| Trump's USDA Pick With Ties To Russia Investigation Withdraws Nomination Posted: 02 Nov 2017 08:14 AM PDT  Sam Clovis, President Donald Trump's pick to become the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientist, has withdrawn his nomination.
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| GOP senators already want changes to House tax reform bill Posted: 02 Nov 2017 01:51 PM PDT  A handful of Republican senators are already asking for significant changes to the House's sweeping $1.51 trillion tax reform bill released Thursday that lowers income and corporate tax rates while eliminating some popular deductions.
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| Walmart Shooting Suspect Arrested After High-Speed Chase Posted: 02 Nov 2017 09:09 AM PDT  The manhunt for a shooter who killed three shoppers at a Walmart outside of Denver Wednesday, escalated in a high-speed chase and the arrest of a man Thursday morning with no known motive.
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| NYPD: Harvey Weinstein Could Be Arrested Posted: 03 Nov 2017 01:23 PM PDT  The New York City Police Department disclosed Friday that it is gathering evidence behind a rape allegation against Harvey Weinstein, who could be facing arrest as a result.
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| California family missing in Brazilian jungle found safe Posted: 02 Nov 2017 04:07 PM PDT  SAO PAULO (AP) — A California couple and their two daughters who had been missing for days after pirates attacked their boat in the Amazon River delta area have been found alive.
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| U.S. and AT&T discuss conditions for approval of Time Warner deal Posted: 02 Nov 2017 02:12 PM PDT  AT&T Inc and the U.S. Department of Justice are discussing conditions the No. 2 wireless carrier needs to meet in order to win government antitrust approval for its acquisition of Time Warner Inc , sources familiar with the situation told Reuters on Thursday. Wall Street largely believes the transaction will go through, but its success is not assured, and the issue has become a political battleground. Donald Trump, who has accused Time Warner's CNN and other media of being unfair to him, criticized the deal on the campaign trail last year and vowed that as president his Justice Department would block it.
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| This Mom Is ‘Disgusted’ After School Robocall Mispronounces Her Daughter’s Name as Racial Slur Posted: 03 Nov 2017 04:04 PM PDT  A mother says she received multiple robocalls from her city's school district that mispronounced her daughter's name as a racial slur
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| Russia Documents Mean Trouble for Sessions Posted: 02 Nov 2017 02:01 PM PDT  Rachel Maddow outlines the many ways that Sam Clovis is intertwined in the Trump Russia scandal and why the latest unsealed court documents mean Jeff Sessions is in big trouble with the Senate.
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| House Democrats sue for records on Trump International Hotel lease Posted: 02 Nov 2017 09:08 AM PDT  The lawsuit represents the latest legal challenge to President Trump's controversial decision to retain ownership of his international real estate firm, which operates the Trump International Hotel in a building leased from the government's General Services Administration.
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| Alec And Hilaria Baldwin Are Expecting Baby No. 4 Posted: 03 Nov 2017 02:29 PM PDT  There's another baby on the way for Alec and Hilaria Baldwin!
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| Acquaintances say bike path suspect was argumentative, angry Posted: 02 Nov 2017 04:28 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Some saw him as disagreeable and argumentative, others as quiet and prayerful. He was said to be hardworking but also seemed to simmer with disillusionment over financial and career setbacks.
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| The GOP Tax Plan Includes One Really Good Idea Posted: 03 Nov 2017 11:51 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― For three decades, wealthy sports owners have benefited from an obscure provision in federal tax law that has encouraged state and local governments to put billions of dollars in public tax money toward the construction of lavish new sports stadiums.
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| Pope, at U.S. military cemetery, makes emotional anti-war address Posted: 02 Nov 2017 01:48 PM PDT  By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis made one of his most emotional anti-war addresses on Thursday, saying during a visit to a U.S. military cemetery that the world seemed to be headed into war perhaps bigger than any before. Francis said a Mass for several thousand people at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery in the town of Nettuno, south of the Italian capital, on the day Roman Catholics commemorate their dead. The burial ground is the final resting place for 7,860 American soldiers who died in the liberation of southern Italy and Rome in 1943 and 1944.
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| Samantha Bee Breaks Down Why She's So Disappointed With John Kelly Posted: 02 Nov 2017 01:37 AM PDT  Samantha Bee feels very let down by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly.
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| World's priciest whisky bought by Chinese millionaire revealed to be fake Posted: 02 Nov 2017 05:48 AM PDT  When Chinese millionaire, Zhang Wei, splashed out £7,600 on the world's most expensive whisky shot in a Swiss bar, he boasted to his fans that it was the same age as his great, great grandmother would have been – 139 years old. Unfortunately for the martial arts fantasy writer, the headlines generated not only admiration, but suspicion by experts who doubted the authenticity of the spirit's true provenance when they spotted discrepancies in the bottle's cork and label. An analysis from Scottish experts has now confirmed that Mr Zhang was unwittingly duped into buying a fake dram, and the Waldhaus am See hotel in St Moritz has recently flown its manager, Sandro Bernasconi, to China to reimburse him, reported the BBC. Analysis has shown the whisky was not as advertised Credit: David Cheskin/PA Wire The whisky had been poured from an unopened bottle labelled as an 1878 Macallan single malt, and Mr Zhang's shot is believed to have been the largest sum ever paid for a poured dram of Scotch. Had the bottle been genuine, it would have been worth £227,000. When doubts emerged about its provenance, the hotel sent the whisky to specialists in Dunfermline who carried out carbon dating tests that showed it was probably made between 1970 and 1972. Further lab tests revealed it was probably a blended a Scotch and not a single malt. Mr Bernasconi flew to China to break the bad news to Mr Zhang and to pay him back but he said the author was not angry. "He thanked me very much for the hotel's honesty," he told the BBC.
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| Trump takes Asia: A look back at President Trump and Melania Trump's trips of 2017 Posted: 02 Nov 2017 10:35 AM PDT  Trump is set to depart for Asia on Friday, marking his first visit as president to five countries. President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will travel first to Hawaii on Friday before continuing on to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. The president is expected to meet with a series of world leaders while on the Asia excursion.
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| 9 Easy Thanksgiving Side Dishes Posted: 03 Nov 2017 09:09 AM PDT  It's getting down to the wire and you still haven't planned your menu for Thanksgiving.
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| CIA releases 470,000 more files from bin Laden raid Posted: 01 Nov 2017 06:46 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Never-before-seen video of Osama bin Laden's son and potential successor was released Wednesday by the CIA in a trove of material recovered during the May 2011 raid that killed the al-Qaida leader at his compound in Pakistan.
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| Missing US travel-blogger family found alive in Brazil Posted: 01 Nov 2017 08:21 PM PDT  An American family missing for three days in northern Brazil was found alive Wednesday, after a drama in which they were robbed while on a boat trip. The public safety ministry in Para state released a photo showing Adam Harris Hateau, 39, his wife Emily, 37, and their two young daughters alongside a member of the police and others in the Furo Grande area where they went missing on Sunday. The family recently lived in the southern resort and university city of Florianapolis.
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| Teen Ordered to Jail Over Road Rage Case Flees Court, Slams Into Family's SUV Posted: 02 Nov 2017 05:42 PM PDT  Cyrus Mathews had just been ordered to spend 60 days in jail.
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| A Tax Cut That Republicans Could Pass, Flaws And All Posted: 02 Nov 2017 04:18 PM PDT  WASHINGTON ― House Republicans released their long-awaited tax cut bill on Thursday, with some interest groups coming out immediately against the legislation and most Republicans enthusiastically supporting the bill anyway.
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| Iraqi forces enter al-Qaim in final offensive on Islamic State-held territory Posted: 03 Nov 2017 04:01 AM PDT  By Raya Jalabi ERBIL Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces have entered al-Qaim, one of the last remaining territories in the country still held by Islamic State militants, the Joint Operations Command said on Friday. Units from the Iraqi army, Counter-Terrorism Services, Sunni tribal and Iranian-backed Popular Mobilisation forces (PMF) are participating in an offensive to recapture al-Qaim and Rawa, two towns which lie on the border area with Syria. Iraq's security forces retook a border crossing with Syria from the militants, hours after entering al-Qaim, according to the Joint Operations Command.
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| Nordstrom Just Low-Key Dropped A Huge Fall Sale You Can't Miss Posted: 02 Nov 2017 11:31 AM PDT  Nordstrom just quietly dropped a sale so good, we can't keep it a secret.
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| First lady Melania Trump to be protected by Japan's first-ever, all-female police squad Posted: 02 Nov 2017 11:49 AM PDT  Melania Trump will be protected by an all-female unit of officers during her and President Trump's upcoming visit to Japan.
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| Papa John's Gets Badly Burned In Twitter War With DiGiorno Posted: 02 Nov 2017 08:40 PM PDT  If you smelled charred pizza, that may have been Papa John's ― because the company got badly burned in a Twitter war.
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| How to Keep Track of Your Student Loans Posted: 03 Nov 2017 08:51 AM PDT ![How to Keep Track of Your Student Loans]( "How to Keep Track of Your Student Loans") If you aren't a student loan borrower, it may sound ridiculous that anyone would need advice keeping track of student loans. You owe money. You pay it off every month. Where's the confusion?
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| Victims of the Manhattan bike path attack Posted: 02 Nov 2017 02:27 PM PDT ![Victims of the Manhattan bike path attack]( "Victims of the Manhattan bike path attack") Those killed in the New York bike path attack reflect a city that is a melting pot: a mother of young sons from Belgium, five Argentine classmates, two Americans - a young software engineer and a project manager for Moody's Investors Service.
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| Officer who halted truck rampage hailed as a modest hero Posted: 01 Nov 2017 10:55 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police officer Ryan Nash was responding to a call about an emotionally disturbed person at a high school not far from the World Trade Center when someone reported an accident on the bike path outside.
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| Two U.S Warships Had Deadly Crashes This Year. Here's What the Navy Says Went Wrong Posted: 02 Nov 2017 01:14 AM PDT  Two crashes resulted in the deaths of 17 sailors
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| Syria army captures Deir Ezzor city from IS: monitor Posted: 02 Nov 2017 01:11 PM PDT  Syria's army and allied fighters have captured the city of Deir Ezzor from the Islamic State group in a Russian-backed operation, a monitor said on Thursday. There was no immediate confirmation from official sources, though state media earlier reported army advances in the city in the country's east. "Regime forces and allied fighters... with Russian air support have full control of Deir Ezzor city," the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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| Teva shares topple on profit warning, uncertain future Posted: 02 Nov 2017 10:57 AM PDT  By Steven Scheer and Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries , the world's biggest generic medicine maker, came under investor and market pressure on Thursday after saying it would miss 2017 profit forecasts. Shares in the Israeli-based company dropped by as much as 20 percent after it issued the profit warning, which it said was due to falling prices of generics in the U.S. market and weakening sales of its multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone, which fell 7 percent in the third quarter in the United States. Investors are pushing Teva, which is battling narrowing profit margins, a nearly $35 billion debt burden that could lead to a credit rating downgrade, for clarity on its future.
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| The 20 Funniest Tweets From Women This Week Posted: 03 Nov 2017 11:29 AM PDT  The ladies of Twitter never fail to brighten our days with their brilliant ― but succinct ― wisdom.
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| The GOP Tax Plan Tells Us Everything About Who Matters In American Democracy Posted: 03 Nov 2017 10:49 AM PDT  The United States is the richest country in the history of the world.
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| Amanda Knox says she was never allowed to mourn Meredith Kercher Posted: 02 Nov 2017 02:34 PM PDT  Amanda Knox has written an essay on the 10th anniversary of Meredith Kercher's death describing how much she misses her "closest friend" but adding that she was never able to mourn properly because of suspicions she was involved in her roommate's death. Kercher was found stabbed to death on 1 November 2007 in the apartment she shared with Miss Knox in Perugia, Italy. Knox and her then boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were found guilty of her murder before their convictions were overturned. In an essay for the Westside Seattle newspaper, she recalls the time she spent with Kercher, sunbathing on the terrace or sipping espresso. "I remember that I loved her accent. I remember the time I wanted to get dressed up and she happily loaned me a pair of her tights, like a big sister. Amanda Knox was finally cleared in 2015 Credit: Reuters "And I remember the last time I saw her, ten years ago today, slinging her purse over her shoulder and waving goodbye to me on her way out to meet up with her British friends." But she says the fond memories are buried beneath recollections of post-mortem photographs, media slurs, wrongful imprisonment and death threats. And she feels she was never allowed to mourn her friend. "There are some people who believe I have no right to mourn Meredith," she writes. "They believe that I had something to do with her murder—I didn't—or that Meredith has been forgotten in the wake of my own struggle for justice—she hasn't." Court clears Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito of murder 01:35 Miss Knox was finally cleared by the Supreme Court in Rome in 2015.She has lived in Seattle ever since, writing for her local paper. Another man, Rudy Guede, was tried in a separate, fast-track trial and found guilty of Kercher's murder in 2008. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
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| Elizabeth Warren Thinks the DNC System Was Rigged to Help Hillary Clinton Posted: 02 Nov 2017 05:25 PM PDT  Elizabeth Warren said Democrats must hold their party "accountable" in the wake of the election
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| The silliest items on Oprah's iconic Favorite Things 2017 list Posted: 02 Nov 2017 01:49 PM PDT  The true marker of the impending holiday season is not the removal of Halloween decorations or the scent of $6 holiday candles wafting in the air. It is, in fact, the annual drop of Oprah's iconic Favorite Things list, a compendium of stuff you should buy yourself and your loved ones in pursuit of a better, chicer lifestyle. This year, Oprah has us considering expensive jars and small mansions for the neighborhood birds. Here are a few other things we suddenly can't imagine our futures without: 1. A $69 chicken pie Image: amazonOprah says this pie is "the closest to homemade" she's ever tasted. She could easily make this pie for a sixth of the price, but we'll let that slide. 2. A beautiful luxury home for birds you don't own Image: amazonThese very beautiful little bird houses cost between $91 and $201, and will ensure that the local wildlife have a place to come home to after long days of seed eating. 3. Four fancy chocolate bars for $50 Image: amazonAre your Hershey bars made with pure olive oil? No? You'll need these, then. 4. A $45 "Gratitude" jar Image: amazonThis jar – which includes cards on which you write what you're grateful for – is the fancy, not-free version of giving your loved ones a recycled sauce jar and a stack of Post-It notes. 5. A DNA kit Image: amazonKnow thyself with this $99 salvia collection kit from 23andMe. 6. Five pounds of blueberries Image: amazonJust a big box of blueberries! Flash frozen! From Maine! Under $50! 7. A frozen desert maker Image: amazonThis $50 appliance is a perfect follow-up present for the person you're saddling with five pounds of berries. 8. A whole smoked turkey Image: amazonThe perfect gift for the holiday host who can't cook, these birds arrive ready to eat. Thanks, Oprah! WATCH: This VR headset has 6 times more pixels than Oculus Every editorial product is independently selected by Mashable journalists. If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our journalism.
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| Terrified Rohingya Muslims await chance to enter Bangladesh Posted: 01 Nov 2017 06:26 PM PDT  PALONG KHALI, Bangladesh (AP) — The scene has played out with heartbreaking regularity as hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have fled persecution in Myanmar and escaped to neighboring Bangladesh: terrified knots of men, women and children crossing the swollen Naf river and waiting along the border for permission to cross.
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| Does Russia Really Want to Replace the Su-25 Frogfoot with the Su-34 Fullback bomber? Posted: 02 Nov 2017 11:21 AM PDT  A single-seat fast-moving strike fighter aircraft is not optimal for the close air support role. A senior Russian official is suggesting that Moscow should develop a single-seat derivative of the Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback bomber to replace the Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot close air support aircraft.
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| Struggling Venezuela looks to restructure debt Posted: 02 Nov 2017 06:46 PM PDT  Crisis-hit Venezuela, seen by many investors on the threshold of default, will try to restructure its debt after its oil company makes a scheduled $1.2 billion payment, according to President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday. "After this payment, I decree a refinancing and a restructuring of all external debt and all of Venezuela's payments," Maduro said in a statement broadcast on state television. US sanctions imposed on Venezuela in August, however, threaten to complicate Maduro's ambition.
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| China says hopes U.S. can 'help, not cause problems' in South China Sea Posted: 03 Nov 2017 01:42 AM PDT  By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) - China hopes the United States can "help and not cause problems" in the disputed South China Sea, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Friday ahead of next week's visit to Beijing by President Donald Trump. The United States has criticized China's construction of islands and build-up of military facilities in the sea, and is concerned they could be used to restrict free nautical movement. U.S. Navy ships have also carried out freedom of navigation patrols in the area, angering China.
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| Colorado shooting: Three killed at Walmart in Thornton as customers flee in panic Posted: 01 Nov 2017 10:53 PM PDT  Two men and a woman were killed in a shooting inside a suburban Denver Walmart on Wednesday night that forced customers to either hide or flee. Thornton police reported "multiple parties down" and advised people to stay away from the area as dozens of police cruisers and emergency vehicles raced to the scene. The men died at the Colorado store, and the woman died at a hospital. Police spokesman Victor Avila said a man nonchalantly entered the store and fired a handgun into a group of people before fleeing in a car. No one has been arrested. "This is a very heinous act," Avila said. "We don't know exactly what the motive of the person was, but it was certainly a terrible act." The spokesman said there is currently no indication that the shooting was an act of terror. Denver Walmart shooting map Reports of shots fired came shortly before 6:30 p.m. local time, a police spokesman told local 9NEWS in Denver. An hour after the incident, the situation, the nature of the incident or status of the threat remained unclear, he said. Local television images showed a number of police cars and ambulances surrounding the store, lights flashing. Witness says this is near #Thornton, #Colorado#Walmart. Police say "multiple parties" are down after a shooting. (Per @TheWilliamCrail) pic.twitter.com/fjKLwh1FnQ— Chris Stewart (@CStewartWPTV) November 2, 2017 Aaron Stephens, 44, was in the self-checkout line when he heard a single shot followed by more bursts of gunfire, The Denver Post reported. He said customers started screaming and running for the exits. "I was scared. I feared for my life," said Stephens, who has lived in Thornton for 20 years. Meanwhile, Brandon Bonney said he received a call from his brother, who was inside the store. "Bro, I'm inside Walmart, and there's a shooting here," Bonney said his brother told him. Bonney told his brother to silence his phone, stay calm and "just get somewhere and hide," The Post reported. Investigators have not released any details about the circumstances of the shooting or the condition of the injured woman. "Like six pops, everyone got down, everyone started screaming." Employee on shooting inside #Walmart in #Thornton#Colorado (per @KDVR) pic.twitter.com/ZSPNHPT9D5— Chris Stewart (@CStewartWPTV) November 2, 2017 Local NBC affiliate 9NEWS reported that a woman whose son was in Walmart had told her that he had heard about 30 gunshots and was still inside. A video posted on Twitter showed the store apparently empty except for police officers with guns drawn. Empty Walmart after Customers evacuated after shooting at Thornton Walmart on Grant Street in Thorntonpic.twitter.com/K0pDQ58FVX— ����TrumpRussia���� (@TrumpEra_2017) November 2, 2017 One woman on Facebook said her son had told her there was a shooting at the store. "OMG! My son Nathan just called me shooting at Thornton Walmart just now..many shots fired!!" Junie Toni Manz wrote on Facebook. "Angela Martinez-Garcia and her son Johnny and her mom Meka were in the store during shooting and had to run out...They are shaken up."
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| Kevin Spacey Reportedly Dumped By Talent Agency And Publicist Posted: 02 Nov 2017 10:08 PM PDT  In the wake of mounting accusations of sexual harassment and assault against actor Kevin Spacey, his publicist and talent agency will no longer represent him, the Los Angeles Times is reporting.
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| Scientists Just Found a Hidden Chamber in the Great Pyramid of Giza Posted: 02 Nov 2017 08:55 AM PDT  Scientists have found a hidden chamber in Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza, the first such discovery in the structure since the 19th century and one likely to spark a new surge of interest in the pharaohs.
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