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Up next on the newscast, a convicted murderer gets what he asked for...the death penalty. We'll have the details.
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and long hours of searching pay off as workers find evidence that could give insight into the crash of an Egyptian airliner.
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Weekend forecast looks dry and warm Saturday, a bit cooler on Sunday.
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[WRITER=tbr]
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Today on health check --
The government considers approving a pneumonia vaccine for babies.
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[VO-NAT]
And the World Health Organization has launched a new global anti smoking
campaign with an aggressive advertising format.
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[5-Akers]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=5]
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[TAPE#=599-11 1:54:19]
[GRAPHIC=News 7 at 5]
A convicted murderer is sentenced to death today after he refused to let his attorneys defend him. Thomas Akers says he wants to die.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.;]
Akers beat 24-year-old Wesley Smith to death with a metal baseball bat last December.
He also stole Smith's car and Christmas bonus.
The judge read a letter from Akers saying he has no remorse.
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[SOT 11:26:26]
[IN Q=That I ]
((THAT I LEFT A BODY IN A VIRGINIA FIELD JUST TO SHOW THEM HOW BLIND MY JUST-ICE IS. THAT I CAME OUT OF PRISON TO DELIVER DEATH, PAIN AND DESTRUCTION.))
[SUPER=02-William Alexander III/Judge;]
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Akers' attorneys say they could have presented evidence of his troubled childhood and mental state.
But Akers wouldn't let them.
He wanted the death penalty to avoid spending life in prison.
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[SOT 11:33:08]
[IN Q=State assisted suicide]
((STATE ASSISTED SUICIDE, YES, I THINK THAT'S A FAIR COMMENT.))
[SUPER=01-Tom Blaylock/Defense Atty;]
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[OUT Q=a fair comment]
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[VO-NAT]
Akers cousin will be tried for the same murder next month.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=jda]
[TAPE#=599-13 59:34]
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Roanokers said farewell this afternoon to the Reverend Noel C. Taylor. Roanoke's longtime mayor, and minister of High Street Baptist Church was buried following the funeral service at the Roanoke Civic Center.
[Double Boxes=JEAN/Joe NEWSROOM]
Joe Dashiell attended the service and has more on today's tribute.
[Live=Joe Full]
[SUPER=@Joe1]
Jean, Noel Taylor's stature in this community is unsurpassed... and today he was memorialized as both a gifted messenger of God, and Roanoke's man of the century.
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[OUT Q=of the 20th century.]
((Moved from High Street Baptist Church to accomodate the crowd, the service honoring Noel Taylor's life and ministry brought more than two thousand family members, friends and admirers to the Roanoke Civic Center Coliseum.
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In a service witnessed by more than two dozen ministers and many members of the High Street congregation, Taylor was remembered as a gifted preacher... City officials past and present were also in the audience as Mayor David Bowers paid tribute to his civic contributions.
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Taylor often described himself as the barefoot boy from Bedford County... and he returned to area where he grew up today.
Following the service at the civic center, the funeral procession carried his casket to the Taylor family cemetery.
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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[WRITER=jja]
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[GRAPHIC=Plane Crash Investigation]
Patience is finally paying off for Naval searchers of the coast of New England.
An underwater robotics vessel has located the two black boxes from Egypt Air Flight 990.
Bobbi Harley has more.
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[SUPER=03-Newport, RI]
[SUPER=01-William Sutton/U.S. Navy;]
[SUPER=01-Bobbi Harley/CBS News;]
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((A BREAK IN THE WEATHER FINALLY GAVE RECOVERY TEAMS A WINDOW OF
OPPORTUNITY... AND THEY TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE OF IT.
JUST HOURS AFTER THIS GIANT ROBOT WAS LOWERED INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN..
THE DRONE LOCATED BOTH THE VOICE AND DATA RECORDERS FROM EGYPTAIR FLIGHT
990.
REAR ADM. WILLIAM SUTTON/U.S. NAVY:
"IT IS A DEEP-DIVING, REMOTELY-OPERATED VEHICLE WHICH CAN OBVIOUSLY GO
DOWN, TAKE PICTURES, IT'S HIGHLY MANEUVERABLE AND IT CAN ACTUALLY BE
USED TO RETRIEVE OBJECTS FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR."
THE BOXES ARE APPARENTLY UNDER DEBRIS AND CREWS HAVE LIMITED TIME TO RETRIEVE THEM BEFORE MORE BAD WEATHER MOVES IN.
WITH MOST OF THE PLANE IN TINY PIECES, THE RECORDERS ARE HOPED TO
CONTAIN CRITICAL INFORMATION THAT MAY TELL INVESTIGATORS EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED TO THE DOOMED JET.
IN NEWPORT, AN ISLAMIC FUNERAL SERVICE WAS HELD FOR RELATIVES OF
VICTIMS. ABOUT 100 FAMILY MEMBERS, MOSTLY MUSLIMS, ATTENDED THE SERVICE
AT THE HOTEL WHERE THEY ARE STAYING. ON SATURDAY, FAMILY MEMBERS WILL
BE ALLOWED TO PRIVATELY VIEW DEBRIS
FOR THE FIRST TIME.))
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[ANCHOR=Jean]
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Up next on the newscast, a former N-B-A star is arrested for domestic violence.
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and then a little later in the newscast, we'll meet an inventor who hopes his creation takes him straight to the top...or at least to 30 thousand feet.
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[5-Lilly]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=5pm]
[WRITER=sgo]
[TAPE#=599-14 48:20]
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Convicted murderer Ben Lilly has won another trial ... and that could keep him off death row.
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[SUPER=03-Christiansburg/October 1996; (court)]
[SUPER=03-Giles Co./December 1995; (crime scene)]
Lilly was sentenced to die for the 1995 robbery and murder of Virginia Tech student Alexander DeFilippis.
But today Virginia's Supreme Court overturned Lilly's capital murder and firearms convictions.
The court said evidence that sent Lilly to death row -- a taped confession from his brother Mark -- might not have been strong enough to find Lilly guilty.
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[IN Q=it's been]
((CHRIS TUCK/LILLY'S LAWYER: ITS BEEN A LONG, HARD BATTLE ... BUT TODAY BEN LILLY'S GOT A NEW TRIAL. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, OBVIOUSLY DELIGHTED.))
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[VO-NAT]
This case made it to the U-S Supreme Court ... which told Virginia to take another look at it.
The Virginia ruling says Ben Lilly's right to confront his accuser in court may have been violated by his brother's testimony.
Lilly's convictions on carjacking and abduction charges were upheld.
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It is the fastest, highest-flying jet ever.
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[VO-NAT]
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Now it's the pride and joy of the Virginia Aviation Museum in Richmond.
This SR-71 Blackbird is now on display-- one of only 32 built... and one of only 20 that did not crash.
It was the Cold War technology everyone wanted -- able to do high altitude reconnaisance before the satellite era.
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[sot 13:48:41]
[IN Q=There's nothing]
((MIKE BOEHME/VIRGINIA AVIATION MUSEUM: THERE'S NOTHING ON THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT NOW THAT IS CLASSIFIED ANYMORE. THEY'VE PULLED OUT ALL THE SENSORS, ALL THE CAMERAS, ALL THE CLASSIFIED BOXES AND DISPLAYS ARE OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT.))
[SOT 14:00:06]
((DAVID HAHN/VIRGINIA AVIATION MUSEUM: IT'S SIMPLY BEING RETIRED BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL THE THREAT THAT THEY WERE WATCHING IS GONE. AND IT CAN BE COVERED WITH SATELLITES AND U2S. BUT IF WE HAD A REAL THREAT, THIS WOULD BE THE PLANE TO USE.))
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[VO-NAT]
The Blackbird can reach speeds faster than (Mock) Mach 3-point-3, or three times the speed of sound.
But museum officials say the public may want to come look just because it's a great looking plane -- 37 years after it was built.
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An arrest of Dennis Rodman and his wife Carmen Electra-
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Miami Beach, FL]
The two were hauled off in cuffs and brought to the Miami jail this morning after an incdient at a hotel.
Police were called after getting reports that the two were fighting.
Both were led away in handcuffs to the domestic violence unit at the Miami-Dade County jail.
A lawyer for the former basketball player is calling the arrest an overreaction. He says both Rodman and Electra are upset-
The two have had a rocky relationship after getting married last November in Las Vegas. They filed for divorced in April.
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When we last saw Patrick Evans yesterday he was Christmas shopping in Roanoke County. Today he is still at it, but this time, he's made it to Salem.
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Yesterday on News 7 at Five, Patrick Evans found a boutique crafters' show to kick-off his Holiday Shopping.
Today, he found a bigger show--MUCH bigger. Here's his report from the Salem Civic Center.
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Today in Sports, Mike Stevens will have the early qualifying results from the Phoenix raceway.
[ANCHOR=Tonya]
On Health Check, a vaccine under testing could keep children from getting pneumonia, meningitis, and ear infections...
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[VO-NAT]
and the World Health Organiztion says it is going to get tough with its antismoking messages.
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[5-Pneumonia]
[ANCHOR=Tonya]
[NEWSCAST=5]
[WRITER=tbr]
[TAPE#=599-12 1:37:26]
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The Food and Drug Administration is meeting today to decide if it will recommend approval of a new vaccine for children under the age of two for whom pneumonia can be fatal.
Dr. Emily Senay has more.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=01-Gary Siegel/Benjamin's Father;]
[SUPER=01-Michelle Siegel/Benjamin's Mother;]
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[OUT Q=CBS NEWS]
(((nat sound: Orange! Mom: you found orange socks.)
TRACK: GARY AND MICHELE SIEGEL ENROLLED THEIR SON BENJAMIN IN A CLINICAL
TRIAL TO TEST THE PNEUMONIA VACCINE WHEN HE WAS 2 MONTHS OLD.
Gary The main thing was what my sister went through with her three
kids. There were emergency room visits, hospital visits, tubes,
everything was done for the ear infections, antibiotics all the time.
TRACK: BENJAMIN GOT FOUR INJECTIONS OF THE VACCINE OVER THE NEXT YEAR
AND A HALF.
Gary He was given the shots at the same time as his regular
inoculations so it was just an extra needle poke.
TRACK: BENJAMIN IS NOW TWO AND... WHILE HIS PARENTS HAVE HAD THEIR SHARE
OF COUGHS AND COLDS... HE HAS REMAINED REMARKABLY HEALTHY.
Michelle Hes really never been sick - other than some sniffles and a
diaper rash hes never been sick.
(GRAPHIC) 38,000 CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN THE CLINICAL TRIAL. THE
VACCINE WAS 100% EFFECTIVE AGAINST MENINGITIS AND 73% EFFECTIVE AGAINST
SEVERE PNEUMONIA. IT ALSO REDUCED VISITS TO DOCTORS FOR EAR INFECTIONS
BY 9% AND THE NEED FOR PUTTING TUBES IN CHILDRENS EARS BY 20%. (END
GRAPHIC)
TRACK: THE SIEGELS NOW HAVE ANOTHER SON... TWO MONTH OLD SETH.
Michelle Were hoping that the FDA will approve this as soon as
possible. We really really feel strongly that Benjamin didnt get sick
because of this vaccine and we really hope that Seth can get it.
DR. EMILY SENAY CBS NEWS))
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[GRAPHIC=Pneumonia]
If the vaccine is approved, the Centers for Disease Control is expected to recommend it be used routinely in children under five.
In tests, the vaccine proved effective not only against pneumonia, but meningitis and ear infections.
[5-WHO-Smoking]
[ANCHOR=TOnya]
[NEWSCAST=5]
[WRITER=tbr]
[TAPE#=599-17 33:05]
[GRAPHIC=]
The World Health Organization is getting aggressive in its fight against the tobacco industry.
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[VO-NAT]
The Organization estimates tobacco kills 11 thousand people a day.
By the year 2020, it believes that number will grow to 10 MILLION people a year.
That is why the W-H-O is mounting a new global marketing campaign in six languages for 191 countries around the world.
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[SOT 10:14:59 CBS]
[IN Q=We are going to ]
(("WE ARE GOING TO TARGET EVERYONE, PEOPLE WHO SMOKE, PEOPLE WHO DO NOT, SMOKE. WE BELIEVE BY EMPOWERING NON SMOKERS TO BE FAR MORE ACTIVE TO THEIR RIGHTS TO CLEAN AIR AND THEIR RIGHTS TO PROTECT THE FUTURE GENERATION WE ARE LIKELY TO SEE PROGRESS. WE BELIEVE BY TARGETING SMOKERS AND GIVING THEM THE WHEREWITHALL TO QUIT THEY WILL JOIN US AS WELL."))
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[OUT Q=join us as well.]
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[VO-NAT]
The campaign is modeled after one from Califronia that has led to lung cancer rates falling in the state by more than 14 percent.
W-H-O officials say the battle will be long but they believe they will win.
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[S5-Qualify]
[ANCHOR=Mike]
[NEWSCAST=5pm]
[WRITER=mst]
[TAPE#=sp-47]
[GRAPHIC=ticker]
Welcome folks to your Friday afternoon and the end of the work week two minute ticker.
[GRAPHIC=PHOENIX]
After taking a week off the Winston Cup cars are out in Phoenix for this Sunday's Dura Lube 500.
First round qualifying just wrapped up at the track a moment ago.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Phoenix, AZ/SpeedVision;:00]
The man who is in the driver's seat in more ways than one this weekend is Dale Jarrett. DJ can wrap up the points championship if things happen just right this Sunday.
He had an excellent qualifying effort, and will start fifth on Sunday.
JOhn Andretti won the pole with Gordon second. Roy will have the complete rundown tonight at six.
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It started way back before Labor Day, and tonight the high school football regular season comes to close.
Here are the 12 games we will have highlights of tonight at 11:35 on Friday Football Extra.
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[IN Q=AUDIO]
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[OUT Q=...LOGO COMES FULL."]
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The football action on Your Hometown Station continues throughout the weekend as tomorrow afternoon we will have the Tech-West Virginia game at three.
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And doubleheader action comes your way from the NFL here on Sunday as the Redskins battle the Bills and the Steelers take on the Forty Niners.
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[NEWSCAST=5pm]
[WRITER=mst]
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The Virginia Tech men's basketball team opens up the Ricky Stokes era tonight at the Cassell with a seven o'clock exhibtion game against Court Authority.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg; :00]
Tonight's game begins at seven and admission is five dollars. The Hokies plan on being much better than they were a season ago, and their goals are modest but achievable.
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[IN Q=BITE]
[SUPER=01-Ricky Stokes/Va. Tech Head Coach; :00]
[RUNS=:21]
[OUT Q=...BE SUCCESSFUL."]
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Roy Stanley will be along on News 7 at six with your college game day previews for tomorrow.
I'll see you tonight at 11:35.
Take Care everybody and have a safe weekend.
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[5-Skycar]
[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=5]
[WRITER=tbr]
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[GRAPHIC=]
If you have just made your way home through lots of traffic, you'll like this final story.
A California inventer has a flying car that may soon be a reality.
Manuel Gallegus has more.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=]
[SUPER=03-Davis, CA; :00]
[SUPER=01-Paul Moller/Inventor; :10 quick]
[SUPER=01-Manuel Gallegus/CBS News;]
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[OUT Q=CBS NEWS]
((
IT LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE THE BAT-MOBILE, AND HAS BIGGER FINS THAN AN OLD
CADILLAC.
BUT, THIS IS NOT YOUR DADS FAMILY SEDAN. ITS THE FLYING CAR OF THE
NEAR FUTURE.
-SOT-PAUL MOLLER, INVENTOR
this is the next big evolutionary stage of our lifestyle.
-NAT SOT- guys working on engine
IN A SPARTAN WAREHOUSE IN DAVIS,CALIFORNIA, PAUL MOLLER,AND A SMALL
STAFF OF ENGINEERS, ARE PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THE SKYCAR,
MOLLERS DREAM FOR DECADES.
-SOT-PAUL MOLLER
it is truly like a magic carpet. When you fly it, its totally
different than a helicopter or airplane. Youre just lifted up from the
bottom with no vibration.
THE SKYCAR USES ROTARY ENGINES TO POWER ITS FANS, OVER 6-THOUSAND
HORSEPOWER. IN THEORY, IT ROLLS OUT OF YOUR DRIVEWAY TO A LOCAL
VERTI-PORT, AND CLIMBS EASILY TO 30-THOUSAND FEET.
POINT TO POINT TRAVEL IN THE SKY, FAR ABOVE THE CRAWLING TRAFFIC BELOW.
-SOT-7;47
this is know is going to be difficult for the public to accept
initially, but there may not be anybody else on board but you. Youll
sit there, playing computer games, reading the paper, and it will
deliver you where you want when you want.
-STAND-UP-Manuel Gallegus, on cam
it may seem hard to believe, but NASA is already working on a plan for
sky highways. And, the FAA already has a license for this type of
special craft.
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an automatic SKY HIGHWAY WHERE TECHNOLOGY DOES THE FLYING FOR YOU. NASA
SAYS WERE ABOUT 15 YEARS AWAY.
MOVE OVER GEORGE JETSON
(NATS, JETSONS)
MOLLER PROMISES HIS FLYING MACHINE WILL MAKE ITS MAIDEN FLIGHT IN THE
NEXT FEW MONTHS A LONG WAY FROM HIS early SAUCER PROTOTYPE
BUT NOT FAR FROM OUR SCIENCE FICTION FANTASIES.
MANUEL GALLEGUS, CBS NEWS, DAVIS CALIFORNIA. ))
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