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Philanthropy to move from downtown storefront
(Local News ~ 03/10/15)
A popular downtown Cape Girardeau boutique soon will move west. Philanthropy, which sells apparel, jewelry, home decor items and gifts, carries a Christian message and pledges percentages of all sales to charity, plans to relocate and reopen in a retail center at 201 S. Mount Auburn Road by May 1...
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Grand jury to hear case against suspect in Southeast student's death
(Local News ~ 03/10/15)
A hearing for a man accused of shooting to death Southeast Missouri State University sophomore Robert Christman III was continued Monday so his case can be heard by a grand jury. Christopher Grant, 18, of Collinsville, Illinois, was charged in early February with murdering Christman, 19, during a failed robbery attempt a month earlier in downtown St. Louis...
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Bell given two life sentences for killing couple
(Local News ~ 03/10/15)
Kenneth Bell will live out the rest of his days in the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections. Judge Benjamin Lewis on Monday overruled Bell's motion for a new trial and sentenced him to two life terms -- one for each of Bell's first-degree murder convictions -- without the possibility of probation or parole, plus an additional 30 years on one count of armed criminal action...
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Idea for skateboard park makes some tracks
(Local News ~ 03/10/15)
Some of the major obstacles have been overcome, but there still is plenty of work to be done before wheels are spinning at a new park in Cape Girardeau designed for skateboarding, rollerblading and BMX enthusiasts. Chris Hutson, a local father and skateboarder, has worked for about five years to create a place where children and teens can skate or bike, instead of turning to streets and parking lots...
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Fans of math and dessert are looking forward to Saturday
(Local News ~ 03/10/15)
Math enthusiasts and dessert lovers prepare to mark a once-in-a-century date Saturday An annual Pi Day celebration occurs March 14, but this year has math enthusiasts -- and pie lovers -- more excited than usual. The date will correspond not just to pi's repeating decimal number's first three digits -- 3.14 -- but two more decimal places: 3.1415...
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Marilyn Gene
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/10/15)
Marilyn Gene enjoying some sun!
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furry friends
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/10/15)
This is Mr. Kilo Moore he is going on 2 years old...He is a rescue dog me an my husband Deron Moore andy son Julius Mcintosh got him when.he just a baby..needing a good home...As u see he has his own pillow an.blanket..
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Baxter says "Is winter over yet?"
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/10/15)
Baxter is a 3 year old mini schnauzer and he only likes winter if there is no snow or ice so he is ready for some dry weather!
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How'd I knock on the door? My frozen nose!
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/10/15)
Our 11th child, Zeppelin, after a romp in the snow.
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Shooting practice has Advance boys basketball team thriving
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/15)
In the final hour of an Advance boys basketball team's practice, there isn't much noise coming from the gym.
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Southeast Missouri State football team takes field for first spring practice
(College Sports ~ 03/10/15)
For Southeast Missouri State junior safety Eriq Moore returning to Houck Stadium on Tuesday afternoon for the Redhawks' first spring practice felt like a homecoming. "When the coaches go out recruiting it's like we're kind of separated from our coaches for a while, and we really don't get to have any time where we can go in there and really talk to them or talk football, really," Moore said. "And we're away from the field, so it feels like you're kind of away from home."...
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Notre Dame boys basketball team upends Potosi in Class 4 sectional
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/15)
The Bulldogs rolled to a 72-49 victory over the Trojans at the Jackson Events Center, earning a berth in Saturday's state quarterfinals in Farmington.
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Mrs. Kitty and Lazarus
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/10/15)
Friends resting.
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Willow
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/10/15)
Willow is a domestic, gray and white short hair cat. She enjoys sleeping, eating and bird watching.
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Tired of Winter
(Submitted Photo ~ 03/10/15)
Our cat Lucky was tired of the cold winter so our daughter Madison made her a place in the "shade" to rest!
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Scott County Central boys basketball team uses press to put the squeeze on opponents
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/15)
SIKESTON, Mo. -- The storied past of the Scott County Central boys basketball team has a wealth of history, including a systematic pressure defense that began years before many can remember. Perhaps the only thing missing is a patent. But don't be fooled. SCC obviously didn't invent its notorious 1-2-2 press, which has haunted opponents for decades and given way to the program's years of state championship experience...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team records road win at Saint Louis
(College Sports ~ 03/10/15)
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team saw its six-run lead steadily erased by Saint Louis University on Tuesday night but pulled off a 9-7 victory at the Billiken Sports Center in St. Louis to put together its first three-game winning streak of the season and improve to .500 at 7-7...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 03/10/15)
Today is Tuesday, March 10, the 69th day of 2015. There are 296 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 10, 1985, Konstantin U. Chernenko, who was the Soviet Union's leader for 13 months, died at age 73; he was succeeded by Mikhail Gorbachev...
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Two people hurt in Scott County crash
(Local News ~ 03/10/15)
Two people were seriously injured Monday morning in a one-car accident in Scott County. About 5 a.m., Elizabeth Phelps, 23, of Chaffee, Missouri, was driving a 2004 Jeep east on Route Z when she crossed the center line, overcorrected and slid off the right side of the road, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The vehicle overturned, throwing the passenger, Dylan Hilburn, 18, of Caruthersville, Missouri, who suffered a serious injury...
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Pancake, chili days help support charitable causes
(Editorial ~ 03/10/15)
Good food, fellowship and support for charities are what two events this month will provide. On Wednesday, the annual Pancake Day sponsored by the Lions Club for Community Service will be held at the Arena Building in Cape Girardeau. Each year the club serves thousands of pancakes, sausages and drinks to the community with proceeds to benefit charities...
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Speak Out 3/10/15
(Speak Out ~ 03/10/15)
** Israel's leader; ** Cape streets; ** Boehner kudos
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Bad behavior in politics
(Letter to the Editor ~ 03/10/15)
Suicide of Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich brought back memories of another gubernatorial candidate who came close to meeting the same fate a few years ago due to merciless bullying by hateful party Old Guard. Some years ago a naive but decent doctor friend of mine decided to run for the office of the governor. ...
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Cancer is in remission for teen forced to undergo chemotherapy
(Community ~ 03/10/15)
HARTFORD, Conn. -- A 17-year-old girl's cancer appears to be in remission after the state forced her to undergo chemotherapy because she refused treatment, her lawyer said Monday. A recent medical scan of the girl, identified in court documents only as Cassandra C., showed no signs of the Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosed in September, said assistant public defender Joshua Michtom. Cassandra's treatment is set to end next month after two more rounds of chemo, he said...
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Rising price of heroin-overdose antidote worries advocates
(Community ~ 03/10/15)
Rising price of heroin-overdose antidote worries advocates, who fear addicts who need it most may not be able to afford it CAMDEN, N.J. -- Just as officials across the country are agreeing it makes sense to hand out an easy-to-administer heroin-overdose antidote to police, families of addicts and drug users themselves, those buying it face a new obstacle. The price of one popular form has doubled in the past year...
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Appeals judge appointed to take over Ferguson court
(State News ~ 03/10/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri appeals court judge was appointed Monday to take over Ferguson's municipal court and make "needed reforms" after a critical U.S. Department of Justice report that was prompted by the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown...
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Missouri House panel considers eliminating daylight savings
(State News ~ 03/10/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Lawmakers questioned the effect putting Missouri on a different time than surrounding states would have during a House committee hearing on a proposal to end the annual ritual of switching clocks an hour forward and then back again...
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Survey shows gun ownership continues its decline
(National News ~ 03/10/15)
WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans who live in a household with at least one gun is lower than it's ever been, according to a major American trend survey that finds the decline in gun ownership is paralleled by a reduction in the number of Americans who hunt...
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Court documents: Wisconsin shooting victim was impulsive
(National News ~ 03/10/15)
MADISON, Wis. -- An unarmed black man fatally shot by a white Wisconsin police officer tended to be an impulsive risk-taker and faced a choice between a middle-class lifestyle and the gang world, according to court documents. The file connected to 19-year-old Tony Robinson's conviction last year for armed robbery shows he was diagnosed with attention-deficit disorder, anxiety and depression. The documents were contained in a report by a state Department of Corrections agent...
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Texas running out of execution drugs
(National News ~ 03/10/15)
HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- Texas' prison agency is scrambling to find a supplier to replenish its inventory of execution drugs, which will be used up if the state goes forward with two lethal injections scheduled for this week and next. Prison officials only have enough pentobarbital for the scheduled executions of Manuel Vasquez on Wednesday and Randall Mays on March 18, but they don't know how they will conduct lethal injections on four others set for April...
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Monia pleads not guilty, waives arraignment
(Local News ~ 03/10/15)
Former Cape Girardeau businessman Keith Monia waived formal arraignment and pleaded not guilty to eight felony charges Monday. Monia has been charged with 15 felonies in Cape Girardeau and Scott counties after an investigation into his financial dealings...
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Frat members 'disgraceful' for racist chant, University of Oklahoma president says
(National News ~ 03/10/15)
NORMAN, Okla. -- The president of the University of Oklahoma severed the school's ties with a national fraternity Monday and ordered its on-campus house be shuttered after several members took part in a racist chant caught in an online video. President David Boren said he was sickened and couldn't eat or sleep after learning about the video Sunday afternoon. ...
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Prosecuting attorney, wife flee fire at home
(Local News ~ 03/10/15)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Barbour and his wife, Tonya, narrowly escaped from their burning home early Saturday. "When we got there, the house was totally engulfed in flames. It was destroyed," Butler County Fire Chief Bob Fredwell said...
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Squalor leads to arrest of Poplar Bluff couple
(Local News ~ 03/10/15)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- An investigation into the illegal sale and storage of animals Saturday morning resulted in the arrest of a Poplar Bluff couple whose toddlers were living in what authorities described as deplorable conditions. Arrested on suspicion of two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child were William Joseph Dugger, 27, and his wife, Heather M. Dugger, 22...
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William Koonce
(Obituary ~ 03/10/15)
VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- William F. "Bill" Koonce, 88, of Villa Ridge passed away Monday, March 9, 2015, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 19, 1926, in Cairo, Illinois, son of Lorraine C. "Bugs" and Vera E. Grey Koonce. Bill attended Shiloh Baptist Church. He was a retired brakeman and switchman with GMO Railroad...
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Out of the past: March 10
(Out of the Past ~ 03/10/15)
Sarah Lynch, a second grade teacher at Alma Schrader School, has earned the Outstanding Educator Award from Phi Delta Kappa. The Rev. Richard C. Rolwing, pastor of St. Mary's Cathedral, has been named monsignor by Pope John Paul II; the title of honor was bestowed by the pope upon recommendation by Bishop John J. Leibrecht of the Diocese of Springfield- Cape Girardeau, for Rolwing's work as a priest in the Catholic church...
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Vendor meeting rescheduled for Riverfront Market
(Local News ~ 03/10/15)
A meeting for those interesting in being a vendor for the Cape Riverfront Market's 2015 has been rescheduled to March 19. The original meeting, set for March 5, was canceled because of bad weather. Vendors must be within 100 miles and produce their own goods...
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Mary Yeager
(Obituary ~ 03/10/15)
Mary Jo Yeager, 91, of St. Charles, Missouri, formerly of Cape Girardeau, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2015, at Breeze Park Senior Community in St. Charles. She was born Jan. 5, 1924, in Cherryvale, Kansas, to William and Myrtle Pilkington O'Leary...
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Going, going ...
(Local News ~ 03/10/15)
These snowmen were seen Monday, withered against temperatures rising into the 40s near Dennis Scivally Park in Cape Girardeau. Most of the nine inches of snow in the city from Wednesday's winter storm had disappeared except in shaded areas and snowbanks...
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Billy Eifert
(Obituary ~ 03/10/15)
Billy Dean Eifert, 78, of Scott City died Monday, March 9, 2015, at Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston, Missouri. He was born Sept. 21, 1936, in Cape Girardeau to William Henry and Ruth Hughes Eifert. He and Martha Ann Slinkard were married Dec. 9, 1988, in Gramercy, Louisiana...
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Portageville man pleads guilty to murder
(Local News ~ 03/10/15)
A Portageville, Missouri, man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and first-degree burglary in the death of a former police officer and U.S. Marine. Gunner L. Pind, 29, was sentenced last week in Pemiscot County Circuit Court to life in prison without the possibility of parole, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster's office reported...
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Winston Williford Sr.
(Obituary ~ 03/10/15)
Winston Oliver Williford Sr., 56, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Charleston, Missouri, was a loving husband, father and friend who passed away Friday, March 6, 2015, in a fatal car accident. He had touched so many lives and was instrumental in leading hundreds of people to the Lord...
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Toddler improving after 14 hours in upside-down car in river
(National News ~ 03/10/15)
SALT LAKE CITY -- As four Utah police officers approached an overturned car discovered below a bridge in an icy river, they heard a woman's voice asking softly for help. When the foursome flipped over the midsized car, they discovered a 25-year-old woman dead in the front seat. The only other passenger: an 18-month old baby girl in a back car seat, unconscious but alive...
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Apple Watch moves Internet to user's wrist
(National News ~ 03/10/15)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple wants to move the Internet from your pocket to your wrist. Time will tell whether millions of consumers are willing to spend $350 on up -- there's an 18-karat gold version that starts at $10,000 -- for a wearable device that still requires a wirelessly connected smartphone to deliver its most powerful features...
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Solar-power plane airborne on historic round-the-world trip
(National News ~ 03/10/15)
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- With its wings stretched wide to catch the sun's energy, a Swiss-made, solar-powered aircraft took off from Abu Dhabi just after daybreak Monday in a historic first attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fossil fuel...
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Carol Rhodes
(Obituary ~ 03/10/15)
Carol P. Rhodes, 55, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, March 7, 2015, at Saint Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home.
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Man pleads guilty to Cape McDonald's heist
(Local News ~ 03/10/15)
A Cairo, Illinois, man pleaded guilty today to robbing a Cape Girardeau McDonald's. Otha Watkins III, 33, pleaded guilty to one count each of interference with commerce by threat or violence, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and being a felon in possession of a firearm before U.S. District Judge John A. Ross...
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Mizzou's hires Rhoades as new athletic director
(College Sports ~ 03/10/15)
Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri has named Houston athletic director Mack Rhoades IV as the school's new AD. The school said Monday that Rhoades will assume the post in late April after the board of curators approved the hire in a special session...
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SEC teams get one more shot at UK in tourney
(College Sports ~ 03/10/15)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Kentucky this. Kentucky that. The talk leading up to the Southeastern Conference tournament is all about the undefeated, top-ranked Wildcats. Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings says John Calipari has one of the best teams he has ever seen. South Carolina's Frank Martin calls it comical that some believe the Wildcats are struggling because of a few close league games...
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Panel told player salaries could generate $300 million in taxes
(Professional Sports ~ 03/10/15)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri economic development officials Monday told a House panel that building a new football stadium in St. Louis could bring nearly $300 million in net sales tax revenues to the state over the next 30 years. The Monday hearing came as Rams owner Stan Kroenke is working to build a stadium near Los Angeles. The Rams in January went year-to-year on the lease of the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, prompting concern from city leaders about the team leaving Missouri...
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Wacha throws two healthy innings for Cardinals
(Professional Sports ~ 03/10/15)
JUPITER, Fla. -- Michael Wacha hopes to put an injury-filled 2014 behind. Wacha retired all six batters he faced in his spring training debut, and six Boston Red Sox pitchers combined on a six-hitter in a 3-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday...
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Notre Dame boys basketball team set to face Potosi in sectional
(High School Sports ~ 03/10/15)
Saturday night's Class 4 District 1 championship game between Notre Dame and Sikeston was nothing short of a dogfight. Notre Dame came away with a 63-56 victory but not before a couple players sustained injuries -- sophomore guard Blake Bauwens tweaked his back, and senior guard Grant Ressel left in the first half and was later diagnosed with a torn ACL...
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Southeast Missouri State baseball team takes first OVC series
(College Sports ~ 03/10/15)
The Southeast Missouri State baseball team secured its first Ohio Valley Conference series victory in dominating fashion on Monday afternoon. The defending OVC champion Redhawks posted a 13-1 win over Eastern Kentucky at SIU Edwardsville to improve to 2-1 in conference and 6-7 overall...
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Nation briefs 3/10/15
(National News ~ 03/10/15)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Transportation officials say 40 passengers were injured when an Amtrak train collided with a tractor-trailer that was stuck on the tracks in North Carolina. They said none of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening. An eyewitness said the tractor-trailer driver was trying to make a difficult right-hand turn. She said the driver jumped out of the truck before the crash...
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Births 3/10/15
(Births ~ 03/10/15)
Koehler Daughter to Christopher Mark and Amanda Ann Koehler of Scott City, Southeast Hospital, 12:54 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. Name, Macy Christine. Weight, 6 pounds, 14 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Koehler is the former Amanda Lemons, daughter of Terry Lemons and Lydia Lemons of Scott City. She is employed in medical billing at Cape Family Practice. Koehler is the son of Steven and Mary Koehler of Scott City. He is employed by Nestle Purina...
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Cape Girardeau police report 3/10/2015
(Police/Fire Report ~ 03/10/15)
CAPE GIRARDEAU The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI n Michael W. Bell, 42, 406 Albert St., was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, driving while revoked, and assault on a law enforcement officer...
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Prayer 3/10/15
(Prayer ~ 03/10/15)
Lord Jesus, may we abide in you and seek your righteousness. Amen.
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Removing residue
(Local News ~ 03/10/15)
Chris Logsdon attacks the result of the most recent winter storm as he washes salt off his car Monday in Cape Girardeau. The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, is calling for a respite from the cold this week, with temperatures in the 50s and 60s. (Fred Lynch)...
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