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• 911 Recordings Show Chaos Surrounding Police Shooting Of Ma’Khia Bryant

  25-04-2021 23:05
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A chaotic 911 call. A convulsive 11 seconds of violence ending in the death of an Ohio teen. A historic verdict being broadcast in the police cruiser.
  A routine day in a quiet Columbus neighborhood was shattered instantly Tuesday when a police officer fired four shots at 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant as she swung a knife at a young woman.
  “She was just a kid!” a man shouts within a second of Bryant falling to the ground.
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• ‘I’m Not A Roadblock At All:’ West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin Pushes For Slimmed-Down Infrastructure Bill

  25-04-2021 22:48
  
  (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday that he’s not a “roadblock” for President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda, even as he uses his key position in the Senate to push against some aspects of Biden’s massive infrastructure proposal.
  “I’m not a roadblock at all,” Manchin, a moderate from West Virginia, told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” when asked about those in his party who view him as a challenge to acco
  
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• Unemployment Rates Fall In All Of West Virginia’s 55 Counties In March

  25-04-2021 22:37
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Unemployment rates fell in all 55 of West Virginia’s counties in March.
  WorkForce West Virginia said Jefferson County’s seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate of 3.8% was the lowest in the state, followed by Pendleton County at 3.9% and Monongalia Counties at 4.3%.
  Calhoun County had the highest unemployment rate at 14.9%. Roane County was next at 11% and Mingo County was at 9.9%.
  Statewide, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was at 5.9% in Marc
  
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• Fight Over Guns, Gun Control, And Lawsuits Featured Prominently In Pa. Supreme Court Race

  25-04-2021 22:29
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — It is the case that Kevin Brobson cannot get out of his head: the National Rifle Association and gun owners couldn’t get Pennsylvania’s courts to consider their lawsuits challenging firearms restrictions in cities.
  Brobson, now running for a seat on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court, is a key figure in an expanding fight over gun laws that is drawing out in the Legislature, the state’s highest court, and the state’s biggest cities.
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• Pennsylvania Game Commission Traps, Relocates Bear Roaming Around Bell Acres

  25-04-2021 21:32
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  BELL ACRES BOROUGH (KDKA) — Bell Acres Police provided another update on the bear situation on Sunday.According to the Bell Acres Police Department, the Pennsylvania Game Commission trapped a bear that had been wandering the neighborhood this weekend.
  The bear has been relocated.
  Late last Tuesday night, two black bears tore into a coop and killed one chicken.This past Friday, residents reported more bear sightings to police. Police say more chickens and bird feeders
  
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• West Virginia Promises Campaign To Reach Vaccine Hesitant

  25-04-2021 21:07
  
  By Cuneyt Dil, Associated Press
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said Friday the state is planning a “real aggressive program” to revive its sluggish vaccination campaign.
  “We have hit a wall,” the Republican governor said. State data show nearly 39% of the population has received at least one dose.
  Officials said they will target people who are either reluctant to get a shot or haven’t found a convenient enough chance yet.
  In Charleston
  
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• LeBron James Fires Back At Bar Owner Who Wants Him ‘Expelled From The NBA’

  25-04-2021 20:32
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  CINCINNATI, Ohio (KDKA) — LeBron James’ now-deleted tweet calling for accountability for the death of Ma’Khia Bryant has raised strong emotions in some people.This past Wednesday, LeBron James had tweeted “YOU’RE NEXT #ACCOUNTABILITY” seemingly in reference to the previous day’s guilty verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin. He proceeded to delete the tweet after it garnered negative responses and said it was “being used to cr
  
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• Turtle Crashes Through Car’s Windshield, Sending 71-Year-Old Woman To The Hospital

  25-04-2021 19:19
  
  By Rachel Trent, CNN
  (CNN) — A turtle crashed through a car’s windshield in a story that seems on-brand with the weird news that comes out of Florida. What may surprise you though, is this bizarre accident has happened around here before.
  A 71-year-old woman was riding with her daughter on Interstate 95 near Port Orange, Florida, on Wednesday when a turtle smashed through the windshield, hitting the elderly woman in the head, according to the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
  “She&rs
  
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• Local Group To Mark The 35th Anniversary Of Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster At Point State Park

  25-04-2021 18:45
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Tomorrow marks 35 years since the Chernobyl disaster, the worst nuclear disaster in history.31 plant workers and firemen died in the immediate aftermath of the disaster, mostly from acute radiation sickness.Thousands more later succumbed to the radiation-related illnesses like cancer.The disaster also cost hundreds of billions of dollars in damage.
  Belarusians in Western PA plan to mark the somber occasion today at Point State Park.
  They will hono
  
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• Frick Park Hosts Free Concert With Local Artists This Afternoon

  25-04-2021 18:01
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburghers are invited to enjoy a free concert at Frick Park this Sunday.
  Local artists will be performing from noon until 2 p.m. today.
  Social distancing and masks are encouraged.
  
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• Bridge Inspections Begin Tomorrow On Roberto Clemente Bridge

  25-04-2021 17:52
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Bridge inspection work begins tomorrow on the Roberto Clemente Bridge.
  The Pittsburgh Department of Public Works says to expect single lane closures from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. from Monday to Thursday.Inspections on the Andy Warhol Bridge begin Friday and last through Wednesday, May 5, and then the Rachel Carson Bridge will be inspected from May 6 through May 11.
  
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• Lane Restriction To Go Into Effect Tonight For Fort Pitt Tunnel

  25-04-2021 17:33
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A lane restriction will go into effect tonight in the Fort Pitt Tunnel.
  PennDOT crews will be doing pipe work in the overnight hours tonight and tomorrow.
  A single lane restriction will occur on the outbound lane from 9:30 p.m. until 5:30 a.m. each night.
  
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• August Wilson City Walk Held To Remember Playwright, Hill District History

  25-04-2021 17:20
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — People can learn all about playwright August Wilson and the history of the Hill District with a special city walk on Sunday.
  The walk started at 11 a.m. at August Wilson Park, and you can go on a three-mile walk through the Hill District to see historical monuments and murals.
  The walk is free to attend.
  
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• First Peregrine Falcon Chick Hatches At Pitt’s Cathedral Of Learning Nest

  25-04-2021 16:41
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The National Aviary announced that the first Peregrine Falcon chick has hatched at Pitt’s Cathedral of Learning nest on Sunday.The hatching happened around 3:09 a.m. Sunday morning.Three other eggs are expected to hatch soon.The National Aviary says the four eggs were laid between March 18 and March 24.
  Click here to watch the National Aviary’s live feed of the Cathedral nest.
  
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• Bald Eagle Sighted In Western Pennsylvania Field

  25-04-2021 15:50
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  BROCKWAY, Pa. (KDKA) — A KDKA viewer had a remarkable find on Saturday afternoon.Alyssa Massek was driving near her cabin in Brockway when she saw a bald eagle in a farm field around 12:30 on Saturday.She stopped the car and took photos and a video of the eagle.(Photo Credit: Alyssa Massek)
  While bald eagle sightings can be incredible, experts do say that they are more common in the Midwest Region, which western Pennsylvania is very close to.The Audubon Society of We
  
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• Boy, 6, Dies After Shooting In Ohio Hotel Room

  25-04-2021 14:21
  
  BROOKLYN, Ohio (AP) — An arrest has been made in the shooting death of a six-year-old boy in an Ohio hotel room, authorities said.
  Police in the Cleveland suburb of Brooklyn, Ohio say officers were dispatched just after 7 a.m. Saturday to the Fairfield Inn and Suites on a report of shots fired. Police said a woman told the hotel front desk that someone shot her and the child in her room and had left about a half-hour before.
  Officers found the child with gunshot wounds and performed CPR un
  
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• SEE IT: Video Captures Man Stealing Pricey Jumbo Teddy Bear Outside Florida Restaurant

  25-04-2021 14:00
  
  CORAL GABLES (CBSMiami) – A newly opened Coral Gables eatery is looking for the person who stole a pricey, giant red teddy bear which was being auctioned off for charity.
  The Gramercy, located in the old Tarpon Bend location on Miracle Mile, released surveillance video of the crook from Thursday night, which shows him red-handed, grabbing the red teddy bear perched outside the restaurant.
  Image from surveillance video showing a man stealing a jumbo red teddy bear being auctioned off for ch
  
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• Pittsburgh mayoral candidates offer different way of spending COVID relief money

  25-04-2021 13:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh is set to emerge from a year-and-a-half stretch of revenue shortfalls and budget scrambling with an infusion of millions of dollars in federal money.
  
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• Pittsburgh Weather: Cool, Cloudy Sunday

  25-04-2021 12:33
  
  By: KDKA-TV’s Bryan Shaw
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Sunday’s conditions will be more cloudy than sunny. We also can’t rule out a sprinkle of rain.
  Temperatures will be cooler in the upper 50s.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Weather Center)
  We should see temperatures in the 60’s on Monday with sunny skies.
  We will see a warm-up into to the 80’s by mid-week.
  Rain moves in on Wednesday evening and will stick around through Friday.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Weather Center)
  We cool back o
  
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• Running for charity does just as much good for the soul as it does the body

  25-04-2021 12:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh teacher goes the extra mile(s) to help local charities by running Pittsburgh Marathon events.
  
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• Help wanted: Restaurants slow to fill open jobs as many have left industry for good

  25-04-2021 12:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Jobs are sitting empty from California to the Carolinas and North Dakota to New Orleans, and Pittsburgh is no different.
  
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• A hijacked life: The girl in the Kent State photo 'would have stayed anonymous forever'

  25-04-2021 12:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Last May, when Mary Ann Vecchio watched the video of George Floyd’s dying moments, she felt herself plummet through time and space — to a day almost exactly 50 years earlier.
  
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• Pittsburgh Public Schools Facing Bus Driver Shortage As More Students Prepare To Return To Classrooms

  25-04-2021 11:59
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Public Schools is getting set to welcome thousands of students back into classrooms tomorrow, but they’re still facing issues on actually getting them to school.
  5,200 Pittsburgh Public School students will return to the classroom tomorrow, with every child in the district expected to be back in school buildings by May 3.
  The students who all return to classrooms tomorrow are part of Support Category 3.
  These are students who have shown some progress wi
  
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• Pittsburgh Public Schools Considering Using Port Authority To Transport Students Amid Bus Driver Shortage

  25-04-2021 11:59
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — As more Pittsburgh Public School students head back to class, a big challenge week is getting the children to school.So one of the ideas being tossed around is using Port Authority buses to get some students to class.
  The current driver shortage for the district is about 200 drivers. More than 300 are needed for the fall.
  “Drivers are calling off. Drivers are going on leave. Drivers are getting exposed. It’s just a different number of scenarios currently rig
  
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• Surging gun violence in Pittsburgh-- and few arrests

  25-04-2021 11:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  In Pittsburgh, the calls come in every week: Man shot in the stomach outside a bar in East Hills. Two juveniles shot — one killed — in Marshall-Shadeland.
  
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• Surging gun violence in city -- and few arrests

  25-04-2021 11:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  In Pittsburgh, the calls come in every week: Man shot in the stomach outside a bar in East Hills. Two juveniles shot — one killed — in Marshall-Shadeland.
  
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• Many shootings, especially nonfatal, go unsolved as firearms violence increases

  25-04-2021 11:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  In Pittsburgh, the calls come in every week: Man shot in the stomach outside a bar in East Hills. Two juveniles shot — one killed — in Marshall-Shadeland.
  
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• Gun violence surges in Pittsburgh, but few arrests made

  25-04-2021 11:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  In Pittsburgh, the calls come in every week: Man shot in the stomach outside a bar in East Hills. Two juveniles shot — one killed — in Marshall-Shadeland.
  
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• Dozens Gather For March For Change In Pittsburgh’s Hill District

  25-04-2021 10:07
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Following the conviction of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd earlier this week, activists across the country are continuing calls for change.
  That includes here in Pittsburgh.
  On Saturday, dozens of people marched through the Hill District in an effort to inspire another to take action.
  
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• Local Groups Partner To Hold STEM Maker Boot Camp

  25-04-2021 09:47
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — With a lot of children still learning remotely and online, local groups are teaming up to give them a chance at some hands-on learning.
  On Saturday, the organization Leadership Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Science Center, and the Best of the Batch Foundation teamed up for STEM Maker boot camp, giving kids a chance to use 3D printers, laser cutters, and other technology.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Tim Lawson)
  “We’re trying to creat
  
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• Infrastructure Money Could Aid Push To Plug Oil, Gas Wells In Pa.

  25-04-2021 07:35
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — By some accounts, Pennsylvania has the worst accumulation of old, unplugged, ownerless oil and gas wells in the nation.
  There are an estimated 200,000 of them, and the cost to plug them could exceed $6 billion.
  The state’s orphan well plugging program has been underfunded for decades, but may benefit from President Biden’s proposal to upgrade the nation’s infrastructure.
  Cementing shut wells has emerged as a popular policy in the past year — for en
  
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• Police Issue Arrest Warrant For 25-Year-Old Ausha Brown, Wanted For Homicide In Homewood Hit-And-Run

  25-04-2021 06:56
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An arrest warrant has been issued by police for a woman wanted for her role in a homicide that took place in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood.
  Public Safety officials announced late Saturday night that the arrest warrant had been issued for 25-year-old Ausha Brown, of Pittsburgh.
  (Courtesy: Pittsburgh Public Safety)
  Earlier this week, police were flagged down by two women, directing them to a man lying in the roadway along Kelly Street in
  
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• David Kushner: North Side barber served generations of customers

  25-04-2021 06:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  Through countless first haircuts, straight-razor shaves and the lively debate that served as a daily staple at “Dave’s Barber Shop” on the North Side, Mr. Kushner inspired loyalty through generations of customers.
  
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• Council District 2 primary race is perfect prototype

  25-04-2021 06:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  The director of engagement for a Robinson-based parish says his background in philosophy gives him the critical thinking skills to be a member of Pittsburgh City Council.
  
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• Curtain Up: Baldwin High School Students Perform First Musical In Over A Year

  25-04-2021 05:29
  
  By Royce Jones
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – While in-person stage productions had the curtain fall during the pandemic, one high school class made a comeback this weekend.Once upon a pandemic, students from Baldwin High School had dreams of performing again as concerts were canceled with some nearly missing their final performance.“It was devastating we were so close to being able to perform. We were about three weeks out and everything got canceled and shut down,” said Morgan Smeal, a
  
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• ‘We Decided To Make A Change:’ Parents That Helped Start Drug Take Back Day Spread Hope

  25-04-2021 05:25
  
  By: Jessica Guay
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Police departments in the area marked another successful National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The program in Shaler Township was spearheaded 10 years ago by a couple who lost their son to a drug overdose.
  “So many families are ripped apart by these medications that are out there, and I don’t even want to call them medications, they’re drugs. That’s what they are, they are evil drugs,” said Norma Hufnagel.
  Norma and Dav
  
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• Pittsburgh Police And SWAT Respond To Incident On Waldorf Street

  25-04-2021 04:38
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh Police and SWAT officers are on the scene of an incident in the 200 block of Waldorf Street.According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, they are in the area for a “warrant service.”They are asking people to avoid the area.Stay With KDKA.com For More Details
  
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• One killed in fatal Hill District shooting

  25-04-2021 03:55 via post-gazette.com
  
  One person was killed during a shooting Saturday evening in the 2400 block of Bedford Avenue in the Hill District.
  
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• Authorities ID teen killed in Hill District shooting

  25-04-2021 03:55 via post-gazette.com
  
  One person was killed during a shooting Saturday evening in the 2400 block of Bedford Avenue in the Hill District.
  
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• Pittsburgh Police Searching For Missing 88-Year-Old Woman, Queenie Kirkland

  25-04-2021 00:49
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 88-year-old woman, Queenie Kirkland.Photo Credit: Pittsburgh Police
  Kirkland was last seen around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday in the 7200 block of Bennett Street.She is described as 5’3″, with grey hair and brown eyes. When she was last seen, she was wearing a shiny black coat, grey jacket, white t-shirt, and black shoes.Anyone with information regarding her where
  
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• Pittsburgh Police Safely Locate Missing 88-Year-Old Woman, Queenie Kirkland

  25-04-2021 00:49
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh Police have located the missing 88-year-old woman, Queenie Kirkland.
  Queenie Kirkland has been safely located by Zone 4 officers.
  Thank you to the media and the public for your concern and shares on social media. pic.twitter.com/iptlL3SyXZ
  — Pittsburgh Police (@PghPolice) April 25, 2021Kirkland was reported missing on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Several Pittsburgh Area Police Departments Participate In Prescription Drug Take Back Day

  25-04-2021 00:43
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – As the United States continues to see an increase in overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, police departments across the country, including in Pittsburgh, took part in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.A few of the locations across the area collected more than 1,000 pounds of unused, unwanted, and expired medications.Allegheny County Police, Pittsburgh Police, and Shaler Police Departments all did their part to make sure these medic
  
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• Doctors Worry As Demand For COVID-19 Vaccine Decreases In The Region, Make Clinics More Accessible

  25-04-2021 00:28
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — With the Johnson & Johnson vaccine back in the pipeline to be used, the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were still being used in clinics throughout the area today.
  Every week, more vaccine shots go into the arms of those who want them.
  But doctors say that number has slowed down, and it is concerning.
  That is why they are meeting people where they are and bringing the vaccine to them.
  The workers are there and so is the vaccine, but it is the community that doesn’
  
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• Children Gather In Homewood To Plant Dozens Of Trees In Honor Of Earth Week

  25-04-2021 00:28
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – In honor of Earth Week, children came together in Homewood to plant dozens of trees on Saturday.The volunteers came from all over to plant the trees at Oasis Farm and Fishery.
  Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Tim Lawson
  While planting the trees, they also learned about how the environment affects our food.“I think it’s important because we are so alienated from our food and we have an impaired relationship with food that I think mani
  
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