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• Dozens Come Together Across Western Pennsylvania For ‘Stop Asian Hate’ Rallies

  27-03-2021 23:43
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – With attacks on Asian-Americans still in the minds of many Americans, Pittsburghers came together across the region to call for an end to the rise in hatred and violence.After a rally last week in Oakland, dozens gathered in Squirrel Hill calling for change.“What we need is not to just show up in solidarity, this is great, showing up in solidarity after events occur, that’s great, but what we need is permanent mobilization,” said
  
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• AHN, UPMC Hold Large-Scale Vaccine Distribution Events For Underserved Communities This Weekend

  27-03-2021 23:15
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Two large-scale vaccine distributions this weekend were aimed at getting shots into the arms of thousands.In each syringe, there is a shot at getting back to a normal life for those like Louis Rash.“I’m grateful. Thankful for it,” Rash said.One of the 1,500 plus people were ushered into this vaccine clinic hosted by the Allegheny Health Network at Mt. Ararat Baptist Church in Larmier.“This is generational. We want to make sure that our legacy con
  
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• Rivers Of Steel To Host ‘Carrie Carpool Cinema’ At Carrie Blast Furnaces

  27-03-2021 22:53
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  RANKIN, Pa. (KDKA) – After an exceptional response last year, Rivers of Steel has announced they will once again host “Carrie Carpool Cinema” this year at the Carrie Blast Furnaces.This summer, movies will be screened on select weekends in a drive-in format, and each screening will follow a certain theme.To begin the 2021 season, on April 16 and 17, movies filmed in or around Pittsburgh will be screened. On Friday, April 16, the film adaptation of August
  
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• Pittsburgh Police Start New Community Engagement Program

  27-03-2021 22:17
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh Police took full advantage of the nice weather in the past week to take a stroll through downtown.The walks are part of a new, community engagement program.The officers stopped in some local businesses and spoke with people in Market Square about security concerns they may have.During the walkthrough of Market Square, they even stopped to join in a chess game or two.Along with the officers, the bureau’s comfort dog Zane joined in
  
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• Two Day Job Fair To Be Held To Fill Openings At New North Shore Restaurants

  27-03-2021 21:51
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – New restaurants on the North Shore are looking to fill several open positions.More than 100 employees are needed for part-time and full-time positions at the Allegheny Grille, Batty’s Pizzeria, and Taps & Taco at PNC Park.There will be two job fairs held next week – first on Wednesday, March 31, and then again on Thursday, April 1. Both will take place at Allegheny Grille from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.They are asking those interest
  
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• West Virginia Universities Hold Groundbreaking Ceremony For New Aviation Program

  27-03-2021 21:18
  
  HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A joint program between Marshall University and Mountwest Community and Technical College in aviation maintenance broke ground ceremonially on Friday, The Herald-Dispatch reported.
  The program is a collaboration with the Huntington Tri-State Airport, where an existing hangar and an armory are being renovated. Creating classroom and laboratory spaces is expected to cost about $2.7 million. The program already has received two planes and they plan to add seven more.
  
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• Allegheny County Parks To Host Drive-In Movie Series

  27-03-2021 18:41
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Allegheny County Parks will host a family drive-in movie series at Boyce and Settlers Cabin Parks this spring.
  The first movie is “Hop.”
  It will be shown next Saturday, April 3 at dusk.
  The drive-in is free but is limited to the first 100 cars per movie.
  
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• Local Candy Makers Looking Ahead To Easter, Spring To Boost Business

  27-03-2021 18:20
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  CANONSBURG (KDKA) — Both the Jewish Passover and the Christian Holy Week begin this weekend.
  While both are deeply religious times for people of faith, it is also a time when chocolate bunnies and those sugar-filled Peeps make an appearance.Americans spend about $2.5 billion on Easter-related candy every spring, and this year is no exception.One of the best-known local producers of candy is Sarris Candies in Canonsburg.At a taping of the Sunday Business Page with Jon
  
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• Ruling Lets Lawsuit Over Transgender Pronoun Dispute Proceed

  27-03-2021 17:53
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — A Friday ruling from a federal appeals court allows a professor to continue with his lawsuit against a small, public university in Ohio that rebuked him for not addressing a transgender student using the student’s preferred gender terms.
  Nicholas Meriwether argues Shawnee State University officials violated his rights by compelling him to speak in a way that contradicts his Christian beliefs. The small, public school argues such language was part of his job, not spe
  
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• More Than 104,000 Teachers, School Staff, Contractors Vaccinated In Pennsylvania

  27-03-2021 17:29
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  HARRISBURG (KDKA) — As teachers return to the classroom, Governor Tom Wolf’s administration says the state is ahead of schedule with distributing COVID-19 vaccines.
  As of Friday morning, 104,331 teachers, school staff and contractors have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.The state says it expects to have all teachers and staff vaccinated by the end of the month.
  
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• Statewide Youth Mentored Fishing Day Encourages Young Anglers

  27-03-2021 17:00
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  HARRISBURG (KDKA) — Kids can try to reel in a trophy catch today.
  The state’s Mentored Youth Fishing Day began at 8 a.m. Saturday.Anglers 15 and younger will need a Voluntary Fishing License or a free permit, and they must be with a licensed adult.
  Since 2020’s Mentored Youth Fishing Day was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the state will still honor Voluntary Youth Fishing Licenses purchased last year.
  The opening day of trout season for adults
  
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• Statewide Mentored Youth Fishing Day Encourages Young Anglers

  27-03-2021 17:00
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  HARRISBURG (KDKA) — Kids can try to reel in a trophy catch today.
  The state’s Mentored Youth Fishing Day began at 8 a.m. Saturday.Anglers 15 and younger will need a Voluntary Fishing License or a free permit, and they must be with a licensed adult.
  Since 2020’s Mentored Youth Fishing Day was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the state will still honor Voluntary Youth Fishing Licenses purchased last year.
  The opening day of trout season for adults
  
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• COVID-19 In Pittsburgh: Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Reports 447 New Coronavirus Cases, Bringing County Total To 84,258

  27-03-2021 16:10
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department is reporting 447 new Coronavirus cases and no additional deaths.
  Of the newly reported cases, the Health Department says 270 are confirmed and 177 are probable cases.
  The dates of tests range from March 21 to March 26, 2021.
  The Health Department says new cases range in age from one month to 94 years, with a median age of 35 years.
  There have now been 5,583 total hospitalizations and 84,258 total coronavirus
  
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• Better Business Bureau Of Western Pennsylvania Advises Caution When Hiring Help For Wind Damage

  27-03-2021 14:51
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Yesterday saw significant winds sweep through our area, knocking down power lines, trees and even damaging some residences.
  The resulting damage may mean some homeowners have to call in help to restore their property. However, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Western Pennsylvania is advising caution if you are looking to hire someone.
  “Spring is typically home improvement season, but property damage resulting from an unexpected storm can
  
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• Kevin Bacon & Aldis Hodge On ‘City On A Hill’: ‘It’s An Interesting Time To Be Making A Show That Has A Lot To Do With Race’

  27-03-2021 14:03
  
  (CBS Local)– Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge are two of the best actors in Hollywood and they return to TV together on Sunday night for season two of the Showtime drama “City on a Hill.” Bacon plays FBI veteran Jackie Rohr and Hodge plays Assistant DA Decourcy Ward. The two form an interesting bond as they work together to take down a family of armed robbers in the Boston area.
  CBS Local caught up with Bacon and Hodge for an interview about season two, how conversations in the
  
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• Pennsylvania Court Again Backs Limits On Abortion Coverage

  27-03-2021 13:33
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Planned Parenthood and other operators of abortion clinics lost in court on Friday in their bid to reverse a decades-old Pennsylvania court decision upholding limits on the use of state Medicaid dollars to cover the cost of abortions.
  The plaintiffs will appeal to the state Supreme Court, the only state court that can repeal the limits on abortion coverage under Medicaid, said Susan Frietsche of the Women’s Law Project. The loss in the lower Commonwealth Court
  
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• Third Eaglet Hatches At Hays Bald Eagle Nest

  27-03-2021 12:27
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  HAYS (KDKA) — The third eaglet at the bald eagles’ nest in Hays has hatched.
  Earlier this week, the first two eaglets hatched.
  (Photo Courtesy: PixController/Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania)
  Last night, the third ‘pip’ was spotted.
  The Audubon Society says there are three eaglets in the nest for the first time since 2014.
  Now that the eaglets have hatched, an adult bald eagle will stay on the nest constantly to help keep them warm.
  Click her
  
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• Hey Ray! What Causes The Line At The Confluence Of The Three Rivers In Pittsburgh

  27-03-2021 11:21
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Sometimes in science, things mix well, other things don’t, and sometimes that mix takes time. That can be said for the Three Rivers, too.
  You may have noticed something while looking down on the Ohio River at “The Point.”
  That is where the Monongahela and Allegheny River meet to form the Ohio River. There is a line created by the confluence of the rivers.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  The fact that this line exists means there are some differences between the M
  
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• Pittsburgh Weather: Quiet Saturday, Rain And Storm Chances On The Way

  27-03-2021 10:59
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Saturday starts off a bit cloudy, but much quieter than the blustery winds we had on Friday.
  Skies will gradually clear through the morning and winds are nice and calm.
  Temperatures soar all the way close to 70 degrees for many spots today with some nice afternoon sunshine emerging.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Weather Center)
  Clouds roll back in overnight with an approaching cold front though which will bring rain chances early Sunday.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Weather Center)
  We may
  
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• 3-Year-Old Child Shot, Killed At Cambridge Square Apartments In Monroeville

  27-03-2021 10:15
  
  MONROEVILLE (KDKA) — Allegheny County Police have launched an investigation into an overnight shooting that killed a young child in Monroeville.
  Investigators are trying to better understand how the unsuspecting shooter got their hands on the gun.
  3-year-old Braya Sanders was shot and killed inside her home on Friday night.
  Police say they were called to the home along Cambridge Square Drive just after 9:00 p.m.
  When Monroeville police arrived at the scene, they found Sanders with a gunsho
  
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• Former Top Broker Gets Over 17 Years For Scamming Clients

  27-03-2021 08:28
  
  SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A former Pennsylvania financial adviser who earned millions by pushing high-risk, high-fee investments on unsuspecting retirees has been sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison.
  A judge said Friday that Anthony Diaz took advantage of dozens of clients.
  Some of them lost their life savings or were unable to send their children to college as a result of the fraud.
  Diaz was handcuffed in the courtroom and led away to immediately begin serving his sentence.
  He ha
  
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• West Virginia Man Charged With Setting 2 Wildfires

  27-03-2021 07:52
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Division of Forestry says a 22-year-old man has been charged with setting wildfires.
  Jerry Allen Burgess of Charleston is charged with two counts of setting fires.
  The division says the fires occurred Sunday in Dunbar and burned seven acres of forested land.
  No civilians or firefighters were reported injured.
  A division wildlife suppression crew responded to the fires, along with Dunbar and fire and police departments.
  The Special Operations Unit
  
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• Butler Health System Set To Move COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic To Clearview Mall

  27-03-2021 07:09
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  BUTLER (KDKA) — The Butler Health System says it will move its COVID-19 vaccine clinic from Butler Memorial Hospital to Clearview Mall.
  This location change applies to all first and second doses scheduled on and beyond April 14.
  The hospital says it’s moving the site so it can return to normal operations.
  The vaccine sign-up process has not changed.
  
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• New Appeal Filed To Try To Prevent St. Philip School From Closing

  27-03-2021 07:02
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  CRAFTON (KDKA) — Parents of students at St. Philip School in Crafton are making another appeal to prevent it from closing.
  They claim the diocese unlawfully took the school from the St. Philip Parish.
  They say that deeply harmed the fabric of the parish and the faithful.
  Bishop Zubik said says the school will close due to lower attendance and financial issues.
  It will merge with the St. Margaret of Scotland School in Green Tree.
  
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• Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese To Have Online, In-Person Services For Holy Week

  27-03-2021 06:56
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese will have online and in-person options for Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter services.
  Bishop David Zubik says masses from Saint Paul Cathedral will be live-streamed.
  For in-person services, Zubik says churches can have up to 75% capacity.
  Masks will be required and parishioners must stay six feet apart.
  
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• Police Investigating After Woman Shot In The Head, Killed In Carrick

  27-03-2021 06:44
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Police are investigating a fatal shooting that took place in the city’s Carrick neighborhood.
  Police say a woman was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head along Linnview Avenue just after 12:30 a.m. on Saturday morning.
  Detectives from the police’s major crimes unit and crime scene unit arrived to process the scene.
  Police say their investigation will continue.
  
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• Owner Of Klavon’s Ice Cream Says Job Market Is Open, But The Workers Are Slim

  27-03-2021 04:43
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Shop owners are having a hard time convincing people to come back to work as businesses slowly begin to reopen.
  KDKA’s Bryant Reed talked to one owner who says the job market is open, but the workers are slim.
  “We usually staff 11 to 15 people. We only have three so far this year,” said Jacob Hanchar, the owner of Klavon’s Ice Cream.
  He says nobody wants to come to work.
  “Name your site. We’ve done Monster, we’ve posted online,
  
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• Police Investigating Death Of 3-Year-Old Girl In Monroeville

  27-03-2021 04:23
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  MONROEVILLE, Pa. (KDKA) — Police are investigating the death of a 3-year-old girl in Monroeville.Officials were called Friday to the Cambridge Square Apartments.Monroeville police said the child was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The investigation has been turned over to the Allegheny County Police Department.Stay with KDKA for more on this developing story.
  
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• Police Investigating Accidental Shooting Death Of 3-Year-Old Girl In Monroeville

  27-03-2021 04:23
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  MONROEVILLE, Pa. (KDKA) — Police are investigating the accidental shooting death of a 3-year-old girl in Monroeville.
  Around 9:00 p.m. on Friday night, Monroeville police officers were called to the Cambridge Square Apartments.
  Allegheny County Police say a 3-year-old girl died of a single gunshot wound.
  Police detectives say there is strong evidence that the girl was accidentally shot by her 5-year-old sibling.
  Allegheny County Police will continue to investigate.
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• Families Picking Up The Pieces After Tree Falls Onto 2 Homes In Oakmont

  27-03-2021 04:07
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Many are cleaning up after vicious winds toppled trees onto roads, power lines and homes throughout western Pennsylvania on Friday.
  One of the major incidents was in Oakmont, where a large tree crashed into two homes.
  It was a close call for a married couple who lives in one of the homes on 13th Street. They were one room away from where the tree came down after it hit the neighbor’s house.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  “We heard a noise like I had never heard. It ju
  
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• West Virginia Man, Girlfriend Charged With Killing His Stepfather

  27-03-2021 02:24
  
  KINGWOOD, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man and his girlfriend have been charged with killing the man’s stepfather, authorities said.
  Zachary Craig Saunders and Stephanie Michelle Heath, both 34, were charged Wednesday with murder in the death of John Uphold and jailed without bond, The Dominion Post reported, citing the Preston County Sheriff’s Department.
  Saunders told Sheriff’s Capt. T. N. Tichnell on March 8 that his mother and stepfather were trying to kill him and he
  
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• On A Positive Note: Heroes Fighting Hunger In Washington County

  27-03-2021 02:04
  
  WASHINGTON, Pa. (KDKA) — City Mission in Washington County is right up the street from a favorite gathering place for City Mission staff.
  Chicco Baccello is a coffee shop, bakery and deli known for its signature sandwiches but also for its community outreach.(Photo Credit: KDKA)
  But like other businesses, Chicco Baccello faced challenges during the coronavirus pandemic shutdown. With so many nonprofits and people in need, a generous donor named Dan Smith had an idea during the holidays.
  &l
  
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• Ohio Father Charged In Death Of 2-Month-Old Daughter Who Choked On Baby Wipe

  27-03-2021 01:33
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The father of an infant girl who died last year has been charged with reckless homicide after an autopsy determined that she choked on a baby wipe he stuck in her mouth, authorities said.
  Christopher Ledoux, 38, of Powell, turned himself in Thursday, hours after the indictment was handed down. It wasn’t known Friday if he’s retained an attorney.
  His two-month-old daughter, Christina Ledoux, died Nov. 17 at a hospital, about an hour after authorities respon
  
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• Third ‘Pip’ Spotted In Hays’ Bald Eagles Nest Days After First 2 Hatchings

  27-03-2021 01:03
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A pip in the third egg has appeared three days after the hatchings of the first two Hays eaglets.
  (Photo Courtesy: PixController/Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania)
  Expert eagle watchers spotted the pip on the third egg at 9:46 a.m. on Friday. The egg has been incubating for 35 days.
  A “pip” is a “visual sign of a hatch in progress,” says the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania. The time from pip to hatching takes
  
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• State Police Give 4 Warnings To Pittsburgh Establishments Over COVID-19 Orders

  27-03-2021 00:52
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — State Police handed out four warnings after visiting Pittsburgh-area businesses to make sure they’re following COVID-19 restrictions.
  Across the state from Monday, March 22 through Thursday, March 25, State Police Liquor Control Enforcement officers visited 630 licensed liquor establishments, issuing five notices of violation and 19 warnings.
  The unannounced compliance checks make sure businesses are following the coronavirus mitigation effo
  
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• Peduto The Target As Pittsburgh Mayoral Debate Features Some But Not All Candidates

  27-03-2021 00:29
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Some of the candidates for mayor of Pittsburgh debated in a forum hosted by Westinghouse High School students on Friday afternoon.
  The candidates frequently agreed on the main issues, but the challengers worked hard to differentiate themselves from Mayor Bill Peduto.
  Four candidates were on the stage. Three are on the ballot. One is not but hopes to get on the ballot as an independent this fall. And one candidate who is on the ballot told KDKA that he was not invited to
  
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• Pittsburgh Public Schools Teachers Prep Classrooms For Some Students To Return After Spring Break

  27-03-2021 00:24
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh Public students are officially on spring break, but when they return, some will head back to the building on April 6.
  “They are like, ‘Mr. Allen, show us the room’ so I held my computer and I was panning around the room,” said Pittsburgh Lincoln teacher William Cary Allen.
  Pittsburgh Lincoln staff spent the last week back in the classroom for the first time in a year.
  “In a lot of ways, a lot of things are familiar. I mean, this
  
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• COVID-19 Vaccine Providers Make Sure No Dose Is Wasted: ‘We Chase People Down’

  27-03-2021 00:19
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Leftover vaccine doses and no-show appointments are two side effects of the coronavirus vaccine as people scramble to secure a spot.
  KDKA’s Meghan Schiller talked to local pharmacists who said it took some time, but they’re now finding ways around the roadblocks.
  The refrigerator sits ready, with syringes nearby, as pharmacist Jacki Bertola works to vaccinate her South Hills community.
  “And our clinics are also smaller so we’re doing closer to a
  
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