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• Police Search For Robbers Who Swarmed Into Liquor Store

  14-07-2017 23:55
  
  ARVADA, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Arvada need help identifying the suspects who broke into a liquor store by smashing a truck through the front doors.
  (credit: Arvada Police)
  Surveillance video shows the group swarming Paradise Liquors at 5220 Wadsworth Boulevard and grabbing bottles off the shelves.
  They also got away with butane gas and other items.
  The crime happened on June 30.
  Investigators say the suspects all jumped into another truck and got away.
  (credit: Arvada Police)
  It was desc
  
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• Bear Goes On Rampage Inside SUV

  14-07-2017 23:41
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – A bear got into an SUV in Colorado’s high country this week and went on a rampage.
  (credit: CBS)
  The SUV belongs to a lodging company in Steamboat Springs, and employees say housekeepers left it unlocked while cleaning a home.
  When they cam outside they said the bear was inside the vehicle staring at them.
  (credit: CBS)
  Another worker opened the door and the bear ran off.
  (credit: CBS)
  No one ended up getting hurt, but officials from Colorado Parks and Wildlif
  
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• Meet the Mile High Prophet

  14-07-2017 23:25
  
  “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s season tickets.”It’s commandment number eight on the tablets of the Mile High Prophet.       
  
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• How Hot Is Too Hot Aboard An Airliner? The Law Doesn’t Say

  14-07-2017 23:11
  DENVER (AP) — Every day, tens of thousands of U.S. airline passengers settle into their seats, lower the window shades and reach up to twist the air vents without the benefit of something that might do even more to keep them cool: a rule setting temperature limits inside the cabin.
  Airlines have their own guidelines — some allowing the mercury to hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) — and federal regulations cover air flow and, more generally, passenger safety and comfort.
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• Keidel: How Does Roger Federer Keep Winning?

  14-07-2017 23:00
  
  By Jason Keidel
  John McEnroe got embroiled in a pseudo-controversy last month, when he was pseudo-tricked into giving a misogynist answer to a misleading question about Serena Williams.
  There are people who don’t worship Serena Williams, many for the wrong reasons, based on race, gender and all kinds of galling bigotry. But McEnroe, an earnest and honest admirer of Ms. Williams for years, isn’t one of them.
  But no matter where we place Williams on the men’s circuit, there&rsquo
  
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• Registration Still Open For Saturday’s Muckfest, The ‘Fun Mud Run’

  14-07-2017 22:56
  
  By Jamie Leary
  PARKER, Colo. (CBS4) – Registration is still open for one of the filthiest 5K runs in the state.
  This is the eighth year the National MS Society has hosted MuckFest and in that time the national event has raised around $29 million.
  (credit: CBS)
  The event is all about having fun and it seems there is a new obstacle to tackle every year. This year the new obstacle is the “slippy sloppy.” A water slide with — what else? A muddy pool plunge at the end!
  In addi
  
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• Which Prospects Might We Soon See In The Majors?

  14-07-2017 22:12
  
  With the All-Star game behind us and the “Super-Two” deadline long in the rear view mirror, many MLB teams will begin to consider calling up their top prospects. We have already seen guys like Clint Frazier and Derek Fisher make their major-league debuts, but what other minor leaguers might get the big promotion in the coming weeks? While Tim Tebow has been raking in Advanced-A, it is unlikely he makes an appearance at Citi Field this season. But here are some prospects who’s n
  
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• Conditioning test returns for Broncos

  14-07-2017 22:00
  
  Unlike past years, Denver Bronco players will sweat through a conditioning test on the eve of training camp.       
  
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• Judge Sentences Teen Responsible For Foothills Hitchhiking Attack

  14-07-2017 21:53
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – A 16-year-old boy who attacked a woman who stopped to help him has been sentenced to six years in a youth detention facility.
  Jeffrey Collins (credit: Boulder County)
  Investigators say the 71-year-old victim picked up Jeffrey Collins and two other teens after she saw them hitchhiking in Lefthand Canyon last September.
  When they got to her house, Collins hit her over the head with a fire poker, leaving her with serious injuries.
  Investigators say Collins wanted to kn
  
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• Why The Best Treatment For Prostate Cancer May Be No Treatment At All

  14-07-2017 21:07
  
  By Dr. Dave Hnida
  (CBS4) – The best treatment for early prostate cancer may be no treatment at all. And that’s an important change in thinking when it comes to the standard approach to men diagnosed with the disease.
  Here’s the gist of a new study from the New England Journal of Medicine.
  Researchers began following men diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer in 1994, and compared how those who had aggressive treatment such as surgery or radiation did versus t
  
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• Planned FedEx Facility Would Expand Ground Service

  14-07-2017 21:02
  
  LOUISVILLE, Colo. (CBS4) – FedEx is expanding its ground service and plans to do that with a new facility in Colorado.The Daily Camera reports FeDex wants to build near the intersection of Taylor Avenue and Cherry Street in the Colorado Tech Center.
  The site will house 104 vans, have customer service and also counter sales.
  Louisville’s planning commission will discuss the proposal next month.
  
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• Bronco QBs to hold pass camp in Denver

  14-07-2017 20:27
  
  KUSA—The off-campus passing "camp" tradition will continue for the Broncos, if on a smaller scale.       
  
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• Stolen Shelter Dog With ‘Indomitable Spirit’ Returns To Colorado

  14-07-2017 20:14
  By Matt KroschelGLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – A Colorado shelter dog stolen in March and discovered in Las Vegas earlier this month has been reunited with animal rescue and is now looking for a forever home.
  Nearly four months ago the Colorado Animal Rescue on County Road 114 in Glenwood Springs said a couple took Zeb for a walk — a common practice at the shelter — but they never returned.
  “We couldn’t believe it when we got the call from Nevada,” said CARE
  
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• Trump’s Travel Ban Watered Down By Another Court Setback

  14-07-2017 19:59
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — In another setback for President Donald Trump, a federal judge in Hawaii further weakened the already-diluted travel ban by vastly expanding the list of U.S. family relationships that visitors from six Muslim-majority countries can use to get into the country.
  The ruling Thursday was the latest volley in the fierce fight over the ban Trump first tried to put in place in January. It will culminate with arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in October.
  The rules are not so
  
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• Drones Used To Track Emerald Ash Borer

  14-07-2017 19:15
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – In recent years the emerald ash borer has begun killing trees in Boulder County. Researchers there are now using drones to track the voracious bugs.
  Researchers from Colorado College are working with two companies who specialize in drones on the project.(credit: CBS)
  The drone being used for the project has a special camera on it that can see details of a tree’s health.
  “There are two things we’re looking — species identification so we can se
  
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• Best and worst of Manning-hosted ESPYs

  14-07-2017 18:18
  
  KUSA—As Peyton Manning was making a big deal about the 25th anniversary of the ESPY awards, it occurred to me I had never watched more than a few minutes of the previous 24 shows.       
  
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• Ultrarunners Race Through Colorado’s San Juan Mountains

  14-07-2017 18:13
  
  SILVERTON, Colo. (AP) — Nearly 150 ultrarunners are racing through Colorado’s San Juan Mountains in the annual Hardrock Hundred Endurance Run.
  The race began Friday morning in Silverton. This year the route is being run counterclockwise, taking runners from Lake City, Ouray and Telluride and then back to Silverton.
  (credit: HardRock100.com)
  The 100-mile course includes 13 mountain passes of at least 12,000 feet. The average elevation is more than 11,000 feet.
  Participants run through
  
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• Man Found Murdered At Security Company

  14-07-2017 17:25
  
  DENVER (CBS4) – A man was found murdered at a security company in Denver’s Clayton neighborhood overnight.
  (credit: CBS)
  A call on a welfare check initially brought officers to the scene late Thursday night.
  Front Range Patrol is located on the 4200 block of North Milwaukee Street. On its website it says the company provides armed and unarmed guards for a variety of needs for businesses and events around the Denver metro area.
  So far it’s not clear if the victim was an employee
  
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• Commuters Brave The Rapids On Tube To Work Day

  14-07-2017 17:03
  
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – How did you get to work today?
  For hundreds of commuters in Boulder, it was — by tube.(credit: CBS)
  One of Colorado’s silliest traditions — Tube to Work Day — was kept up in fine form on Friday on Boulder Creek.
  The concept is simple: instead of riding a bike, taking a bus or carpooling to work why not get from Point A to Point B on a tube?
  (credit: CBS)
  Many tubers braved the rapids near downtown Boulder wearing ties and biking helmets, look
  
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• Latest Forecast: Dry Air Battles Moisture And Should Win In Denver

  14-07-2017 15:31
  
  By Ashton Altieri
  DENVER (CBS4) – Monsoon moisture will stream into Colorado on Friday from the south. And at the same time dry air will stream in from the north. It seems likely the dry air will “win” at least as far south as Denver and therefore the chance for thunderstorms in the metro area this afternoon or evening is relatively limited. Meanwhile, scattered showers and thunderstorms are almost likely from Colorado Springs to the south as well as in the mountains south of I
  
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• Judge in Hawaii hands Trump latest defeat on travel ban

  14-07-2017 13:32
  
  HONOLULU — In another setback for President Donald Trump, a federal judge in Hawaii has further weakened his already diluted travel ban by vastly expanding the list of family relationships with U.S. citizens that visa applicants can use to get into the U.S.
  The ruling is the latest piece of pushback in the fierce fight set off by the ban Trump first attempted in January. It will culminate with arguments in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in October.
  The current rules aren’t so much a
  
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• Denver police sergeant suspended for misusing federal crime database

  14-07-2017 13:10
  
  A Denver Police Department sergeant is in trouble after he left his district during a patrol shift and misused a federal criminal database in an attempt to find his daughter’s missing cellphone.
  Sgt. Joseph Rodarte will be suspended without pay for three days for failing to obey departmental rules about using the National Crime Information Center database and failing to devote his duty time to patrolling, according to a copy of his June 23 disciplinary letter obtained by The Denver Post.
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• Denver Police officer will lose vacation time for failing to activate body camera

  14-07-2017 13:00
  
  A Denver Police officer will lose a paid vacation day for failing to turn on his body camera while interviewing witnesses to a crash.
  Officer Patrick Richards, who has been a Denver officer since 2006, admitted to making a mistake when he failed to activate his camera while investigating a traffic crash on March 21, according to his disciplinary letter. It was the second time in 12 months that Richards was called out for failing to use the camera.
  Richards had spoken to two people at the crash s
  
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• Ask Amy: Landlord status ends friendship

  14-07-2017 12:30
  
  Dear Amy: My husband and I rented our house to friends approximately two years ago, for substantially BELOW-market rent. Shortly after they moved in, property values started going up and we hinted that we would like to sell the property when they vacated it.
  About six months after their lease ended, we thought they were getting ready to move out. However, they broadsided us with news that the husband had cancer. We told them not to worry about moving at that point. We feel that we have been pati
  
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• “Wish Upon”: a likable cast in an unentertaining tale

  14-07-2017 09:00
  
  “Wish Upon” revives the Orientalist mysticism at the heart of the teen-friendly “Gremlins” — an enigmatic Asian artifact leads to mayhem and murder — but it’s nowhere as entertaining as the 1984 horror classic.
  The movie opens, ominously, with a melancholy suburban mom (Elisabeth Röhm) placing a canvas-wrapped item in the trash as her young daughter tools around the block on her bike. Moments later, the girl returns home to discover that her mother
  
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• “War for the Planet of the Apes” spins a tale that is not just thrilling but soulful, too

  14-07-2017 09:00
  
  The best thing about the rebooted “Planet of the Apes” film series has always been the apes. Impressive on a technical level and a dramatic one, these motion-capture creatures — representing intelligent, even soulful chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos — outshine their human counterparts in terms of emotional connection with the audience. They may not be people, but they are, in every sense of the word, fully rounded characters.
  The title of the newest installme
  
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• PHOTOS: On this day – July 13, 1985, Live Aid Concert

  14-07-2017 08:47
  
  “Live Aid,” organized by Bob Geldof, was an international rock concert in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney to raise money for Africa’s starving people.
  
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• DeVos: Too many college students have been treated unfairly under Obama-era sexual assault policy

  14-07-2017 08:00
  
  WASHINGTON – Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Thursday that too many students have been treated unfairly as colleges have sought to comply with Obama-era policy on handling sexual assault, but she declined to offer any specifics about how she intends to move forward on one of the more controversial and closely watched issues handled by her agency.
  “No student should feel like there isn’t a way to seek justice, and no student should feel that the scales are tipped against hi
  
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• Fired voice of Kermit the Frog says he’s “devastated”

  14-07-2017 07:56
  
  LOS ANGELES — It isn’t easy being green. But no longer being green is apparently even harder.
  Steve Whitmire, the puppeteer who was fired after 27 years as Kermit the Frog said Thursday he is “devastated to have failed” Muppets founder and his mentor Jim Henson.
  Whitmire has been with the Muppets since 1978, and took over as Kermit after Henson died in 1990. He wrote an emotional blog post in response to his firing a day after it was made public.
  He said he was let go aga
  
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• Panel calls on FDA to review safety of opioid painkillers

  14-07-2017 07:41
  
  By Carla K. Johnson, The Associated Press
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should review the safety and effectiveness of all opioids, and consider the real-world impacts the powerful painkillers have, not only on patients, but also on families, crime and the demand for heroin.
  That’s the conclusion of a sweeping report Thursday from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. It urges the FDA to bolster a public health approach that already has resulted in one painki
  
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• Police Search For 3rd Suspect In Deadly Shooting

  14-07-2017 06:56
  
  DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver have arrested two suspects wanted in the shooting death of a man at Colfax Avenue and Pennsylvania Street early Sunday morning and are looking for a third suspect.
  Justin Slyter (credit: Denver Police)
  Police say the victim, Justin Slyter, 39, was shot outside the 7-Eleven just after midnight. He apparently was trying to get his wallet back from a homeless person who stole it.
  That’s when at least two other men jumped into the fight and one of them sho
  
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• Immigration Activists Urge Support For DACA Program

  14-07-2017 06:40
  By Jeff Todd
  DENVER (CBS4)– Colorado’s immigration activists say there is a very real threat coming from Washington and they want Colorado officials to show their support.
  “I carry this fear, this anxiety this panic of knowing that I can be taken away from my family and my partner any day,” said Ana Rodriguez with Colorado People’s Alliance.
  Ana Rodriguez with Colorado People’s Alliance (credit: CBS)
  This group of activists say they’re concerned about a
  
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• Arson Investigators Offer $5,000 Reward In Fireworks Fire

  14-07-2017 06:11
  
  By Karen Morfitt
  LONE TREE, Colo. (CBS4)– A brush fire started by fireworks is now an arson investigation. Officials are hoping a $5,000 reward will help lead them to the suspects.
  Just before 11 p.m. on the 4th of July, South Metro Fire Rescue responded to the Bluffs Regional Park for a brush fire.
  The fire in Lone Tree (credit: South Metro Fire)
  Witness video shows the early moments of that fire. Officials say fireworks started the blaze.
  The video shows at least one person using a piece
  
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• Children’s Hospital Joins Fight Against GOP Health Care Bill

  14-07-2017 05:20
  
  AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Children’s Hospital Colorado is joining the fight against the Republican health care bill. They want to make sure that sick children are not left behind.
  Sen. Cory Gardner was able to get a new provision in the revised version of the bill to protect Medicaid for some of the most vulnerable children.
  (credit: CBS)
  Children’s Hospital says the bill still falls short of protecting all children on Medicaid, those with disabilities and chronic diseases, for who
  
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• Paul Millsap’s Nuggets Signing Brings Him Back To His Roots

  14-07-2017 04:45
  DENVER (AP) — Paul Millsap was welcomed back to his old neighborhood with a reception that included a drum line and cheering children.
  It was a contrast to how the newest Denver Nuggets player left town years ago as a kid — his mom struggling to make ends meet.
  Paul Millsap (credit: CBS)
  That wasn’t lost on the four-time All-Star forward as he was introduced at a recreation center Thursday after signing a three-year deal worth $90 million. He spent nearly a dozen years in a sub
  
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• Police Search For Bike Path Stabbing Suspect

  14-07-2017 04:37
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Boulder are searching for the person who stabbed a man on the bike path in Boulder.The stabbing happened just after 9 p.m. Wednesday near the Boulder Public Library on Arapahoe Avenue. (credit CBS)
  Police say the 53-year-old victim heard footsteps behind him and then he was stabbed.The suspect ran off the bike path. The victim was treated at the hospital.
  Anyone with information about the stabbing is asked to call the Boulder Police Department at (303) 441-
  
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• Woman Facing Voter Fraud Charges Appears In Court

  14-07-2017 04:04
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – A Colorado Springs woman facing six counts of felony forgery for allegedly repeatedly forging her deceased parents signatures on mail-in ballots, appeared before a judge on Thursday.
  CBS4’s Brian Maass interviews Sarilu Sosa-Sanchez (credit: CBS)
  The charges against Sarilu Sosa-Sanchez, 59, follow a CBS4 investigation last fall into ballots being cast in the name of dead voters.
  Sosa-Sanchez’s mother, Sara, died in 2009. She was a registered Rep
  
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• Nearly 3,400 Colorado Voters Withdraw Registration Following Trump Request

  14-07-2017 03:46
  DENVER (CBS4)– Thousands of voters in Colorado have withdrawn their voter registration following the Trump Administration’s request for voter information.
  According to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, 3,394 voters have withdrawn their voter registration and another 182 have become confidential voters.
  Election judge Ed Wingfield of Denver, Colorado accepts ballots outside the Denver Elections Division offices on November 8, 2016. (Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)
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• Great Red Spot A ‘Storm Of Storms’

  14-07-2017 03:16
  
  By Melissa Garcia
  JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– Scientists at Lockheed Martin in Littleton are receiving the best images ever recorded of Jupiter’s ‘great red spot.’
  The aerospace company’s solar-powered spacecraft “Juno” has been taking images of the planet since reaching its orbit on July 4, 2016.
  (credit: NASA)
  On Tuesday, Juno finished its seventh pass around the gas giant.
  The latest orbit, which took 53 days, captured close, clear images of the p
  
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• Badge pit bull as first-ever K-9 unit

  14-07-2017 02:41
  
  Colorado's first statewide law enforcement agency, the Colorado Mounted Rangers, is also leading the way by using a pit bull as its first-ever K-9 unit.       
  
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• ‘Diabolical Little Creatures’: Gardeners Take On Japanese Beetle

  14-07-2017 02:30
  DENVER (CBS4) – Backyard gardeners, like Angela Fioretti, are engaged in a war on the invasive Japanese beetle that now infest parts of Colorado.
  (credit CBS)
  “They are diabolical little creatures,” she told CBS4 Thursday.
  ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Japanese Beetle Best Practices
  The infestation was first reported in the Denver-area in 2010, but the population has exploded in the last three growing seasons. The Colorado Department of Agriculture tracks the infestation and while the
  
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• Moon Dust Collected By Neil Armstrong To Be Auctioned In New York

  14-07-2017 02:17
  NEW YORK (AP) — Moon dust that Neil Armstrong collected during the first lunar landing was displayed Thursday at a New York auction house — a symbol of America’s glory days in space now valued at $2 million to $4 million.
  The late astronaut brought the dust and some rocks back to Earth in an ordinary-looking bag.
  It’s one of 180 lots linked to space travel that Sotheby’s is auctioning off July 20 to mark the 48th anniversary of the pioneer lunar landing on that date
  
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• Minnesota Judge Cancels Universal Deal With Prince Estate

  14-07-2017 02:14
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has ruled that Universal Music Group should be released from a music rights deal with Prince’s estate.
  Universal struck a deal with the estate in January, but the estate later sought to cancel the deal after Warner Bros. Records claimed it conflicted with a contract it signed with Prince in 2014.
  Carver County District Judge Kevin Eide granted the estate’s request in a ruling late Thursday. The judge wrote that interpreting the contracts is
  
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