in the final game before the All-Star break for both teams.
  
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• Some Colorado Lawmakers Make A Push To Use The Popular Vote

  15-02-2017 17:02
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – Some Colorado lawmakers want to change how some states’ electoral votes would count in future presidential elections. It would move the country toward a system where whomever wins the most votes nationwide wins the presidency.
  The lawmaker carrying the bill says people demanded it after this year’s election in which Hillary Clinton won the popular vote but Donald Trump won the election.
  The Constitution gives states discretion in how they dole out their electora
  
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• CTE Could Become A Problem For Soccer, Study Finds

  15-02-2017 16:35
  
  (CBS) – Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, more commonly referred to as CTE, is a disastrous brain disease that is currently plaguing the National Football League, but a study shows that soccer is not impervious to CTE.
  CTE stems from repetitive blows to the head, lending it to be a natural concern for soccer. It’s not as violent a sport as football, but the regularity of heading sown into the fabric of the game gives the sport a reason for trepidation going forward.
  The stu
  
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• A Line Fully Operational After Fatal Collision

  15-02-2017 16:04
  
  DENVER (AP) – Denver’s airport train is fully operational again following a fatal collision with a van at a railroad crossing.
  Passengers had to take a bus part of the way Tuesday following the crash but full service from downtown to the airport resumed Wednesday.(credit: CBS)
  Police are focusing on whether the driver of the van intentionally pulled in front of an airport-bound train in Aurora.
  The man drove past a police officer guarding the railroad crossing and drove onto the firs
  
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• Coffman Responds To Firing Of Michael Flynn

  15-02-2017 16:03
  
  WASHINGTON (CBS4) – Rep. Mike Coffman agrees with Republicans on the House Ethics Committee who don’t think President Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn needs to be investigated for ethics violations following his ouster over interactions with Russian officials.
  Mike Coffman (credit: CBS)
  The Republican who represents Colorado’s 6th Congressional District spoke with CBS4 Tuesday about the termination of Flynn, which he had called for prior to Mo
  
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• Latest Forecast: Near Record Highs Wednesday, Broken Records Thursday

  15-02-2017 15:39
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – As a large ridge of high pressure builds over Colorado on Wednesday, temperatures will climb far above normal statewide. In Denver and along the Front Range, highs will be in the lower and middle 60s. The record in Denver is 66° set in 1986. That record is likely safe but high temperatures will get close!
  It will also be crystal clear across the state on Wednesday and Wednesday night. Remember sunscreen if you’re planning to spend extended period
  
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• Mom, Baby Girl Go Missing In Boulder

  15-02-2017 14:22
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – Boulder police are searching for a missing baby and her mother who haven’t been seen for several days.
  (credit: Boulder Police)
  The mother is Ashley Elizabeth Mead and when she didn’t show up to work on Tuesday both she and her daughter Winter Daisy Mead, a one-year-old, were reported missing.
  Adam Densmore (credit: Boulder Police)
  The child may be with her father Adam Densmore, but police can’t say much more about him besides he’s driving a
  
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• 911 Call Allegedly Not Answered After 15 Minutes

  15-02-2017 07:31
  
  By Karen Morfitt
  DENVER (CBS4) – A number of questions are being raised after a call to 911 is said to have gone unanswered for more than 15 minutes.
  The call was made to report an armed robbery in the Whittier neighborhood on Sunday at approximately 8 p.m.
  Michael Davanzo was at work at the Whittier Cafe when he says the Lincoln Market next door was robbed.
  Michael Devanzo is interviewed by CBS4’s Karen Morfitt (credit: CBS)
  “The cashier and one of the patrons from n
  
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• Rams Hold Off Wyoming 78-73, Win 4th Straight

  15-02-2017 06:09
  
  LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) – Gian Clavell scored 20 points, Emmanuel Omogbo scored 19 and grabbed 16 rebounds for his 15th double-double this season as Colorado State held off a late surge to defeat Wyoming 78-73 on Tuesday night.
  Prentiss Nixon scored seven of his 16 points in the final 34 seconds, burying a 3-pointer and making four straight free throws as Colorado State (18-9, 10-4 Mountain West Conference) won its fourth in a row and broke a string of five straight Wyoming wins in the cross-bo
  
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• Colorado State Holds Off Wyoming 78-73, Wins 4th Straight

  15-02-2017 06:09
  
  LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) – Gian Clavell scored 20 points, Emmanuel Omogbo scored 19 and grabbed 16 rebounds for his 15th double-double this season as Colorado State held off a late surge to defeat Wyoming 78-73 on Tuesday night.
  Prentiss Nixon scored seven of his 16 points in the final 34 seconds, burying a 3-pointer and making four straight free throws as Colorado State (18-9, 10-4 Mountain West Conference) won its fourth in a row and broke a string of five straight Wyoming wins in the cross-bo
  
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• Gov. Hickenlooper Talks Pot Challenges In California Capitol

  15-02-2017 06:07
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper told California state senators Tuesday to set standards for edible marijuana goods and driving under the influence of cannabis as soon as possible to avoid repeating mistakes his state made when it legalized recreational pot.
  The senators heard from Hickenlooper as the Legislature prepares to regulate sales of the drug. California voters legalized recreational marijuana in November through Proposition 64.
  Colorado legalized recreati
  
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• Avs Lose 4th Straight, Fall To New Jersey 3-2

  15-02-2017 05:44
  
  The Avs nearly came up with the tying goal in the final seconds with goaltender Jeremy Smith on the bench for an extra attacker, but ended up losing to the Devils 3-2.
  
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• Questions Raised After 911 Call Not Answered After 15 Minutes

  15-02-2017 05:31
  
  By Karen Morfitt
  DENVER (CBS4) – A number of questions are being raised after a call to 911 is said to have gone unanswered for more than 15 minutes.
  The call was made to report an armed robbery in the Whittier neighborhood on Sunday at approximately 8 p.m.
  Michael Devanzo was at work at the Whittier Cafe when he says the Lincoln Market next door was robbed.
  Michael Devanzo is interviewed by CBS4’s Karen Morfitt (credit: CBS)
  “The cashier and one of the patrons from n
  
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• Questions Raised After 911 Call Allegedly Not Answered After 15 Minutes

  15-02-2017 05:31
  
  By Karen Morfitt
  DENVER (CBS4) – A number of questions are being raised after a call to 911 is said to have gone unanswered for more than 15 minutes.
  The call was made to report an armed robbery in the Whittier neighborhood on Sunday at approximately 8 p.m.
  Michael Devanzo was at work at the Whittier Cafe when he says the Lincoln Market next door was robbed.
  Michael Devanzo is interviewed by CBS4’s Karen Morfitt (credit: CBS)
  “The cashier and one of the patrons from n
  
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• Victim Of Devastating Crash Meets With Mayor About Pedestrian Safety

  15-02-2017 04:29
  
  By Andrea Flores
  DENVER (CBS4) – The survivor of a horrible 2013 crash spoke with Mayor Michael Hancock about the importance of pedestrian safety Tuesday, in a push to make changes.
  Four years ago, security cameras caught a car plowing into Dee Bridgeman, then 16 years old, as she crossed East Colfax Avenue on her way to East High School.
  Dee Bridgeman with Mayor Michael Hancock (credit: CBS)
  Denver police say Erin Jackson, the driver of the car, ran a red light, hit Bridgeman, and then fl
  
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• White House Tours To Resume In March

  15-02-2017 02:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Chuck Grassley can tell his wife that White House public tours are resuming March 7.
  The tours had been temporarily suspended, which is typical when there’s a new president. But the length of the suspension apparently had begun to cause angst, notably in Grassley’s household.
  The Iowa Republican tweeted this past Sunday: “Whoever monitors twitter at WH for businessman president Trump ‘when is WH going to be opened for public tours?’ Mrs
  
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• Geese droppings dot Denver parks

  15-02-2017 02:53
  
  Take a stroll through Washington Park and it's hard not to run into a goose or at least what they leave behind on the pavement and grass.       
  
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• Costs To Repair Dam Could Reach Hundreds Of Millions

  15-02-2017 02:51
  
  OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) – The head of California’s water agency says repairs to the damaged concrete spillway at Oroville Dam will cost between $100 million and $200 million.
  Department of Water Resources Acting Director Bill Croyle said Tuesday that teams are already working on plans for repairing the dam’s main spillway.
  Croyle says the preliminary cost estimate is based on limited information. He says long-term repairs will likely begin after the spring runoff season, when cre
  
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• 1 killed in avalanche

  15-02-2017 02:04
  
  One person was killed in an avalanche in a remote area of the Flat Tops Wilderness Area in Garfield County, according to Deputy Walt Stowe.       
  
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• Hickenlooper gets real about marijuana

  15-02-2017 02:02
  
  Want to know what Governor Hickenlooper hates the most about legal pot in Colorado? Just eavesdrop on him like we did on Tuesday afternoon.       
  
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