| Florida’s Race For Governor Is In Recount Territory Posted: 08 Nov 2018 10:31 AM PST  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The tight gubernatorial race between Tallahassee Mayor
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| Father confirms son, 22, was among Thousand Oaks shooting victims Posted: 08 Nov 2018 11:15 AM PST  Jason Coffman, who was desperately searching for his son, Cody, in the hours after the deadly mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif., received the heartbreaking news on Thursday that the 22-year-old was among the victims of the massacre.
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| Daily Digit: Pentagon says migrant caravan poses no threat, yet Trump’s border deployment may cost us $220 million Posted: 09 Nov 2018 06:02 AM PST  President Trump's move to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border could cost taxpayers $220 million. The president has referred to the caravan as an "invasion"; however, a Pentagon risk assessment reportedly found that the caravan did not pose a threat to the United States.
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| Captain of duck boat that killed 17 in July accident indicted Posted: 09 Nov 2018 03:07 AM PST  Kenneth Scott McKee was indicted Thursday in connection with the duck boat sinking that killed 17 people, including nine members of one family.
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| Best Bites: Fall brussel sprouts, squash and quinoa salad Posted: 08 Nov 2018 12:14 PM PST  Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy your
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| Midterms 2018: The best comments from our Reddit AMA on the US elections Posted: 09 Nov 2018 10:20 AM PST  The 2018 midterm elections ended with a historic slate of Democrats — including first-time politicians, women and other diverse candidates — taking back control of the US House of Representatives.
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| How California erupted in flames overnight Posted: 09 Nov 2018 12:13 PM PST  Newly-born fires torched bone-dry Northern and Southern California throughout the night of November 8. One deadly blaze in particular, the Camp Fire, ripped through 70,000 acres in just 24 hours. "It's incredible," Michael Gollner, a fire scientist at the University of Maryland, said of the uncontrollable Northern California wildfire. "I don't know if I want to say unprecedented — but it's getting close to that. It's incredibly rare." "That blows your mind," Brenda Belongie, lead meteorologist of the U.S. Forest Service's Predictive Services in Northern California, said in an interview. "That impresses us in the industry." While the Camp Fire nearly burned the entire town of Paradise to the ground, residents in heavily-populated Southern California documented their nighttime escapes from falling embers and glowing hillsides. The Woolsey and Hill fires have now burned through 14,000 acres, with thousands of residents receiving urgent nighttime evacuation messages via text. In both the north and south of the parched Golden State, the rapidly-evolving circumstances are similar: profoundly dried-out land with the arrival of persistently dry, gusty winds. "Then all you need is a spark," said Belongie. Clouds of smoke seen from Hermosa Beach, California.Image: susan kaufmanAlthough fires are complex environmental phenomena driven (and exacerbated) by weather, U.S. fires in the last couple decades have been burning at least twice as much land than in the early 1980s, and they've been burning for weeks — not days — longer. A warmer climate means more dry, flame-susceptible vegetation. "These fires are going to be happening more often," noted Gollner. The California fire season should be nearing its end. Typically, by mid-October the season dies down as the first rains will make the grasses and forests less likely to burn — particularly in Northern California. But not this year. "We are still very much in fire season," said Belongie. "It's just one fire after another." The Camp Fire, barely contained as of Friday morning, is the continuation of a historic fire season in the heavily-forested northern part of the state. In July, the Carr Fire — after jumping the Sacramento River — grew into a towering, spinning vortex of flame. SEE ALSO: The EPA completely axed its climate change websites. But why are NASA's still live? Northern California has now seen a record number of acres burned during a fire season, Belongie said. That's around 150 percent of the previous record, she noted. The now-raging Camp Fire has exploited exceptionally dried-out forests and grasses. In some portions of Northern California, forests are now as dry as they were during the peak summer fire season, when temperatures were in the triple digits. It's now well into November, and parched forests are at their seasonal records for dryness, with some setting new records. Worse than no rain is negative rain. Evaporative Demand Index (EDDI) is maxing out for some areas for the last 4 weeks. #CAwx pic.twitter.com/AP3ZYjscZt — Rob Elvington (@RobElvington) November 8, 2018 "This is a huge deal," said Belongie. For a few weeks now, California forests have been increasingly dried-out by strong, dry winds, blowing from the north and east — so fire experts expected flames. And through the night, east-blowing winds blew persistent gusts through much of the state. The dry stage was set. "Unfortunately, it's not unexpected," said Gollner. And Westerners can expect similar circumstances in the future. Once these large fires start, there's little that can be done to stop them — even our massive fire-retardant dropping aircraft have little effect. "The airplanes aren't going to do very much once the fire grows to this enormous size," said Gollner. #HillFire [update] at Hill Canyon Rd and Santa Rosa Rd, Santa Rosa Valley (Ventura County) per Ventura County Fire is now 10,000 acres. https://t.co/m9mxnWQh0T pic.twitter.com/MWOXL4vThd — CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) November 9, 2018 With this modern reality, society needs to prepare, emphasized Gollner. For instance, it's now imperative that flame-vulnerable communities reduce vegetation near their homes, so communities aren't met with 100-foot tall walls of flame. We can't stop the flames — but we can make them manageable. "It's not about making it a black-top all around," said Gollner. "It's about reducing the fuel over the land — so we don't have this really high risk next to our homes." But for now, fire managers just want this particular season to just end. "This is an endless fire season," said Belongie. WATCH: Ever wonder how the universe might end?
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| What It's Worth: What You Can Get With $3.5M Posted: 08 Nov 2018 12:37 PM PST  Whether you're in the biggest city or smallest suburban town, every map dot in
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| Judge To Hear Arizona Senate Race Vote Count Dispute Posted: 09 Nov 2018 12:41 PM PST  PHOENIX (AP) -- As the Arizona Senate vote count starts to tip into Democratic
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| Thousand Oaks stirs painful memories for Las Vegas survivor: ‘Why? Why again?’ Posted: 09 Nov 2018 05:45 AM PST  Robert Gaafar, who survived last year's Route 91 Harvest massacre, is reliving seering memories after this week's mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
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| 'She got paid a lot of money to write a book': Trump deflects questions on birtherism in Michelle Obama memoir Posted: 09 Nov 2018 08:45 AM PST  In her upcoming memoir, Michelle Obama writes that she will "never forgive" President Trump for pushing the so-called birther conspiracy that she believes put her family's safety at risk.
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| Walmart is throwing an in-store party on Thanksgiving with free food Posted: 09 Nov 2018 08:03 AM PST  Ain't no party like a Walmart party … well, on Thanksgiving, at least!
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| Twitter Users Jokingly Offer To Donate Their Ribs To Ruth Bader Ginsburg Posted: 08 Nov 2018 11:00 AM PST  Some Americans jokingly offered to make a supreme sacrifice for Ruth Bader
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| Evacuations remain for Malibu as Woolsey Fire doubles in size in Southern California Posted: 09 Nov 2018 01:58 AM PST  More than 200,000 residents, including those in Malibu, remain under mandatory evacuation as the Woolsey and Hill fires rage in Southern California.
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| Pelosi unveils plans to establish new House diversity office Posted: 08 Nov 2018 06:12 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi wants to establish a House diversity office to recruit and retain employees from different backgrounds to Capitol Hill as one of the first acts of the new Congress, according to a letter obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
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| Bernie Sanders Says Not All Voters Who Feel 'Uncomfortable' With Black Candidates Are Racist Posted: 08 Nov 2018 01:25 PM PST  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) drew criticism Thursday after saying many white
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| Google outlines steps to tackle workplace harassment Posted: 08 Nov 2018 08:30 PM PST  Google on Thursday outlined changes to its handling of sexual misconduct complaints, hoping to calm outrage that triggered a worldwide walkout of workers last week. "We recognize that we have not always gotten everything right in the past and we are sincerely sorry for that," chief executive Sundar Pichai said in a message to employees, a copy of which was shared with AFP. Arbitration of harassment claims will be optional instead of obligatory, according to Pichai, a move that could end anonymous settlements that fail to identify those accused of harassment.
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| Trump bans asylum for migrants who cross the border between official ports of entry Posted: 08 Nov 2018 03:07 PM PST  The Justice Department and the Homeland Security Department released the text of an interim regulation Thursday afternoon outlining new restrictions on asylum that will be the subject of a presidential proclamation expected to be issued by the White House on Friday.
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| Flight Attendant Breastfeeds Passenger's Crying Baby Posted: 09 Nov 2018 11:16 AM PST  A young passenger got a very special in-flight meal aboard Philippine Airlines
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| What Experts Want You To Know About Being In An Active Shooter Situation Posted: 09 Nov 2018 02:43 PM PST  It's a dreadful reality of living in America right now that there are, and
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| 'Everything destroyed' as wildfire scorches Paradise, California Posted: 08 Nov 2018 08:57 PM PST  Driven by strong winds and dry conditions, the blaze dubbed the Camp Fire roared through the town of Paradise, about 85 miles (240 km) north of Sacramento, forcing the population to flee in a chaotic mass evacuation. "The town is devastated, everything is destroyed," said California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) spokesman Scott Maclean, who spent much of the day in Paradise. "There's nothing much left standing." The town of Chico, population 93,000, could be next in the path of the wildfire, as flames were driven westward by 35-mile-per hour (56 km-per-hour) winds, said Butte County Fire Chief Darren Read.
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| The Latest: IS claims responsibility for Australia attack Posted: 09 Nov 2018 04:02 AM PST  SYDNEY (AP) — The Latest on a knife attack in Melbourne (all times local):
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| For Democrats looking to future, 2020 looms large Posted: 09 Nov 2018 12:34 PM PST  "People are looking too much at what got flipped and not at long-term directional trends," said Jessica Alter of Tech for Campaigns, which connects tech and campaign experts with candidates.
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| Melania Trump Raises Eyebrows With Tweet About Brett Kavanaugh's 'Honor' Posted: 09 Nov 2018 03:34 AM PST  Melania Trump was criticized after she tweeted about the "honor" of new
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| Indonesia calls off the search for Lion Air crash victims Posted: 10 Nov 2018 01:51 AM PST  "Since yesterday afternoon until today we have not found any more victims and therefore I declare the search and rescue operation is over," Muhammad Syaugi, head of the search and rescue agency, told reporters Saturday. Lion Air has begun paying $102,058 compensation money for each passenger to the grieving families. Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee has retrieved one of the black boxes -- the flight data recorder -- and is still hunting for the cockpit voice recorder, which recorded the last conversation between the pilot and co-pilot before the crash.
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| PayPal bans prominent UK far-right figure from using its services Posted: 09 Nov 2018 06:23 AM PST  PayPal has banned Tommy Robinson, former leader of the far-right, anti-Muslim group English Defence League (EDL), from it's platform. In a statement sent to Mashable, the online payments company said that it doesn't comment on individual cases, but that they carefully review accounts to make sure that they fit user guidelines. SEE ALSO: PayPal makes it harder to buy shady supplements from Infowars "We do not allow PayPal services to be used to promote hate, violence, or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory," PayPal wrote, adding that "we work hard to achieve the right balance and to ensure that our decisions are values-driven and not political." Robinson, who was banned from Twitter in March for reportedly violating Twitter's hateful conduct policy, posted a reaction video to Facebook, where he has 967,000 followers. "It is simply fascism," Robinson said in response to being blocked from ever using PayPal again. Robinson (real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) is a former member of the British National Party. He co-funded the controversial far-right group English Defence League in 2009, and was the group's leader up until 2013. After attempting to form a UK branch of the German far-right populist party Pegida in 2016, Robinson joined the Canadian website Rebel Media the following year. Robinson went to prison for contempt of court after filming four men outside a court room. He has a history of broadcasting himself on social media outside trials involving Muslim defendants. WATCH: iPhone XR reviews, Amazon cashierless stores in NY, and election hacking: A tech news roundup — Technically Speaking
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| Melbourne stabbings: Somali-born Australian inspired by Isil, say police, as group claims attack Posted: 09 Nov 2018 05:59 PM PST  A Somali-born Australian who set fire to a gas-laden truck in the centre of Melbourne and fatally stabbed one person before he was shot by police was inspired by Islamic State but did not have direct links with the group, Australian police said on Saturday. In an attack described by the state premier as an "act of evil", the man sped a utility vehicle down Bourke Street, one of the city's busiest thoroughfares, and then stopped and apparently set it alight before randomly stabbing pedestrians. A man aged 74, who had been stabbed in the face, died at the scene. Two other men, aged 26 and 58, are in a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) claimed responsibility for the attack. Police identified the man responsible for Friday's attack as 30-year-old Hassan Khalif Shire Ali, 31, whose 21-year-old brother was accused of plotting a mass murder on New Year's Eve at Federation Square last year, a city centre hub and popular tourist spot. He is in jail awaiting trial. A police officer inspects a body at the crime scene following a stabbing incident in Melbourne Credit: AFP Footage taken by witnesses showed the man lunging with a large knife at police, who shot him in the chest and killed him. Bystanders were yelling at police: "Just shoot him, just shoot him". Police said Shire Ali's Australian passport was cancelled in 2015 after an intelligence report he planned to travel to Syria, but an assessment was made that whilst he had radical views, he posed no threat to national security. "I think it is fair to say he (Shire Ali) was inspired. He was radicalised," Australian Federal Police Acting Deputy Commissioner Ian McCartney told reporters in Melbourne. "We're not saying there was direct contact. We're saying it was more from an inspiration perspective." Australian counter-terrorism investigators were searching two properties in suburban Melbourne on Saturday morning. "Joint Counter Terrorism Team investigators are executing search warrants at two addresses in Werribee and Meadows Heights this morning" Victoria police said in a statement. "More information will be provided when it's appropriate to do so." Scott Morrison, the Australian Prime Minister, said the national terrorism advisory remained at "probable", the midpoint of a five-tier system, and told reporters in Sydney that radical Islam was the issue. "I need to call it out. Radical, violent, extremist Islam that opposes our very way of life. I am the first to protect religious freedom in this country, but that also means I must be the first to call out religious extremism," he said. Isil's propaganda channel said the group was behind the attack. "The perpetrator of the operation... in Melbourne... was an Islamic State fighter and carried out the operation... to target nationals of the coalition" fighting Isil, Amaq reported a jihadist security source as saying. Armed security personnel stand near the Bourke Street mall in central Melbourne Credit: AAP/James Ross/via REUTERS The attack began on Friday at about 4.30pm, as streams of people were shopping and heading home. Some pedestrians – including one with a shopping trolley, now labelled "trolley man" – tried to fend off the attacker. When police officers arrived, the attacker punched one through the car window and appeared to show little fear as he repeatedly tried to stab them. Some witnesses claimed the man, who was tall and wearing a long dark coat, was yelling "Allahu akbar", though police said this was not confirmed. "He seemed to be waving something, people around me screamed that he had a knife," a witness told ABC News. "And then I heard one loud bang. It sounded like a gunshot." Another witness, who was taking a stroll during a break from work, said: "It is a very strange thing to witness on the streets you walk everyday… People were quite scared. They wanted to know what was going on." Melbourne attack: Bourke street Victoria Police's Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said the man moved from Somalia to Melbourne's north-west suburbs in the 1990s and was known to state and federal counterterrorism agencies through his "family associations". "His family members are certainly known to us from a terrorism perspective," he said. "From what we know of that individual, we are treating this as a terrorism incident." The scene of the attack in Melbourne on Friday Commissioner Ashton said the man had convictions for cannabis use, theft and driving offences but not for violent offences. He said there was not believed to be an ongoing threat. Melbourne has experienced numerous terror attacks and plots in recent years. In 2009, authorities conducted raids and charged five Somali Australian men in Melbourne suspected of terrorism offences. Three were later convicted of planning to attack an army barracks. Significant fire in Bourke Street - road blocked between Swanston and Russell Streets pic.twitter.com/H6xO1pzy5L— acuriouscook (@loumick3) November 9, 2018 Victoria's state premier Daniel Andrews condemned the latest attack as an "act of evil" and pledged that the city would "go about our business this weekend and every weekend". "This is an evil, terrifying thing that's happened in our city and state today," he said. "We condemn it… We'll not, as a city and a state, be defined by this act of evil." The incident came as the trial began of James Gargasoulas, who is accused of killing six people on Bourke Street last year after allegedly deliberately ploughing through them with a car. Mr Gargasoulas, 28, who was in a drug-induced psychosis at the time, has pleaded not guilty. Police do not believe the attacks were linked.
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| Judge refuses to limit Arizona vote count, sets hearing Posted: 08 Nov 2018 05:29 PM PST  PHOENIX (AP) — A judge on Thursday rejected Republican demands to immediately limit vote counts in the razor-close U.S. Senate race in Arizona and has set a hearing on the challenge affecting about 5,600 votes in the state's most populous county.
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| Democrats seek hearings on Trump's ouster of Sessions Posted: 08 Nov 2018 06:30 PM PST ![Democrats seek hearings on Trump's ouster of Sessions]( "Democrats seek hearings on Trump's ouster of Sessions") Trump forced the resignation of Sessions on Wednesday, a day after elections in which his fellow Republicans lost control of the House but increased their majority in the Senate. In a letter https://bit.ly/2DaU1nl saying the move placed the country "in the throes of a constitutional crisis," House Judiciary Committee Democrats demanded action from the panel's Republican chairman, Bob Goodlatte, and called for bipartisan legislation to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller from any effort to stymie the probe. A spokeswoman for Goodlatte had no comment on the letter.
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| Michelle Obama: Trump’s Birther Lies Were Meant To ‘Stir Up Wingnuts And Kooks’ Posted: 08 Nov 2018 08:42 PM PST  Former first lady Michelle Obama tears into President Donald Trump in her new
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| Rare Shelby GT350H found in pensioner's garage Posted: 09 Nov 2018 06:37 AM PST  Discovered in an elderly lady's garage, this barn find Shelby GT350H has been hidden away for 30 years. Today these rare muscle cars can be worth $150,000.
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| Ice-T Says He’s Never Eaten A Bagel Before And People Are Freaking Out Posted: 09 Nov 2018 12:13 PM PST  Ice-T shook Twitter Friday when he announced he has never eaten a bagel.
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| Five dead in California wildfire as second blaze forces Malibu evacuation Posted: 09 Nov 2018 02:29 PM PST  A rapidly moving wildfire in Northern California killed five people when flames engulfed their vehicles as they attempted to flee the mountain town of Paradise in one of three infernos raging across the state, authorities said on Friday. Nearly 500 miles (800 km) to the south, a blaze forced the evacuation of the upscale oceanside city of Malibu, home to many celebrities, and threatened the beleaguered town of Thousand Oaks, where a gunman killed 12 people this week in a shooting rampage in a bar and dance hall. "The town is devastated, everything is destroyed," said California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) spokesman Scott Mclean, referring to Paradise, which has a population of 26,000 including many retirees.
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| Florida Senate Race Heads for Automatic Recount Posted: 08 Nov 2018 12:14 PM PST ![Florida Senate Race Heads for Automatic Recount]( "Florida Senate Race Heads for Automatic Recount") The U.S. Senate in Florida race is likely headed for an automatic recount. Republican Rick Scott, who resigned as governor to pursue the Senate seat, led incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson by roughly 22,000 votes, or .26 percent of all votes cast, as of Thursday morning. Florida law requires a machine recount if the candidates finish within 0.5 percentage points of each other and a manual recount if the final margin is thinner than 0.25 points.
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| Correction: Election 2018-House-Iowa-Steve King story Posted: 09 Nov 2018 11:09 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story Nov. 6 about the re-election of Iowa Rep. Steve King, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Purina Pet Care was a subsidiary of Land O'Lakes. Nestle Purina Pet Care is a subsidiary of Nestle SA.
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| Twitter Is Rallying Behind Black Female Journalists After Trump's 'Loser' Comment Posted: 09 Nov 2018 12:15 PM PST  People on social media are shedding light on the important work by black
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| Facebook stops requiring arbitration of sexual harassment claims Posted: 09 Nov 2018 04:41 PM PST  Facebook on Friday said it will no longer require employees to resolve sexual harassment claims via arbitration, mirroring a move by Google. "Today, we are publishing our updated Workplace Relationships policy and amending our arbitration agreements to make arbitration a choice rather than a requirement in sexual harassment claims," Facebook corporate media relations director Anthony Harrison told AFP. Google on Thursday outlined changes to its handling of sexual misconduct complaints, hoping to calm outrage that triggered a worldwide walkout of workers last week.
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| The 2020 BMW M8 Coupe Will Be a 600-Plus-HP Beast Posted: 09 Nov 2018 08:31 AM PST  Like the M5, it'll have a V-8 and an AWD system with a rear-biased drift mode.
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