| White House Walks Back Claim That David Shulkin Resigned Posted: 02 Apr 2018 05:53 AM PDT  The White House on Monday changed its story about David Shulkin's departure
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| Papadopoulos reportedly says Sessions “encouraged” him to find out about hacked Clinton emails Posted: 02 Apr 2018 02:11 PM PDT  Former US Attorney Barbara McQuade speaks to Joy about new developments in the Mueller investigation involving George Papadopolous, Jeff Sessions and Alexander van der Zwaan.
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| Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick: A new film looks at the accident that ended a political dynasty Posted: 03 Apr 2018 04:00 AM PDT  How accurate is the new film "Chappaquiddick" in recounting the drowning death of Mary Jo Kopechne and the scandal surrounding Sen. Ted Kennedy in 1969?
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| Family's Fatal Cliff Car Crash Likely Was Intentional, Police Say Posted: 02 Apr 2018 03:53 AM PDT  A week after a mysterious car crash killed at least six members of a
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| Study: This is the star sign most likely to become a CEO Posted: 02 Apr 2018 12:41 PM PDT  Whether you're a loyal daily horoscope checker or a complete skeptic, it's
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| Fighters start to quit last rebel pocket of Syria's Ghouta Posted: 02 Apr 2018 12:36 PM PDT  Syria's regime drew closer to taking full control of Eastern Ghouta on Monday as state media reported that fighters began evacuating the last rebel-held pocket of the former opposition stronghold near Damascus. A Russian-brokered deal had been reported on Sunday for fighters with Jaish al-Islam, the largest rebel group still in Ghouta, to leave the enclave's main town of Douma. The retaking of Eastern Ghouta would mark a major milestone in President Bashar al-Assad's efforts to regain control of territory seized by rebel factions during Syria's seven-year civil war.
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| Saudi crown prince says Israel has 'right to homeland' in sign of normalising ties Posted: 03 Apr 2018 04:25 AM PDT  Saudi Arabia's crown prince has said Israelis have a right to a homeland alongside Palestinians, in a sign the kingdom was open to the possibility of normalising ties. Mohammed bin Salman, the 32-year-old heir to the Saudi throne, said the Jewish people were entitled to live peacefully on their own land when asked if he believes they have a right to a nation-state. "I believe the Palestinians and the Israelis have the right to have their own land," he said. "But we have to have a peace agreement to assure the stability for everyone and to have normal relations." Saudi Arabia - birthplace of Islam and home to its holiest shrines - does not recognise Israel. It has maintained for years that establishing any diplomatic relations hinges on Israeli withdrawal from Arab lands captured in the 1967 Middle East war, territory Palestinians seek for a future state. Crown Prince and Defense Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman in Egypt Credit: Handout The crown prince also said that while the ultra-conservative country has "religious concerns" about the holy mosque in Jerusalem and the rights of Palestinians, it has no objection "against any other people". "There are a lot of interests we share with Israel and if there is peace, there would be a lot of interest between Israel and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries", Prince Mohammed told The Atlantic magazine in an interview as he tours the US. Profile | Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) The countries have grown closer under the crown prince, bonding over their mutual distrust of Iran. Saudi Arabia opened its airspace for the first time to a commercial flight to Israel last month, a hugely symbolic move that was greeted with much cheer in the Jewish state after a decades-long ban. King Salman reiterated his support for the Palestinians in a phone conversation on Monday night with President Donald Trump, in rare comments made by the ageing monarch. The king also emphasised the need to advance the peace process, speaking after Israeli security forces killed 16 Palestinians last week during a demonstration along the Israel-Gaza border People react as they evacuate deaf Palestinian Tahreer Abu Sabala, 17, who was shot and wounded in the head during clashes with Israeli troops, at Israel-Gaza border Credit: Reuters The Trump administration has pinned its hopes on Saudi Arabia as a key interlocutor in the peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians. While Riyadh does not officially acknowledge Israel's existence, it has in the past talked about recognising Israel in the context of a two-state solution with the Palestinians. About | The two-state solution But no such senior Saudi official is known to have previously accepted that Israel has a "right" to any land beyond the practical need to secure a lasting deal. Saudi publicly condemned Mr Trump's move to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel last year, but Arab officials told the Telegraph that the kingdom was privately pushing Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, to accept a less than favourable deal. Reports suggested the deal would see the Palestinians lose their claim to east Jerusalem as its capital. In a major Saudi shakeup last year, Prince Mohammed pushed aside his older and more experienced cousin to become first in line to his father's throne, setting himself up to control Saudi policy for decades to come. The Saudis are working aggressively to change perceptions. They have cast themselves as essential partners against Islamist extremist groups and worked to improve women's rights in the kingdom. Abroad, he has escalated a war of words with Tehran, describing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, in The Atlantic interview as an "evil guy" who "makes Hitler look good."
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| Alex Jones Hit With Another Defamation Lawsuit, And It Could Go To A Jury Posted: 02 Apr 2018 11:42 AM PDT  Alex Jones may soon learn that ruining the lives of innocent people comes with
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| Nvidia is a buy according to Bank of America, Apple reportedly dives deeper into augmented reality, Facebook responds to video bug Posted: 03 Apr 2018 08:00 AM PDT  Nvidia, Apple, Facebook CBS and Viacom are the companies to watch.
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| Oklahoma teachers go on strike and rally at state Capitol Posted: 02 Apr 2018 11:20 AM PDT ![Oklahoma teachers go on strike and rally at state Capitol]( "Oklahoma teachers go on strike and rally at state Capitol") Teachers carried signs and marched during a rally at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City on Monday calling for higher wages.
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| Texas man who invoked 'affluenza' defense released from jail Posted: 02 Apr 2018 02:28 PM PDT  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Ethan Couch, who as a 16-year-old driver drunkenly struck and killed four pedestrians but dodged prison after suggesting at trial that his irresponsibility was a result of his entitled upbringing, walked free Monday after serving almost two years in a Texas jail on a probation violation.
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| Jenna Dewan Tatum Hinted At Marital Trouble With Channing Tatum Months Ago Posted: 03 Apr 2018 09:33 AM PDT  Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum's announcement that they were splitting
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| US Supreme Court nixes $655 million jury award against the PLO Posted: 02 Apr 2018 10:54 AM PDT  The US Supreme Court Monday rejected a bid to make the Palestine Liberation Organization pay $655 million in damages to victims of six attacks in Israel. The court's decision aligned with the view of President Donald Trump's administration, which in this case saw no reason for the high court to intervene despite strains in US relations with the PLO. The court upheld a New York appeals court ruling that in 2016 found that the US courts lacked jurisdiction over attacks in Israel, even though Americans were among the dead and wounded.
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| Israel Reverses Course Hours After Signing U.N. Deal To Resettle African Migrants Posted: 02 Apr 2018 05:08 PM PDT  Less than a day after the Israeli government announced a deal with the United
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| Woman's Dream of Taking Disney Cruise Dashed as She's Turned Away Since She Was Too Pregnant Posted: 02 Apr 2018 11:41 AM PDT  Disney Cruise Lines forbids women more than 25 weeks pregnant from boarding its ships.
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| Elephants loose on Spanish motorway after circus lorry overturns Posted: 02 Apr 2018 11:08 AM PDT  One elephant died and several others ended up loose on a Spanish motorway on Monday after the circus lorry they were in overturned. Police had to close the A30 in Pozo Canada near Albacete south east of Madrid after the extraordinary crash. Motorists filmed the animals strolling towards waste ground and feeding by the side of the road. The dead animal was removed from a ditch by the side of the motorway where its body ended up following the drama around 4pm. Motorists in Spain were treated to the extraordinary sight of elephants grazing by the side of the road after a circus lorry carrying at least five of the animals overturned Credit: ASA Police released pictures of the elephants appearing to feed on grass by crash barriers before being led to a safer area. They revealed, in a tweet: "The A30 has been closed because a lorry has overturned. Elephants are loose on the tarmac. "The motorway has been closed around the Pozo Canada area heading towards Murcia." The accident is believed to have happened after the HGV they were in overtook another vehicle and the driver lost control as he headed back into the slow lane. One of the elephants - pictured lying in a ditch by the roadside after the crash - died, but the other elephants - and the lorry driver - survived unharmed Credit: ASA Spain's Road Safety Authority the DGT confirmed one of the elephants had died in the incident. Four other animals escaped the crash with their lives along with the driver of the vehicle. Two of the four-legged survivors are said to have suffered injuries although it was not immediately clear how serious they were. DGT spokesman Gregorio Serrano said: "The elephants injured in the accident that has happened in Albacete are being assisted and removed. "Of the five animals one has died and two have been injured. Shortly the A30 will be reopened." The crash happened on the A30 near the city of Albacete Credit: ASA One stunned motorist, who filmed the animals wandering around on the tarmac seconds after the accident, said in a running commentary over his home-made video: "Accident on the A30 motorway near Albacete. "A circus lorry has overturned. Four elephants are loose and one looks in a very bad way. I'm not sure if it's dead or not." Silvia Barquero, the president of Spanish animal welfare political party PACMA, said the animals belonged to the Gottani Circus, which has performed several shows in the area over Easter. She tweeted: "The lorry that has overturned was carrying Circo Gottani elephants. Show them more kindness. We treat animals like slaves. Enough of circuses that use animals." There was no immediate response from the circus owners. Civil Guard officers will now send a report on the accident to a local investigating judge who will be tasked with a routine probe into the incident.
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| Donald Trump Mocked After He Can't Quite Describe The White House Posted: 02 Apr 2018 07:47 PM PDT  President Donald Trump on Monday couldn't seem to figure out how to describe
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| Last eastern Ghouta rebels poised to surrender- Syrian state media Posted: 01 Apr 2018 02:40 PM PDT  By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - The group in control of the last rebel bastion near Damascus appeared on Sunday to have agreed a deal for its fighters to make peace with the government or quit the eastern Ghouta enclave, Syrian state media said. Jaish al Islam, most of whose members are drawn from the area, has been defending the city of Douma against a months-long onslaught by government forces. If confirmed, its surrender or departure for rebel-held areas in northwest Syria would herald an end to large-scale conflict in the enclave.
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| Dorian Harris Stole Beer From A Corner Store, So The Clerk Shot Him Dead: Police Posted: 02 Apr 2018 01:26 PM PDT  A corner store clerk in Memphis, Tennessee, shot a black teenager to death
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| Hart Family's 100-Foot Plunge Off California Cliff Was Likely Intentional, Authorities Say Posted: 02 Apr 2018 08:06 AM PDT  The Hart family crash investigation has taken a shocking turn.
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| Russian FM: Ex-spy's poisoning is a distraction from Brexit Posted: 02 Apr 2018 12:03 PM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's foreign minister accused Britain and the United States of spreading "lies and disinformation" about the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy in England, declaring Monday that East-West tensions are worse now than during the Cold War.
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| Winnie Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela, dies at 81 Posted: 02 Apr 2018 10:35 AM PDT ![Winnie Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela, dies at 81]( "Winnie Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela, dies at 81") Winnie Mandela, the former wife of South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, died on Monday at the age of 81, triggering an outpouring of tributes to one of the country's defining and most divisive figures.
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| Caught on video: Truck driver escapes semi before it's hit by a train Posted: 03 Apr 2018 04:41 AM PDT  An accident involving a train and tractor-trailer was caught on video Monday evening in Georgia, showing the truck driver escaping before the impact.
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| Trump's Climate Change Denial Is Already Reshaping Public Opinion Posted: 03 Apr 2018 06:00 AM PDT  A new Gallup survey shows that independent voters are less concerned about
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| British and American soldiers killed in Syria were on mission to capture Isil member, Pentagon says Posted: 02 Apr 2018 12:41 PM PDT  A British and an American soldier killed in Syria last week were on a secret mission to kill or capture a member of the Islamic State of Iraq in the Levant (Isil), the Pentagon has confirmed. Master Sgt. Jonathan Dunbar, from Austin, Texas, and Sgt. Matt Tonroe, a SAS sniper from Manchester, died in an improvised explosive devise blast in Manbij, Syria. The pair was killed and five other troops wounded on March 30. Few details have been released about the circumstances, but Major Adrian Rankine-Galloway, a Pentagon spokesman, said on Monday that they died in the top secret mission. The US military has not said whether the IED was in a building, a vehicle or buried in the road. The troops were out of their vehicles at the time of the explosion, according to a US official. There is also no word on whether the target was found and captured or killed. One indicator of the sensitivity of the mission was that Dunbar was identified publicly by the Army only as being "assigned to Headquarters, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C." That specific language has been used in the past when troops killed in action have actually been part of the Army's elite Delta Force, a counterterrorism unit that is not publicly identified. CNN reported that Dunbar was assigned to Delta. Delta Force and the Naval Special Warfare Development Group - popularly known as Seal Team Six - are among the so-called Tier One units that specialise in high-risk counterterrorism and hostage rescue missions that are rarely acknowledged. Special operations forces have been in the Manbij area recently looking for high-value Isil operatives that may have fled to the area, the US official said. There are currently around 2,000 US troops in Syria, who mostly work with local allies fighting Isil. On Thursday President Donald Trump said that the US would "be coming out of Syria, like, very soon". It later emerged that he had suspended the funds for a $200 million stabilisation project in the country. His remarks caught military leaders off guard, and were strongly criticised by Lindsey Graham, Republican senator for South Carolina. Mr Graham warned that pulling out of Syria now, with Isil on the run, would be "the single worst decision" that the president could make.
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| Christian family shot dead in southwestern Pakistan Posted: 02 Apr 2018 06:40 PM PDT  By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Four members of a Christian family were gunned down in southwestern Pakistan on Monday, police said, in the latest attack on the minority community. The family was traveling in a rickshaw when armed men on a motorcycle intercepted them and opened fire in Quetta city, the capital of Baluchistan province. "It appears to have been a targeted attack," provincial police official Moazzam Jah Ansari told Reuters.
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| On World Autism Awareness Day, Remember 'The Neglected End Of The Spectrum' Posted: 02 Apr 2018 02:45 AM PDT  When I hear that ping between 7 and 9 p.m., my heart leaps, because I know
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| Jesse Hernandez Search: How Crews Found Boy Lost in Maze of Sewage Pipes Posted: 02 Apr 2018 11:25 AM PDT  The boy was found miraculously found alive Monday morning after hours of searching the complicated system of pipes.
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| Two massive crystal meth seizures on Thai border Posted: 03 Apr 2018 02:13 AM PDT  Thai authorities have seized two massive hauls of crystal methamphetamine near border regions this week, officials said Tuesday, highlighting the kingdom's role as a pipeline for drugs flooding through Southeast Asia. Early Tuesday authorities found some 788 kilogrammes (1,737 pounds) of crystal meth -- a high-purity form of the stimulant -- in an abandoned pick-up truck in northern Chiang Rai province, the heart of the notorious 'Golden Triangle' drug producing zone. More than nine million meth tablets were also found in fertiliser bags inside the vehicle, which lay some 100 metres away from the banks of the Mekong river that divides Thailand and Laos.
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| China's Tiangong-1 Space Lab Has Made Its Fiery Return to Earth Posted: 01 Apr 2018 08:18 PM PDT  The free-falling space station mostly burned up before landing in the southern Pacific Ocean
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| Don’t Get Married Yet If Your Partner Does These 9 Things Posted: 02 Apr 2018 09:01 AM PDT  For engaged couples with a wedding on the horizon, it's important to take
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| Best Expensive Used Cars for $20,000? Posted: 02 Apr 2018 08:30 AM PDT  Reliability aside, there are a ton of great, formerly expensive cars you can buy for cheap.
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| Trump Defends Conservative Media Company After It Orders Anchors To Bash 'Biased' News Posted: 02 Apr 2018 07:57 AM PDT  President Donald Trump on Monday defended Sinclair Broadcasting Group amid
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| Mexico is no ‘piñata,’ election frontrunner says after Trump tweets Posted: 02 Apr 2018 07:37 AM PDT  Mexico's presidential frontrunner launched his campaign close to the U.S. border on Sunday, demanding respect for Mexicans hours after U.S. President Trump again threatened to scrap a key trade pact and erect a wall between the countries.
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| The marchers are long gone from Selma, Ala. The poverty persists. Posted: 02 Apr 2018 02:57 AM PDT ![The marchers are long gone from Selma, Ala. The poverty persists.]( "The marchers are long gone from Selma, Ala. The poverty persists.") It seems that a town that made history has, 50 years later, been left behind by it.
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| Jesse Hernandez, 13, Found Alive After Fall Down Sewage Pipe During Easter Picnic Posted: 02 Apr 2018 05:06 AM PDT  Los Angeles officials were searching for Jesse Hernandez into Monday morning.
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| Man charged in serial killings isn't facing death penalty Posted: 02 Apr 2018 12:28 PM PDT  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana prosecutors aren't seeking the death penalty against a suspect charged with killing three men and wounding a fourth in a string of shootings last year.
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| 16 Tweets That Will Make Introverts Nod In Agreement Posted: 02 Apr 2018 12:37 PM PDT  If you're an introvert, you likely value your alone time. You think before you
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| Toyota Isn't Saying No To Seven-Seat RAV4 Posted: 02 Apr 2018 11:18 PM PDT  But it isn't saying yes either.
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| News Anchor At Sinclair-Owned Station Hits Back At Trump Posted: 02 Apr 2018 04:02 PM PDT  An evening news anchor at a Sinclair Broadcast Group-owned station in Seattle
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| The_Mueller is Reddit's hottest place for all your spiciest Robert Mueller memes Posted: 02 Apr 2018 01:45 PM PDT  You don't have to look too hard on Reddit to find anti-Trump subreddits, but somewhere in between r/TrumpForPrison and r/EnoughTrumpSpam, a new sub has risen up to firmly plant a wry tongue in the cheek of the current administration. The_Mueller is a subreddit completely dedicated to spreading memes and disseminating news related to special counsel Robert Mueller III's investigation exploring possible ties between Russia and Trump's 2016 campaign and possible obstruction of justice from the president. It now has around 75,000 subscribers and growing. The_Mueller is a place where Redditors come to gleefully celebrate what they see as Trump's looming downfall at the hands of a former FBI director who has become an unexpected celebrity for the left. After all, Mueller is a Republican, initially appointed to his FBI position by George W. Bush. But that's not going stop anti-Trumpers from anti-Trumpin'. Dragonsandman, who started the subreddit last summer, explained its origin to Mashable, "It was a spur of the moment decision from a comment thread in /r/Politics." The Redditor added, "A few people expressed a desire for a meme subreddit based on the investigation and put forward a few names. I chose /r/The_Mueller, because it mirrored The_Donald." The upstart sub does seem like a mirror of r/The_Donald, the massive alt right platform full of praise for Trump and trolling for "snowflake libs." That subreddit continues to be extremely active with almost 600,000 subscribers. SEE ALSO: March For Our Lives crowd estimates trump Trump's inauguration The_Mueller takes a page from their right-leaning nemesis and regularly posts links that bask in Mueller fandom. For example, here is the subreddit's most popular post: But community members are all too happy to form their own jokes at the expense of the president and his cadre of seemingly corrupt cabinet members. The sub has also become a place for news about the investigation. Daily news links are included in amongst the bushel of memes. And the subscribers love it. "The community response has been overwhelmingly positive," moderators of The_Mueller said. "r/The_Mueller is a place to both unwind and get excited for what's in store in the investigation. But also a place to hold up a mirror to both sides of the aisle. Don't forget, Robert Mueller is, besides a patriot, a Republican himself." Of course, the internet is a dark place, full of terrors, and partisanship rears it's ugly, orange head regularly. Rivalry between subreddits is nothing new, but The_Mueller has become something of a target. "The antagonism from r/The_Donald is showing every day, but we expect our community to respond in good fashion," the moderators said. "While we have to acknowledge that the trolling and gaslighting is mostly coming from r/The_Donald users rather than others across the political spectrum, we think we can maintain a healthy community that allows multiple viewpoints to be seen, including criticism of the moderators." It's a odd world we live in which an appointed special counsel investigating a president's wrong doing is heralded with memes and upvotes. But politics in the Trump era has become a whirling dervish of cultural crazy glue, sticking to almost everything as it almost everything revolves around it. This modern moment makes The_Mueller as yet another unique, and fascinating, example of how political expression has evolved. WATCH: Scientist Ivanka's accessories are Photoshopped separately
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