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• CBS4 Sports Poll: Who has been the Rockies’ MVP this season?

  19-08-2017 23:46
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• Paxton Lynch To Start For Broncos Saturday Night

  19-08-2017 23:01
  SAN FRANCISCO (CBS4) – Paxton Lynch will start at quarterback for the Denver Broncos Saturday night.
  The Broncos play the San Francisco 49ers in the second preseason game of the season.Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m.
  The Broncos surged back to beat the Chicago Bears in week one, 24-17.
   
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  Despite Lynch’s starting position Saturday night, it’s still a two-man race for who will be the starter in the regular season as he continues to compete against last year&rsq
  
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• The Polar Express Rolling Into Colorado

  19-08-2017 21:46
  GOLDEN, Colo (CBS4) – The Colorado Railroad Museum will begin service to the North Pole starting November 9th. Travelers can take a ride on the Polar Express. The Christmas story comes to life when the train leaves for the round-trip to see Santa.
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  “It’s magical because it gives you an opportunity with your family to experience that very special story…that whole concept of believing,” said Donald Tallman, executive director of the C
  
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• Denver Police Investigate Shooting Death Near City Park

  19-08-2017 21:36
  DENVER, Colo. (CBS4) – One person is dead following a shooting Friday night at 28th Avenue and Albion Street.
  A spokesperson with the Denver Police Department, Marika Putnam, said Saturday morning that DPD is investigating the incident as a homicide.
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  There is no suspect description at this time, she added.
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  Police responded to the area — located one block northeast of City Park — around 8 p.m. Friday night. Investigators focused on a
  
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• Oregon Wildfire Forces Evacuations In Prime Eclipse Zone

  19-08-2017 20:23
  SISTERS, Ore. (AP) — About 600 residents are under evacuation orders in a prime eclipse-viewing location in Oregon threatened by a wildfire that has closed access to part of a wilderness area and a regional highway.
  Fire officials said Saturday another 1,000 residents near the tourist town of Sisters have been told to be ready to leave if necessary.
  Crews are expecting a tough day with winds gusting to more than 20 mph.
  Smoke from a nearby wildfire makes for a colorful sunset at the Oregon
  
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• Teacher Killed In Crash After He Was Pulled Over By State Troopers

  19-08-2017 19:58
  SILT, Colo. (CBS4)– The man killed in a crash that happened after he was pulled over has been identified as a teacher in Carbondale.Shaw Lewis was killed when a vehicle crashed into him and the Colorado State Patrol officer who pulled him over on Interstate 70 near Silt on Wednesday.
  (credit: Glenwood Springs Post-Independent)
  Lewis, 39, was a montessori teacher in Carbondale.The state trooper was injured in the crash. The other driver will likely face charges. (credit: CBS)
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• Crash Kills Teacher Who Was Pulled Over By State Trooper

  19-08-2017 19:58
  SILT, Colo. (CBS4)– The man killed in a crash that happened after he was pulled over has been identified as a teacher in Carbondale.
  Shaw Lewis was killed when a vehicle crashed into him and the Colorado State Patrol officer who pulled him over on Interstate 70 near Silt on Wednesday.
  (credit: Glenwood Springs Post-Independent)
  Lewis, 39, was a montessori teacher in Carbondale.
  The state trooper was injured in the crash but has been released from the hospital.
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• High School Teacher Arrested, Accused Of Sexual Exploitation Of A Child

  19-08-2017 19:18
  CRAIG, Colo. (CBS4)– A high school teacher and coach has been arrested, suspected of sexual exploitation of a child.Justin Folley was arrested in Craig where he was chared with sexual exploitation of a child.Police say the allegations involve a former student and happened between 2013 and 2015.
  Folley, 35, was a teacher at Moffat County High School. He has been on administrative leave since April.
  
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• ‘Too Short For Someone Who Has Taken A Life’: Hit & Run Victim’s Mother Reacts To Sentence

  19-08-2017 19:12
  DENVER (CBS4)– Nearly a year after her daughter was struck and killed while crossing the intersection of 13th and Broadway, Karina Pulec’s mother says she’s finally gotten some closure, but maybe not comfort, after the man who took her daughter’s life was sentenced to prison.
  “I see the loss of someone who could have and would have made a huge difference in this world,” said Michele Pulec.
  Michele Pulec (credit: CBS)
  Norlan Estrada Reyes was behind the wheel w
  
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• Latest Forecast: Summer Sizzle For Saturday

  19-08-2017 16:18
  By Dave Aguilera
  DENVER (CBS4) –  Get ready for a hot start to the weekend! Our region is looking at westerly winds for Saturday. With what forecasters call a “zonal flow”. Meaning the general movement of air is west to east across the region flowing from time zone to time zone.
  This will bring warmer temperatures and slightly drier air into the region to start the weekend. Temperatures across western and eastern Colorado will be zooming into the 90s for Saturday with 70s
  
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• All Women Ride Raises Money For Scholars

  19-08-2017 14:38
  DENVER, Colo (CBS4) – The Venus de Miles is an all women bike ride that raises money for scholarships. It’s in its 10th year, and raises money for Greenhouse Scholars, an education based non-profit organization.
  LINK: Register for Venus de Miles
  Venus de Miles is a non-competitive event that welcomes women of all ages and athletic abilities. There are three routes to choose from, 33-miles, 64-miles, and 100-miles. About 1,500 women participate every year. It’s held at Prospect
  
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• 2 Police Officers Killed, 2 Injured In 2 Shootings In Florida

  19-08-2017 09:01
  KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — One police officer was shot and killed and another succumbed to his injuries hours after being gravely injured by gunfire while checking suspicious people in the central Florida city of Kissimmee, police said early Saturday.
  Three suspects were in custody and a fourth was being sought.
  Elsewhere in Florida, two police officers were shot and injured when responding to shots fired in Jacksonville.
  Kissimmee police officers Sam Howard and Matthew Baxter were checking su
  
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• Rockies Back Marquez With 3 HRs, Beat Brewers 8-4

  19-08-2017 08:51
  DENVER (AP) — German Marquez got hit hard at times on Friday night.
  Nothing like the shelling Milwaukee starter Matt Garza took, though.
  Charlie Blackmon hit his sixth leadoff home run of the season, Marquez won for the first time in three weeks and the Colorado Rockies beat the Brewers 8-4 on Friday night.Gerardo Parra and Carlos Gonzalez also homered and each drove in two runs, and Nolan Arenado had a two-run triple for the Rockies, who are one game up on the Arizona Diamondbacks for the
  
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• Dashcam video shows white cop punching black man during stop

  19-08-2017 07:50
  
  By Mark Gillispie and Dake Kang, The Associated Press
  CLEVELAND — A dashcam video of a traffic stop that led to a white police officer with a history of disciplinary issues repeatedly punching a black man and hitting his head on pavement appears to show a different sequence of events than police had originally described.
  The initial statement from police in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid said Richard Hubbard III, who was pulled over on suspicion of having a suspended driver’s license
  
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• Finnish police arrest suspect after two killed in stabbing

  19-08-2017 07:40
  By Hannu Aaltonen and Lennart Simonsson, The Associated Press
  HELSINKI — Two people died in a stabbing attack in the center of the southwestern Finnish city of Turku on Friday, with police announcing an investigation into the motive and identity of a male suspect they shot and arrested.
  The suspect was described as ‘a young foreigner’ late Friday and taken to hospital after being shot in the thigh, police said.
  Finnish police were cooperating with international agencies includi
  
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• Spanish plan for carnage started with botched explosion

  19-08-2017 07:39
  
  By Lori Hinnant, Joseph Wilson and Ciaran Giles, The Associated Press
  BARCELONA, Spain — A cell of at least nine extremists meticulously plotted to combine vehicles and explosives in a direct hit on tourists, and managed to carry off most of their deadly plan, killing 14 people, authorities said Friday. Police in Spain and France pressed a manhunt for any remaining members of the group, which Islamic State claimed as its own.
  Only flawed bomb construction avoided a more devastating attack,
  
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• Tina Fey returns to ‘Weekend Update’ to talk Charlottesville

  19-08-2017 07:34
  
  NEW YORK — Tiny Fey has returned to “Weekend Update” on “Saturday Night Live” to discuss the violence surrounding a white nationalist rally near her alma mater’s campus in Charlottesville.
  Fey sported a University of Virginia sweatshirt Thursday on “Weekend Update: Summer Edition.”
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• U.S. Conference of Mayors condemn Trump, form compact to racism

  19-08-2017 07:31
  By Sandhya Somashekhar, The Washington Post
  A coalition of mayors on Friday condemned President Donald Trump for his comments on Charlottesville, Virginia, and announced a new campaign aimed at combating racism.
  “The Compact,” a project of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Anti-Defamation League, aims to refocus American cities on problems of extremism, bigotry and domestic terrorism. It calls on cities to strengthen civil rights laws and collect data on hate crimes, and to incre
  
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• Trump’s evangelical advisers sticking with him amid fallout

  19-08-2017 07:30
  By Rachel Zoll, The Associated Press
  NEW YORK — One of President Donald Trump’s most steadfast constituencies has been standing by him amid his defense of a white nationalist rally in Virginia, even as business leaders, artists and Republicans turn away.
  Only one of Trump’s evangelical advisers has quit the role, while presidential boards in other fields saw multiple defections before being dismantled. The Rev. A.R. Bernard, pastor of the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn a
  
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• Members of presidential arts commission resigning to protest Trump’s comments

  19-08-2017 07:28
  By Ed O’keefe, The Washington Post
  The remaining members of a presidential arts and humanities panel resigned on Friday in yet another sign of growing national protest of President Donald Trump’s recent comments on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  Members of the President’s Committee are drawn from Broadway, Hollywood, and the broader arts and entertainment community and said in a letter to Trump that “Your words and actions push us all further away from the fre
  
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• Salvation Army, Red Cross, Susan G. Komen abandon Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

  19-08-2017 07:25
  
  By Drew Harwell and David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post
  The Salvation Army, the American Red Cross and Susan G. Komen on Friday joined a growing exodus of organizations canceling plans to hold fundraising events at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, deepening the financial impact to President Donald Trump’s private business amid furor over his comments on Charlottesville.
  The major exits now mean more than eight of the club’s biggest event customers have abandoned it this week,
  
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• Trump studying options for new approach to Afghan war

  19-08-2017 07:23
  
  By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is “studying and considering his options” for a new approach to Afghanistan and the broader South Asia region, the White House said Friday after the president huddled with his top national security aides at Camp David.
  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued a brief statement saying Trump had been briefed extensively on a new strategy to “protect America’s interests” in
  
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• Soothing the nation? Trump struggles like no other president

  19-08-2017 07:17
  
  By Julie Bykowicz, The Associated Press
  WASHINGTON — For Susan Bro, mother of the woman killed at a rally organized by white supremacists, the president of the United States can offer no healing words.
  She says the White House repeatedly tried to reach out to her on Wednesday, the day of Heather Heyer’s funeral. But she’s since watched President Donald Trump lay blame for the Charlottesville violence on “both sides.”
  “You can’t wash this one away by shak
  
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• 1 injured in shooting

  19-08-2017 06:28
         
  
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• Prepare for the eclipse traffic

  19-08-2017 06:26
  You can text 'ECLIPSE' to 888777 to get traffic, emergency and weather information!       
  
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• Greeley PD investigating man found...

  19-08-2017 06:21
  Police are looking for a stolen vehicle after a man was found dead inside a home Wednesday in Greeley.       
  
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• House Fire Turns Into Drug Investigation

  19-08-2017 06:19
  DENVER (CBS4)– What started as a house fire turns into a drug investigation when firefighters discover large amounts of marijuana inside.
  Officers pulled out box after box of marijuana from the home on Grove Street just west of Federal Boulevard after firefighters extinguished the flames.
  (credit: CBS)
  “My wife came home at noon, we had been smelling smoke for almost 12 hours,” said Linda Engle’s husband.
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  She was cleaning her kitchen when she first saw the f
  
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• People Line Up Around The Block For Solar Eclipse Glasses

  19-08-2017 05:55
  BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– Hundreds of people lined up around the block to get their hands on Solar Eclipse glasses in Boulder on Friday.Many places are sold out and it’s nearly too late to order them online. (credit: CBS)
  In Boulder on Friday, people lined up around the block of McGuckin Hardware to buy some of the 2,000 glasses the store had for sale.(credit: CBS)
  “It’s either now or never, so here we are with everyone else, apparently everyone realizes the importance of th
  
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• ‘In A Bit Of A Panic’: Rene Lima-Marin Talks About Deportation Fears

  19-08-2017 05:35
  By Andrea Flores
  DENVER (CBS4)– It’s been three months since Renee Lima-Marin was supposed to come home from prison for good, but he was blindsided when immigration officials took him into custody the day he was released.
  “I didn’t know what to think, I didn’t know what to do,” Lima-Marin told CBS4’s Andrea Flores over the phone. “I was in a little bit of panic.”
  Jasmine Lima-Marin (credit: CBS)
  His wife, Jasmine, and their two kids are still
  
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• We’re Back to Saying “Hot” for the Weekend Ahead

  19-08-2017 05:27
  By Ed Greene
  DENVER (CBS4) – Another mostly dry day around our city and state. hen high in Denver reached 89 degrees – two degrees above normal for this time of year. As we begin the weekend we could reach into the lower 90s for both Saturday and Sunday with a slight chance for an isolated storm each day.
  Monday will cool a bit and bring in more clouds. Hopefully – the forecast right now, show a chance for some clouds during Monday’s Eclipse…but I don’t think
  
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• Latest Forecast: We’re Back to Saying “Hot” for the Weekend Ahead

  19-08-2017 05:27
  By Ed GreeneDENVER (CBS4) – Another mostly dry day around our city and state.hen high in Denver reached 89 degrees – two degrees above normal for this time of year.As we begin the weekend we could reach into the lower 90s for both Saturday and Sunday with a slight chance for an isolated storm each day.
  Monday will cool a bit and bring in more clouds.Hopefully – the forecast right now, show a chance for some clouds during Monday’s Eclipse…but I don’t think it
  
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• Suspect Driver Arrested After Police Pursuit Through Rush Hour

  19-08-2017 05:09
  By Rick Sallinger
  DENVER (CBS4)– An unidentified woman is in custody after picking the wrong vehicle to steal.
  The driver stopped for gas, filled up his truck, but then made a mistake. He left the keys inside a pick up as he went to get a cup of coffee. When he came out the truck was speeding away.
  Copter4 flew over the chase scene (credit: CBS)
  On the police radio, a warning, “A yellow ‘05 F-250, taken one minute ago. Is advising there is a GPS on board. Went northbound.&rdquo
  
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• Teen Banned From Zoo For Life

  19-08-2017 04:28
  DENVER (CBS4)– A teenager and his friend have been banned from the Denver Zoo for life after the 17-year-old jumped over a railing to get a better picture of a rhinoceros.The teen made his way over a glass barrier that’s meant to separate the public from a staff walkway near the rhino exhibit.(credit: CBS)
  A spokesman with the Denver Zoo says the boy wanted to take a picture of the rhino and once he had, he jumped back over the barrier into the viewing area. (credit: CBS)
  The boy did
  
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• Best Places In Colorado To See The Solar Eclipse

  19-08-2017 04:18
  JULESBURG, Colo. (CBS4)– The experts all say 100 percent is much better than 99, the difference between night and day- literally. But if you want the best Colorado experience to see the eclipse, there is a town… several, in fact, that would love you to visit!
  Head up Interstate 76 to the northeast corner of the state. Julesburg will have 99.1 percent coverage, the closest Colorado will get to a total solar eclipse.
  (credit: CBS)
  The maximum eclipse there will be at 11:57 a.m. Monday
  
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• Community supports struggling family

  19-08-2017 04:12
  With three little boys and a little girl on the way, one homeless family was at the end of their rope - until a little saving grace. It all starts with a simple question.       
  
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• Murder suspect named decades later

  19-08-2017 04:04
  A Denver man is believed to have killed at least four people, but investigators don't know for sure - they're asking for anyone's help to uncover more information about Terry Peder Rasmussen.       
  
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• Expect Delays On The ‘Road To Totality’

  19-08-2017 03:45
  By Dillon Thomas
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (CBS4)– With Monday’s highly anticipated Solar Eclipse on the horizon, tens of thousands of people have already made their way north, on the “road to totality.”
  Wyoming expected to nearly double its population for the celestial event, an event which may peak for a just a few minutes.
  (credit: CBS)
  Some 500,000 visitors are expected to travel to Wyoming for the eclipse, specifically in the central portion of the state. Wyoming officials said
  
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• Suspect Arrested In 4-Year-Old Sex Assault Case

  19-08-2017 03:25
  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4)– Police in Fort Collins have arrested a man in a four-year-old case involving a shocking sex assault. In that case, the victim was found naked and duct taped near Cottonwood Glen Park.Stefan Moon, 36, is facing several charges including kidnapping, sexual assault and attempted murder. Stefan Moon (credit: Fort Collins Police)
  Investigators took Moon into custody on Tuesday after new forensic evidence linked him to the crime.Moon remains in custody at the Larimer
  
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• Colorado Debuts Driverless Truck To Protect Road Crews

  19-08-2017 03:07
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s transportation agency began using a driverless truck on Friday that is designed to protect highway work crews from oncoming traffic.
  The truck is officially known as an Autonomous Impact Protection Vehicle, but it is not really autonomous like the self-driving cars being tested around the country. Instead, the truck is electronically controlled by a driver in another truck ahead of it.
  If the protection vehicle loses its electronic “tether” to the
  
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• CBS4 Sports Poll: Should Von complain to the refs to get more holding calls?

  19-08-2017 01:44
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• Didn’t Get Solar Eclipse Glasses? Try These Crafty Ideas

  19-08-2017 01:42
  DENVER (CBS4)– If you can’t get the Solar Eclipse glasses to view the event, there’s still a way to see it. You just have to get crafty.
  One method for safe viewing of the partially eclipsed Sun is pinhole projection, or you can also use a telescope or binoculars to project images of the partially eclipsed Sun onto a surface for convenient viewing.(credit: eclipse.aas.org)
  Check out other ways to view the Solar Eclipse at Solar Eclipse Across America.
  
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• Day Of Service Projects Help Non-Profits Stay On Mission

  19-08-2017 01:25
  DENVER (CBS4) – Xcel Energy will host 70 volunteer projects as part of Day of Service. Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver is one of those projects. Volunteers will be helping out by refurbishing a fence, and detail cleaning the organization’s fleet of vehicles. Xcel Energy gives each organization a stipend to help pay for materials and tools to make the projects happen. This project accepts children 12-years-old and older.
  (credit Xcel Energy)
  “The volunteer project for Girls I
  
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• Turned away from college by 'red tape'

  19-08-2017 01:20
  One group is trying to get more students into college, as most are deterred by all the forms you're required to file if you're a low-income student.       
  
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• Illegal Immigrant Sentenced In Deadly Hit & Run Crash

  19-08-2017 00:10
  DENVER (CBS4)– The driver who struck and killed a young woman in downtown Denver last fall was sentenced on Friday.
  Norlan Estrada Reyes was behind the wheel when he struck Karina Pulec at 13th and Broadway in October 2016. A friend she was walking with was also injured.
  Norlan Estrada-Reyes (credit: Denver Police)
  He pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident in June.
  Karina Pulec (credit: CBS)
  Estrada Reyes was identified as the driver after he crashed and then abandoned his whit
  
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• ULA hits 120 successful missions with...

  19-08-2017 00:04
  The TDRS-M satellite is part of a fleet of NASA orbiters that relay phone calls and data traffic for the International Space Station and other space hardware.         
  
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