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AP - Republican gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos ignited a controversy that kept blogs, party activists and editorial writers fired up for days when he said he approves of intelligent design being taught along with evolution in science classes.
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Import duty contains battery-powered pensioner menace RoTM The EU has moved to restrict the number of mobility scooters available to a machine uprising on the UK streets by slapping import duty on the vehicles, the Telegraph reports.

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WASHINGTON - The Congressional Budget Office is projecting that this election-year's federal deficit will reach $422 billion, congressional aides said Tuesday, the highest ever, yet a smaller shortfall than analysts predicted earlier this year. The figure, provided by aides who spoke on condition of anonymity, is su...
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US stocks opened slightly higher on Tuesday as oil prices slipped with a lightly staffed Wall Street remaining cautious during the Republican party convention in New York amid heavy security and concerns of possible attacks.
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom mobile phone division T-Mobile USA has agreed to buy SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc for about $1.6 billion, the companies said on Monday.
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The Internet portal's evolution to free content extends to AOL Latino.
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City-wide wi-fi networks are growing but how do councils and citizens get the most out of them?
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US consumer prices surged 0.6 percent in October, the Labor Department said, with higher energy costs fuelling fears of renewed inflation.
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Functions for photo-organizing app are now bundled into the operating system.
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Rival Technologies Inc. (PINK SHEETS: RVTI) reports that it has taken a significant step towards commercializing TRU technology, it's proprietary bitumen/heavy oil upgrading process. Rival has entered into its first Joint Venture Agreement for commercialization of TRU technology.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Nasdaq and Borse Dubai won agreement from Investor AB , OMX's biggest shareholder, and other investors to sell their shares at 265 Swedish crowns ($40.57) each, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
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The three-time Wimbledon champion will face 18th seed Marion Bartoli who upset No. 1 Justine Henin.
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By Jim Stafford, The Daily Oklahoman Feb. 13--Seated in front of a monitor in a classroom at Francis Tuttle Technology Center, 84-year-old Fred Edmonds studies a spiral-bound notebook as an instructor explains the basics of computer technology.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The ex-general counsel at Monster Worldwide Inc. pleaded guilty on Thursday to criminal charges related to stock options backdating, becoming the latest former U.S. executive ensnared in an options-related case.
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Global lenders need to offer more grants and debt relief to poor countries and tailor lending toward the private sector, Treasury Secretary John Snow said today.
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AP - St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Ray Lankford accepted a minor league assignment to Triple-A Memphis on Monday, nine days after leaving the team to consider his career options.
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THE NEWS this week that the European Commission is investigating Microsoft's and Time-Warner's April acquisition of ContentGuard is not trivial, and it's not just another case of "Oh, let's Get Microsoft".
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( InfoWorld ) - With the introduction of its latest vPro microprocessors on Monday, Intel contends it is injecting a heavy dose of new security capabilities for the benefit of business customers and third-party technology providers alike. By wrapping a set of expanded security features around the vPro Core 2 Duo chips,...
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A gas tanker crashes over a bridge and plunges 50ft on to a railway in a market town in County Durham.
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Using xPression, Document Sciences' flagship application, companies can automate the creation and delivery of personalized communications such as brochures and contracts.
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Reuters - The Justice Department is investigating U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales's meeting with a former top aide about the controversial firing of federal prosecutors last year, according to a letter released on Thursday by the Senate Judiciary committee.
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - Colin Montgomerie, who has suffered much misery at the hands of American golf fans, gave back some of his own Friday with another Ryder Cup tour de force at Oakland Hills Country Club.
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While Hewlett-Packard, Dell and IBM are the recognized leaders of the X86 server market, one player has surprisingly begun to gain ground.
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Socceroo goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer poses in front of a set of makeshift goal posts in the Solomon Islands. Photo: Tim Clayton. Australian coach Frank Farina last night admitted anything
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Marriott International Inc. MAR.N fell 3 percent before the bell on Tuesday after the largest U.S. hotel operator reported higher fourth-quarter profit but forecast full-year earnings below average analyst estimates.
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Satellite pay-TV giant BSkyB today recorded better than expected subscriber figures, announcing it had added 62,000 customers in the three months between July and September.
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LONDON - His stepfather is Arsenal's record goal-scorer, Ian Wright. Today, Shaun Wright-Phillips will try to create another piece of Arsenal history - by stopping their unbeaten run at 46 games.
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Cellphones, complex and small, often break or go missing. When does it pay to have insurance?
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AP - A British Hercules airplane was damaged while landing in southeastern Iraq and later destroyed by coalition forces because of the risk of mounting a recovery operation, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
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AT&T turns its business focus away from traditional phone service.
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Texas-El Paso agreed Wednesday to play in the EV1.net Houston Bowl against a Big 12 team at Reliant Stadium on Dec. 29. The 25th-ranked Miners, who had never been ranked in the Associated
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InfoWorld's "Save XP" petition asking Microsoft to keep Windows XP available indefinitely, not end most sales on June 30 as currently planned, has prompted many readers to suggest that maybe the best answer for those who don't like Vista is to switch to another operating system completely. "Don't be afraid. Just sw...
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AP - Ryan Smyth is already feeling comfortable in his new surroundings and the New York Islanders' power play is benefiting from his presence.
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A report by a kids' group says more than half of the children in the world are suffering because of the effects of war, poverty and the HIV virus.
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SEATTLE, NOVEMBER 22: For people trying to get their ageing parents on the web so they can read email and get digital photos of the family, Microsoft Corp has a message: Don’t give up.
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It's time to add new money to your portfolio. What will you do?
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Terry Robiskie wasn't offended, so why should anyone else be? Because there was really so little to say about the Patriots' 42-15 thrashing of the hopeless Cleveland Browns Sunday beyond, "Let's move on," a mini-controversy of the media's making seemed to emerge concerning the tactics of Patriots coach Bill Belichick o...
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges is embroiled in two lawsuits by former clients who contend that the firm breached its duty to provide them with its undivided loyalty.
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CIOs and other hiring managers will continue to struggle to recruit and retain IT workers, putting upward pressure on salaries for hot skills.
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WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected proposals, including two from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for future lunar science activities. In addition, the agency has established two new programs that will enhance research made possible by the Vision for Space Exploration.
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Noble Energy Inc. Thursday said it agreed to acquire Patina Oil & Gas Corp. for about $2.76 billion, plus debt. Denver-based Patina owns oil and gas fields in mainly in Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - About 2,000 peace activists applauded on Monday as the leaders of the United States and Britain were branded "fascist war criminals" at a conference featuring gruesome exhibits of their alleged crimes.
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WOOLWORTHS has triumphed in a protracted two-way takeover battle for Australian Leisure and Hospitality after securing enough shares to discourage rival Coles Myer from making a seventh increase in the bid price for the pubs and pokies group.
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KARACHI: The International Monetary Fund has agreed to help Pakistan develop a framework for the release of quarterly gross domestic product data, a senior finance ministry official said.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - A militant group headed by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has killed an American captive in Iraq after the lapse of a 24-hour deadline on Tuesday, Arabic channel Al Jazeera said.
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A senior member of the US-backed Iraqi government was assasinated in a drive-by shooting by insurgents today. Deputy Governor of Baghdad Hatem Karim
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Australian financial software group Computershare Ltd. (CPU.AX: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to buy US share registrar EquiServe for $292 million from DST Systems Inc.
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Schalke 04 sacked coach Jupp Heynckes on Wednesday after the German club's dismal start to the new Bundesliga season. Schalke have lost three of their four league matches and lie
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PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus parent EADS EAD.PA confirmed fresh delays to its A380 superjumbo on Thursday, but said it was too early to say how long the third postponement in deliveries would last or how much it would cost.
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Steiner Sports is expected to announce on Monday that they will auction off nearly 2,500 pages of personal journal entries of Joe DiMaggio.
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SPACE.com - Is there really life out there? Was a kinder, wetter Mars once dotted by bacterial blooms whose progeny now await our discovery? Do unseen, alien microbes swim in the buried oceans of Europa, Callisto, or Ganymede? What about Titan's sub-zero methane lakes?
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Ten products to sport Wi-Fi Multimedia brand next week
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday discussed with cabinet ministers the questions of aid to those who suffered from the terrorist tragedy in the North Ossetian town of Beslan, Itar-Tass reported.
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SPACE.com - Research into what separates matter from antimatter is accelerating in particle physics experiments around the world. Scientists are hoping the difference will help explain why you, me and all the things around us are made of matter instead of its opposite.
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AP - The Senate's top two Republicans have signed on to help their party fund-raising committee collect donations for the 2006 elections.
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Denver -- Maybe the sidearm lefty missed his spot. Or maybe the Rockies found a clever way to bid Barry Bonds adieu for the season after he clobbered them with a .
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Romney supporters put on a brave face as results come in
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Israel dismisses an offer by Palestinian militant groups to stop firing rockets into Israel, if Israel end on Palestinians.
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AP - Duke became the second school in NCAA history to win three straight women's golf titles, and Arkansas' Stacy Lewis rallied to take the individual championship in windy and rainy conditions Friday.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 2 -- The stock market went whisper quiet this week as Republicans convened in Madison Square Garden to renominate George W. Bush for president.
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AP - Former Pro Bowl center Barret Robbins was shot several times when he struggled with a police officer investigating a burglary at a South Beach office.
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BAGHDAD - Civilian deaths rose in August to their second-highest monthly level this year, according to figures compiled yesterday by the Associated Press. That raises questions about whether US strategy is working days before Congress receives landmark reports that will decide the course of the war.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar retreated against major currencies on Friday in thin holiday-season volume, as traders took profits after early-session gains.
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AP - When Peyton Manning sees his name alongside some of the great players in NFL history, he beams with pride. Manning's phenomenal season earned him his second straight Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award — and he came within one vote of being a unanimous choice.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc GSK.L has agreed to disclose information on all clinical studies of its drugs to settle a lawsuit that accused it of withholding negative information about the antidepressant Paxil, the New York Attorney General's office said on Thursday.
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To Microsoft and its Xbox, "Halo 3" is more than just a game.
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AFP - Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Wednesday said no one in his party wanted to challenge for the leadership despite low opinion polls heading into an election later this year.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have scrapped their 11-month-old policy of seizing prescription drugs imported through the mail from Canada, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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Many U.S. companies dig deep to help tsunami victims in Southeast Asia.
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A federal judge today imposed strict travel limits on the former press baron while he awaits sentencing for swindling the Hollinger International newspaper empire.
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Don't be too smart by half.
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Property markets around the world are beginning to embrace the idea of sharing audio and video files over the Internet.
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Three workers lose their jobs at a council office after becoming "addicted" to internet shopping site eBay.
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Germany will store digital fingerprints in addition to digital photos in passports as one of several biometric security measures.
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AP - Kentucky officials are blocking state employees' Internet access to a political blog that has been critical of Gov. Ernie Fletcher, who was indicted earlier this year in connection with a state hiring scandal.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday after the government raised its estimate of third-quarter economic growth, calming worries that the economy was slowing sharply.
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In the unpredictable world of professional football, there are but a few certainties: Dick Vermeil will cry like a baby after a win.
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THE REGION Fidelity Investments said it is cutting the cost of its online bond trades for retail investors. The firm cut fees by 50 percent for online fixed-income trades to retail investors buying or selling bonds. For example, US Treasuries will now cost 50 cents to trade, per bond; government agencies and Treasury S...
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Windows Vista: More than five years in the making, more than 50 million lines of code. The Result?
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A Fool peers in through Wall Street's out door.
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Profits at Time Warner, the world's biggest media group, are boosted 76% by ad revenues and high-speed internet sales.
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( InfoWorld ) - A Republican Party Web site has been hacked, and for some time it has been spreading a variation of the long-running Storm Trojan horse to vulnerable visitors, a security researcher said Friday. This is the first time that Storm has taken to the Web for its victims, said Dan Hubbard, head of research at...
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Peugeot boss Corrado Provera expects Marcus Gronholm to bounce back today after wet weather saw him slip off the pace in the Wales Rally GB.
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Thomas Grandi could easily have grown up to be a surfer in Australia rather than Canada's first giant slalom winner in the 38-year history of the World Cup circuit.
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WATFORD (Reuters) - Tiger Woods immediately imposed himself on the WGC American Express Championship on Thursday with a blistering opening nine and an eagle finish to end the day a stroke ahead of the field.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Wednesday quarterly profit fell a worse-than-expected 24 percent as the No. 3 U.S. bank lost $1.3 billion on risky mortgages and set aside more money for rising losses on home-equity loans.
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SYDNEY: Discount Australian airline Virgin Blue said yesterday it would increase fares again to help offset higher fuel costs, and would axe one of its routes because of low passenger numbers.
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VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II on Sunday moved five Catholics closer to sainthood, including Austria's last reigning emperor and a German nun whose graphic visions of Christ's suffering helped inspire the blockbuster movie "The Passion of the Christ." Cheers went up in St. Peter's Square from a crowd of about 30,00...
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Japan protested to Moscow after a Russian military plane intruded into Japanese air space over the Izu Islands south of Tokyo, a Japanese foreign ministry official said.
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Fast-food chain Jack In The Box Inc. (JBX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday reported a higher-than-expected 32 percent rise in quarterly net profit, helped by sales of new products
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Reuters - U.N. war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte said on Tuesday she was not satisfied with Serbia's search for war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic, whose arrest is key to the country clinching closer ties to the European Union.
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Are the kids all right?
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This San Francisco mixer is fast becoming an institution. We've got the party write-up plus photos by Lane Hartwell from Thursday's event.
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CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush denounced TV ads by outside groups attacking both John Kerry and himself on Monday and called for a halt to all such political efforts. "I think they're bad for the system," he said...
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Bloomington, IN (Sports Network) - Indiana named Terry Hoeppner its new head football coach on Friday. Hoeppner, who comes home to Indiana after a successful stint at Miami-Ohio, takes over a program that has not had a winning record since 1994.
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ALAMOGORDO, N.M. - The New Mexico Museum of Space History will be shipping names to the stars with the first X-Prize launch into space...
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AP - Everything Ohio State has accomplished so far, including that huge win over Texas, was a mere prelude for the Buckeyes.
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Mr Howard has dismissed claims his party needed a miracle to seize power from Labour. And today he said the Tories could win the election.
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