• Report: Art Rooney II Says Team Won’t Release Brown, Can’t Envision Him At Training Camp

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    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Steelers president Art Rooney II told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Thursday that while the team isn’t going to release Antonio Brown, it would be “hard to envision” the wide receiver at training camp with the team in July.
    The Post-Gazette reports the team president says “all other options are on the table.”
    According to Post-Gazette writer Gerry Dulac, Rooney did not say the Steelers would trade Brown b
  • Cold Temperatures Sticking Around, Light Accumulations Expected Over Weekend

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    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Our first round of wintry weather in 2019 is coming to an end.
    The cold temperatures, however, will stick around for several more days. A brighter set up is headed our way Friday thanks to high pressure. This does not last long, though.
    A winter storm system will pass to our south. While big accumulations are not likely for us, we will see clouds and light accumulations around the area Saturday into early Sunday.
    We’ll see a few
  • Glassport man turns himself in on charges he shot his dogs

    Glassport man turns himself in on charges he shot his dogs
    Quincy Cowans was charged Wednesday with several counts of cruelty to animals in connection to the Dec. 28 incident.
  • South Butler County School District To Resume Modified Lockdown Status Friday

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    SAXONBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — The South Butler County School District says it will resume modified lockdown status on Friday to “help alleviate concerns” following a shooting threat earlier this week.
    Jason Bowen, an 18-year-old senior at Knoch High School, was arrested Monday after posting a video of himself firing an AK-style rifle with the caption “Training for Prom Walk” to Snapchat.
    As a result, the district was operating on a &ldqu
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  • Glenshaw Presbyterian Church restores historic pipe organ

    Glenshaw Presbyterian Church restores historic pipe organ
    The restoration project cost $250,000 and was paid for with the Glenshaw Presbyterian Church Trust and the Wallace Organ Fund.
  • Airport Authority Offers Federal Workers Free Lunches During Government Shutdown

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    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Airport Authority will provide free lunches to federal workers once a week during the government shutdown.
    The Authority says the free lunches are a gesture of appreciation to the 200-plus federal employees who continue to work at Pittsburgh International Airport and the Allegheny County Airport without pay.
    Friday will be the first day the free lunches are offered, and the Airport Authority will continue to provid
  • Former Police Spokesman Sentenced To 3 Months In Jail On Charges Related To Child Porn

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    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – An officer who was a police spokesman in Ohio’s capital city has avoided prison but will spend three months in jail on charges related to using child pornography.
    Former Columbus officer Dean Worthington told the judge sentencing him Thursday that he takes responsibility for his behavior and there’s no excuse.
    A nine-year prison sentence is suspended as long as he follows the judge’s orders. He must register as a se
  • Housing authority's plea: Please call Congress to end shutdown, preserve payments

    Housing authority's plea: Please call Congress to end shutdown, preserve payments
    If Housing Choice Voucher payments to more than 2,000 landlords stop, housing for thousands could be jeopardized.
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  • Housing authority urges calls to Congress to end shutdown, preserve payments

    Housing authority urges calls to Congress to end shutdown, preserve payments
    If Housing Choice Voucher payments to more than 2,000 landlords stop, housing for thousands could be jeopardized.
  • Golden eagle, cocks-of-the-rock, Capuchinbirds debut with Aviary's new Andean habitat

    Golden eagle, cocks-of-the-rock, Capuchinbirds debut with Aviary's new Andean habitat
    The National Aviary unveiled the new Andean Mountain Habitat, which contains two species of birds never before seen there.
  • 2nd Mysterious Repeating Fast Radio Burst Has Been Detected In Space

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    By Ashley Strickland, CNN
    (CNN) — Far outside our Milky Way galaxy, something is causing repeating short bursts of radio waves to be released into space. Scientists have recorded the second repeating fast radio burst to be discovered, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
    The finding was also presented at the 233rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle.
    These radio bursts are only millisecond-long radio flashes,
  • Delivery Driver Caught On Camera Urinating In Resident’s Yard

    SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (CBS Local) — A deliveryman was caught on camera Monday leaving more than just a package at a man’s home in Utah.
    Burke Lewis said he receives about 10 packages a month from online retailer Amazon. He’s one of millions of Americans who have installed security cameras to lookout for porch pirates who might steal packages from their doorsteps.
    “I put in my security camera system because a couple of years ago I had a big package that was worth like $4,00
  • Mother Forgives Son Who Brutally Beat Her After He Dies In Custody

    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (CBS Local) — A South Dakota woman says faith is helping her cope with unimaginable grief and sorrow.
    Kay Odle, 68, is mourning the death of her son, who nearly beat her to death on New Year’s Day in Sioux Falls. And she is still grieving the loss of her husband, Rev. Larry Wayne Odle, who died on Thanksgiving from sudden heart failure.
    Kay’s son, Jesse Odle, 40, died in his jail cell Wednesday morning. Authorities say his death appears to be a medical issue a
  • Police: Deputy Charged After Mailing Toy Bomb To Colleague As A Joke

    LARGO, Fla. (CBS Local) — A Florida sheriff’s deputy said he sent a toy bomb to a colleague as a joke, but nobody is laughing.
    Authorities say Lt. Joseph Gerretz was in his office at the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office administration building Tuesday when he received a package through inner-office mail.
    Inside the insulated box was a red cylinder-shaped object with wires protruding from it and a handwritten note with the world “boom.”
    Pinellas deputy who sent fake
  • Citizen Scientists Discover Potentially Habitable Planet

    (CBS Local) — Citizen scientists have discovered a distant exoplanet that’s believed to be roughly twice the size of Earth, located 226 light-years from Earth in the constellation Taurus.
    The new world, known as K2-288Bb, was spotted by a team of astronomers analyzing data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope.
    It remains unclear whether the alien world is rocky like Earth or a gas-rich like Neptune. But it is apparent its magnitude is rare among exoplanets.
    Citizen scientists dis
  • Two Men Sue After Being Cited For Feeding Homeless

    ST. LOUIS, Mo. (CBS Local) — Two people were recently ticketed by St. Louis police for feeding sandwiches to the homeless and are now suing the city in federal court, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
    The Rev. Ray Redlich, a minister at New Life Evangelistic Center, and Christopher Ohnimus were giving away sandwiches from a cooler on Halloween when police issued them city court summonses.
    The city bars food prepared in a private home from being offered to the public. Anyone handing out
  • Chocolates And Caramels Recalled Due To Possible Hepatitis Contamination

    (WJZ/CBS Local) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted customers to a possible hepatitis A contamination of Bauer’s Candies Modjeskas. The affected product is an individually wrapped marshmallow candy dipped in chocolate or caramel.
    Officials said a worker in the facility tested positive for hepatitis A and all candies purchased after Nov. 14 should be thrown away and not eaten.
    The products are available through QVC and BauersCandy.com.
    Courtesy: U.S. FDA
    In a st
  • Bauer’s Candies Recalled Due To Possible Hepatitis A Contamination

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    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The FDA says a recall has been issued for Bauer’s Candies Modjeskas because they could be contaminated with Hepatitis A.
    Bauer’s says its individually-wrapped marshmallow candies dipped in chocolate or caramel came in contact with a facility worker who tested positive for the disease.
    They say all candy purchased after Nov. 14 should be thrown away and not eaten.
    Bauer’s issued a statement on their website, saying in
  • Police Seek Suspects In Attempted New Castle Restaurant Break-In

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    NEW CASTLE (KDKA) — State Police in New Castle are trying to find two people who tried to break into a restaurant.
    The incident happened Tuesday around 11:30 p.m.
    Police say the woman tried to kick-in the glass door at The Corner in Harlansburg on Perry Highway in Lawrence County.
    (Source: Pennsylvania State Police)
    The man then fired three shots from a small black gun into the door lock.
    When they couldn’t get in, police say they left in a Toyota 4
  • Indiana Senator Introduces Revenge Porn Bill To Help Victims

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    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Victims of revenge porn in Indiana may soon have the law on their side.
    A bill was introduced Wednesday into the state Senate that would allow victims to sue.
    The max amount of any lawsuit would be capped at $10,000.
    Lawmakers there say that revenge porn is a problem across the state and the entire country.
    “Some people just can’t control themselves and feel the desire to be vindictive and begin to circulate those images in
  • Toyota Recalls 1.7M Vehicles For Air Bag Repairs

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    DETROIT (AP) — Toyota is recalling 1.7 million vehicles in North America to replace potentially deadly Takata front passenger air bag inflators.
    The move announced Wednesday includes 1.3 million vehicles in the U.S. and is part of the largest series of automotive recalls in the nation’s history.
    Takata inflators can explode with too much force and hurl shrapnel into drivers and passengers. At least 23 people have been killed worldwide and hundreds h
  • All Elite Wrestling, WWE’s New Rival, Has Big Money And Big Names

    By Chuck Carroll
    (CBS Miami/CBS Local) — You only get one chance to make a first impression.
    So, congratulations, All Elite Wrestling. Your coming-out party was one that will not soon be forgotten. From fireworks to surprises to bombshell announcements, AEW’s Double Or Nothing rally was everything it needed to be and more.
    Cody Rhodes (Photo Credit: All Elite Wrestling)
    The wrestling landscape is crowded, seemingly too crowded for a new kid on the block to find any semblance of large
  • Ex-Google executive aids feds, gets lenient prison term in bribery case with Pittsburgh ties

    Ex-Google executive aids feds, gets lenient prison term in bribery case with Pittsburgh ties
    Simon Tusha will go to federal prison for 21 months — far less than the 51 months he faced — after a request for leniency from prosecutors.
  • Snow Heading In This Weekend, Could Drop 2-5 Inches

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    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Don’t expect a warm-up anytime soon.
    Highs today won’t hit the 30 degree mark with highs over the next week not hitting the 40s.Next week may be even colder if long-range model data is to be believed.
    At this point, KDKA Meteorologist Ron Smiley is turning his attention to this weekend’s potential snow and what we can all expect.
    Here’s a look at your forecast:
    Rest of the day: Chilly and windy conditions expect
  • Steelers Guard David DeCastro To Miss Pro Bowl

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    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Steelers guard David DeCastro will not partake in the Pro Bowl this season.
    According to reports, the four-time Pro Bowl selection is missing the game because of an injury.
    “David DeCastro out of the Pro Bowl, Joel Bitonio in.”
    David DeCastro out of the Pro Bowl, Joel Bitonio in.
    — Mark Kaboly (@MarkKaboly) January 10, 2019Cleveland Browns guard Joel Bitonio was added to the AFC roster Thursday morning to r
  • Postscript to 1957 murder: Mystery of what happened to young boy who killed his father finally solved

    Postscript to 1957 murder: Mystery of what happened to young boy who killed his father finally solved
    Michael ‘Mickey’ Chervenak, who killed his father in 1957 when he was 10, died last year and never escaped the trauma of his father’s abuse.
  • Neal Brown Introduced As New WVU Football Coach

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    MORGANTOWN (KDKA) — West Virginia University introduced Neal Brown as the school’s 35th head football coach Thursday morning.
    “They don’t let you sign the contract until you dislike Pitt — #WVU’s new head coach Neal Brown.”"They don't let you sign the contract until you dislike Pitt" — #WVU's new head coach Neal Brown. pic.twitter.com/RNj6SFKsPi
    — WVSports.com (@WVSportsDotCom) January 10, 2019The school mad
  • Judge dismisses charges against woman from viral arrest video outside North Versailles theater

    Judge dismisses charges against woman from viral arrest video outside North Versailles theater
    Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge David R. Cashman handled the case involving Melanie V. Carter, 36, of Wilkinsburg.
  • New Details Emerging After Arrest In 1999 Kidnapping Cold Case

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    SOMERSET, Pa. (KDKA) — State police are releasing additional details at a news conference today after making an arrest in a 20-year-old cold case in Somerset County using DNA and fingerprints.
    Timothy Nelson is accused of kidnapping a 10-year-old girl in the Village of Cairnbrook in September of 1999.
    WATCH: State Police News Conference —
    Police say he drove her to a remote area in West Virginia and assaulted her.
    The girl was later found abandoned
  • ‘It’s About Bringing Closure To The Girls’: Police Say DNA, Fingerprints Helped Them Solve 1999 Kidnapping Cold Case

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    SOMERSET, Pa. (KDKA) — Police and FBI say technology has helped them to solve a 20-year-old kidnapping cold case in Somerset County using DNA and fingerprints.
    Timothy Nelson is accused of kidnapping a 10-year-old girl in the Village of Cairnbrook in 1999. After years of investigation, police arrested Nelson Tuesday in Cumberland, Maryland.
    The state trooper who has worked the case from the beginning says it helps bring closure not just to the girl in Som
  • Top Daily Fantasy Players Divisional Round: Can Goff Cover For Gurley?

    By Steve Silverman
    (CBSLA/CBS Local) — The divisional round of the NFL playoffs might just be this season’s (or any season’s) best weekend of football. The AFC and NFC’s top seeds return to action to face wild-card weekend winners looking to continue their momentum. And the matchups — Colts-Chiefs, Cowboys-Rams, Chargers-Patriots, and Eagles-Saints — could not be better.
    Many of the League’s top skill players from the regular season will need to step up
  • Kansas Church Moving Mass For First Time Ever Because Of Chiefs Game

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    (CBS Local) – As the Kansas City Chiefs get set to play the Indianapolis Colts in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs this Saturday afternoon, they’ll have a few extra prayers heading their way.
    According to KMBC 9, a parish in Prairie Village, Kansas has decided to change its mass schedule to allow parishioners to pray together prior to Saturday’s game. The parish normally has a mass scheduled for 4 p.m. on Saturday’s, which would be a problem for fans in
  • Should You Tip Your Flight Attendant? One Airline Is Encouraging It

    (CBS4/CBS Local) — They take your order, serve up food and drinks, and come back to clean up. But should you tip your flight attendant? Frontier Airlines is encouraging it.
    Flight attendants on the Denver-based airline began accepting individual tips on Jan. 1, according to the Chicago Tribune. Frontier made tipping an option three years ago but, until this year, flight attendants were required to pool tips.
    “We appreciate the great work of our flight attendants and know th
  • NFL Drops Appeal Over Dementia Claims In Landmark Concussion Case

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    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NFL abruptly dropped its plan Wednesday to challenge approved dementia diagnoses in a landmark concussion case as players’ lawyers accuse it of trying to delay payments and rewrite the $1 billion settlement.
    A federal court hearing set for Thursday on the NFL’s appeal was canceled Wednesday afternoon as the league dropped its appeal. Instead, U.S. District Judge Anita Brody issued an order requiring doctors to explain t
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    Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Carnegie Science Center
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  • CDC: E. Coli Outbreak Linked To Romaine Lettuce Is Over

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    By Debra Goldschmidt, CNN
    (CNN) — “This outbreak appears to be over,” the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday of the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce from some regions of Northern and Central California.
    In all, 62 people in 16 states became sick as a result of the outbreak. Twenty-five of them were hospitalized.
    Illnesses began in early October; the most recent illness was reported to have begun with symptom
  • Yeshiva to honor police officers who responded to Tree of Life

    Yeshiva to honor police officers who responded to Tree of Life
    The event will celebrate several Pittsburgh police officers who responded to the mass shooting at Tree of Life synagogue.
  • Overnight North Side Shooting Sends 1 Person To Hospital

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    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Police are investigating after an early Thursday morning shooting on Pittsburgh’s North Side.Just before 4:30 a.m., first responders rushed one person to a local hospital.
    Police tell KDKA that a man was found shot multiple times. He is listed in critical condition.
    ShotSpotter alerted police to the shooting on Carrington Street.
    (Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Brian Smithmyer)
    Detectives laid evidence markers down
  • 16-Year-Old Boy Dead After Shooting In Homewood

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    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The teenage victim wounded in a shooting Wednesday night in Homewood has died from his injuries.
    According to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office, 16-year-old Jonathan Freeman of Stanton Heights died around 10 p.m. Wednesday at the hospital.
    Police say Freeman was found shot inside of a home on Susquehanna Street around 8 p.m.
    (Photo Credit: KDKA)
    Officers were called to the scene from a ShotSpotter notification.
    He wa
  • Uncle of slain Point Breeze teen says family tried to keep the Allderdice student safe

    Uncle of slain Point Breeze teen says family tried to keep the Allderdice student safe
    Jonathan D. Freeman’s family tried after-school programs, summer classes, discipline and caution to keep him away from violence.
  • K-State Rallies From 21 Down To Beat West Virginia, 71-69

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    MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – Barry Brown scored 29 points, including the go-ahead layup with 28.9 seconds to go, and Kansas State rallied from a 21-point second-half deficit to beat West Virginia 71-69 on Wednesday night.
    Mike McGuirl added 18 points and Kamau Stokes, dealing with a lingering foot injury, added 12 as the Wildcats (11-4, 1-2 Big 12) used the largest comeback in school history to beat the Mountaineers for only the second time in their last 11 mee
  • Williams With 16 Points Leads Duquesne Past Fordham 66-61

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    PITTSBURGH (AP) — Eric Williams Jr. scored 16 points with 13 rebounds and Duquesne snapped a two-game skid, beating Fordham 66-61 on Wednesday night.
    Marcus Weathers added 12 points for the Dukes (10-5, 1-1 Atlantic 10 Conference) and Amari Kelly had 11.
    Duquesne led 31-26 at halftime but Fordham rallied early in the second half to take a 46-45 lead on a David Pekarek 3-pointer. The Dukes came right back and a Williams 3 put them up 51-46 with 8:28 to go.
  • Sale Of Items Used In Recent Filming Of TV Series In Pittsburgh

    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s a wrap! And the encore is a sale.
    The Pittsburgh Film Office is selling items used in the recent local filming of the CBS All Access series “One Dollar” and the ABC comedy series “Downward Dog”.
    The items include appliances, furniture, costumes and other props.SALE!! It’s a wrap for “One Dollar” and “Downward Dog,” but you can keep a piece of the action! Production set items are for sale – props, cos
  • Taylor Allderdice To Increase Security After Social Media Threat Circulates

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    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Officials at Taylor Allderdice High School say they will increase security after a social media threat circulated the web.A picture obtained by KDKA did not specifically include a threat but suggests the threat may stem from an incident involving a student in a fight an area CoGo’s gas station.Ebony Pugh, a spokesperson for Pittsburgh Public Schools said in a statement to KDKA:“We are aware of rumors related to an unsubstan
  • Local Car Dealership Offering Reward After Thief Steals Tires, Rims

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    GREENSBURG (KDKA) – A local car dealership is offering a reward after a thief stole wheels and tires from vehicles over the weekend.Hillview Motors took to Facebook to offer the reward. The dealership posted on social media saying that all the tires and rims were stolen off of two brand new 2019 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup trucks.
    The thief left the trucks sitting on its frame.
    The delarship is offering a $1,000 award for any information that leads to the retur
  • Pitt Snaps Long ACC Losing Skid, Tops Louisville 89-86 In OT

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    PITTSBURGH (AP) – Trey McGowens set a school record for a freshman by pouring in 33 points, fellow freshman Xavier Johnson added 21 points and 10 assists and Pittsburgh held off Louisville 89-86 in overtime on Wednesday night for the program’s first Atlantic Coast Conference victory in nearly two years.
    The Panthers (11-4, 1-1) rode their freshmen backcourt hard to snap a 23-game losing streak in ACC regular season play dating back to a win over Flo
  • Police Ask For Help In Unsolved Murder

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    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Allegheny County Police are asking for help with an unsolved murder.Police say that 21-year-old Calvin Anderson was killed in Penn Hills in November. Police say he was shot three times while sitting in a car parked on Alcoma Drive.RELATED STORY: Police: Man Found Shot To Death Inside Car In Penn Hills
    Anderson did not live in the neighborhood that he was shot in and no one saw the gunman. According to police, people only heard the shot
  • Crime Stoppers: Police Ask For Help In Unsolved Penn Hills Murder

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    PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Allegheny County Police are asking for help with an unsolved murder.
    Police say that 21-year-old Calvin Anderson was killed in Penn Hills in November. According to police, he was shot three times while sitting in a car parked on Alcoma Drive.
    (Source: Crime Stoppers)RELATED STORY: Police: Man Found Shot To Death Inside Car In Penn HillsAnderson did not live in the neighborhood that he was shot in and no one saw the gunman. According to
  • Knoxville Child Sent To Hospital With Burns

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    KNOXVILLE (KDKA) – A child is in stable condition after being burned Wednesday evening.
    Emergency responders were called to a home on Suncrest Street around 7 p.m. on Wednesday. EMS transported the child from the house located in the 300-block of Suncrest Street to a local hospital where he is listed in stable condition.According to officials, the child reached for a cup of coffee and was scalded.Stay With KDKA.com For More Details

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