. >> mercedes, cuando empezó esto. >> dos a tres meses, pero es que desde que ella ha dado un vuelcoeses. qué causa que de momento para otra muchacha que todas criados partido en una extraña. >> excelente hija doctora. >> y dolorosa que esto es para ti. >> y yo trabajando porque su padre me abandonó cuando tenía un año, ya tengo 27 años en este país, he sido madre, he sido padre, y he trabajado para sacarla ella adelante. >> o sea que sientes que no te agradece todo lo que tu has hecho por ella. >> que sintió defraudada. >> así como porque me considero que sido demasiado excelente madre. >> siempre están ahí para apoyarla. >> el bueno, lo malo, siempre. que callar que esta basado por una etapa difícil presionar estas apoyando tanto. >> tú me acaba de decir que no quieres que si bien contigo. que casi lleno se comporta, y respeta mi casa y tiene que irse. >> que falta de respeto ha tenido que tú quisieras que ella cambiara. >> meterme un hombre en mi casa cometí y del trabajo de sudar, y que yo abra y la consiga el cuarto en el hombre. >> tres es el padre secreto de crimea y? >> si tú

>> detectives learn that mercedes is only two months past her 18th birthday. they want to know more about how and when she started in the game and who she may be working for. >> so we've got her heading back to the post for the interviews. one of the big questions will be when did she start into the world of prostitution. did she wait until she was 18, or did she start when she was actually a juvenile. >> back at the post, the interview team grapples with a naive, headstrong teenager who insists she's done nothing wrong. >> he answered my ad, which by the way i'm a stripper and that's not illegal because i was offering a service of a lap dance. i wasn't posting anything illegal. >> she seems very intelligent. she had an answer for everything. but i don't at all believe that the only thing she's doing is lap dances. >> you've only been doing this since february, right? >> yeah. >> how long you been dancing? >> i've been dancing since i turned 18. >> mercedes says she started working at a local strip club the day she turned legal. she said she left home and met

audi's sales stand at 1.19 million, putting it ahead of mercedes-benz for the first time.hat is even though mercedes has sold 1.14 million cars, more than in any previousa year a. audi is setting up in china for 2013. production will then rise to 700,000 vehicles. the goal is clear. audi once overtaken bmw by 2015 to become the number 1 luxury brand. >> german sportswear manufacturer puma as new opportunities in africa. after starting a clothing production in south africa for the 2010 world cup soccer tournament, puma is planning to develop permanent production sites on the african continent. until now, asia has hosted low- cost production sites for puma and other clothing manufacturers. companies are looking for more attractive alternatives. back over to brian. >> german politics, for some way germany's junior coalition partners, the free democrats, the decision to back the euro with more taxpayer money is against everything they believe in, and is being rejected due to the party rank and file has launched an internal referendum to put an end to more bank bailouts. it is

so why would mercedes and five other girls turn so viciously on tori?victim supposedly trash talking these other girls on her myspace account and through text messages. >> you can hear one of the girls talking about the myspace messages. >> no, you said that, tori. i have the message on myspace. still! >> tori, you lying. i read it. >> you talk [ bleep ] on myspace all the time. >> yeah, yeah. >> according to court documents, tori tells prosecutors she believes the brutal attack was because mercedes was also angry at her for borrowing a hairbrush and a razor from the house without telling her. it may sound unbelievable, but it apparently sparks this beating and sets it in motion. >> why did you [ bleep ]. don't [ bleep ]. >> the assault takes place over a span of 30 minutes. at one point on the video, tori pleads with her attackers to let her leave the home. >> huh-uh. you're not leaving. >> let me leave! i'll go home. >> no! >> but they refuse to release her and continue the vicious assault. >> don't ever [ bleep ]. why don't you like her? why don't yo

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he's like bam, and he walks past a mercedes and shoots the guy in the mercedes. >> he put the gun right up to this window. why he didn't pull the trigger, i don't know. >> a police showed up and shot and killed that gunman. he has not been identified. investigators have not figured out his motive. >>> a contra costa county middle school is under fire for having sex with a student. a teacher at the middle school in clayton. police say he confessed to a sexual relationship with a victim. he teaches math and science. according to the charges, the victim is under 16 years old. >>> and police have arrested a fourth suspect in a black friday shooting outside a wal- mart store. chronicle reports 18-year-old quaron foreman's fore turned him in. he allegedly drove the get away car. >>> police say that he was with three other suspects who tried to rob three men outside the san leandro wal-mart. one of the victims was shot in the neck. four suspects face charges of robbery ask attempted murder. >>> at this time of year, stores are always concerned about shoplifters, but no one ever expected a whol

the next day, yesterday on thursday, that mercedes suv was found at the virginia tech campus. now we also understand that he kept a local address in redford, virginia, ashley lived along the 1,000 block of east main street in radford. so much information coming in right now. we're going to keep everything monitored. this vigil over here has just wrapped up and investigators tell us they are trying to figure out what the motive behind all of this was. still no motive here tonight. we are learning more about this killer. back to you. >> ken, we look forward to hearing from you later on. more about the campus police officer who was killed. his name, deriek crouse. he was a husband, a father, and a soldier. now his family trying to come to grips with the fact that he is gone. >> you just get to a point where you think that someone is invincible and nothing is going to happen to him. and that's just a complete shock. >> it hasn't set in yet. to see his picture on tv, you feel so proud of him and everything he accomplished. >> derek enlisted in the army after graduating from carol c

. >> mercedes says in november 2010, her work study supervisor, george bright abu sexually assaulted and harassed her and eventually her friend, too. >> around april, he called me to his office and wanted to -- he said he wanted to speak with me. he then started touching me and started saying inappropriate things to me. >> mercedes witnessed that incident. >> she was crying and shaken up. and so she came up to me and told me what happened and at that point, i felt like something definitely needed to be done. >> she reported the incident to the higher ups at howard in november. bellow also reported her incident after it happened. >> basically, it seemed as though they weren't concerned and wanted me to over look it. >> this wasn't the first time that a female complained about him. >> both students say school leaders failed to take action. >> howard university, they had a duty to protect the students. in this case, they did not. >> in april, both of students went to the police. abu was charged with misdemeanor sexual abuse and assault. he was tried in july and sentenced to 60 days in p

going to compete the low end which is our market, chrysler and gm the not going to compete with mercedes benz. >> who cares? >> who cares, china? >> and without that market there is no gm, there is no gm without international sales and take away china and who cares, interest goes gm, then what do we do. >> if you look at profitability of gm. >> we don't wire about selling cars in india, and selling cars in-- >> and the largest market in the world we have to worry about it. >> and later on when these consumers get the money to afford high quality cars they'll come chasing after ours just like we buy german cars from bmw and mercedes. >> are we going to snap our fingers, a lot of indians can buy our cars and maybe think about getting that together. >> and yeah, when they-- >> sorry, that's got to be the last word. forgot what china's doing. it's what u.s. ceo's are saying that has someone here worrying about everyone's job in 2012. i'm trading everywhere... on one of the most powerful mobile apps out there. i'm trading here every day. and i'm customizing everything. everything. from though

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detectives say they used the embezzled cash to buy big ticket items for themselves including a mercedes and time share property. we are joined in san jose with more. george? >> well, it is sad to hear anyone being taken advantage of and especially a 96-year-old man and county investigators say that the suspects in the case could have very well spent the victim's life savings had it not been brought to their attention. >> reporter: $60,000 cartier and gucci and other jewelry, and the santa clara investigators are accusing these two of buying the bling with money that was clearly not theirs to spend. >> if you cannot trust your banker, who can you trust? >> reporter: one of the suspects christina bray worked at chase bank as a branch manager and became the personal banker for a 96-year-old man. >> he got into the good graces and convinced him to adopt her as a niece and be the godfather of the unborn child so she developed a relationship with him. i would say she was prey iing un him. >> reporter: and detectives said that the eldedderly man had $1 million saved in five or six accounts at

police say he stole a mercedes suv at gunpoint on wednesday. the slain officer at virginia tech was derek crouse. he is survived by tina crouse and the blended family of five children. tina crouse told the times he was my idol. i was jealous of him. he did everything so well. the officer's widow told the newspaper, i wish i kissed him better that morning. back at the home in which the accused shooter, ross ashley, grew up. his parents and the last 24 hours have posted no less than five signs that read, no trespassing. the five no trespassing signs were nailed up on saturday morning. the only other tidbit we know is the ap quote at students saying that ross actually broke up with his girlfriend this past summer, but friends at radford tell the news agency he never expressed any intention to commit violence. john hanrahan, fox 5 news. >> a takoma park man is fighting for his life after app attempted carjacking. this happened at a gas station on east west highway when a 19- year-old suspect tried to steal the man's porsche. police say when the man

in all eight ferarris, eight mercedes benz totaled. the cars are worth collectively more than $4 million. the group of super cars was traveling much faster than the speed limit and the mess tied- up the highway for six hours. >>> okay. before we head to break, let's check on who is celebrating a birthday today. his mother named him richard, you know him as little richard. >>> she played the scheming half sister katherine wentworth on the cbs hit show of dallas. >>> gary allen is 44. comedian is 43. if it is your birthday happy birthday to you as well. we'll be right back. good morning, welcome back to 9news now. 5:44. just shy of 5:45. it is a good monday morning and we are happy to have howard here to give us the forecast. we have some issues with fog and with power. but the day is going to be pretty good. >>> going to be mild, and they have expanded the dense fog advisory now to include hartford county we have been seeing those visibility sneak up. along the bay annapolis, bwi. no surprise they have ex spended those advisories. that

in total, eight ferrari, three mercedes, a lamborghini, wyndham and prius were involved.en were taken to the hospital, but luckily no one was seriously hurt. insurers for those 14 cars are probably shaking their head. one auto analyst in tokyo told me the price come comes to about this, $3 million and makes it one of the world's most expensive car crashers on record. >> the owners might be in the market for some rent aal vehicl. how is the import market doing? >> it seems to be doing pretty well. one auto analyst at clsa at tokyo told me sales of imported brands were up more than 30% last month and these are dominated by the luxury car market like ferraris here. that's compared to overall sales up about 20%. the sales growth in luxury cars is due in part to the stronger yen. as much as that hurts exporters, it's helping japan based buyers of foreign cars. basically a stronger yen makes those cheaper. looking to 2012 that clsa analyst told me momentum is in their favor. where might we see buyers? well, the japan auto importers association, the jaia says volkswagen is the m

that yesterday, fbi his home ando his prized historic classic 1953 mercedes. they say it was worth about $60,000. >> we will continue to follow reaction all night long. check back with us at 11:00. former longtime aide to maryland governor has been found of violating state election laws. schuricknvicted paul suppress the with a-american vote during last year's elections.al voters that martin already won the election, implying there was no votes.heir he will be sentenced in february. >>> a surprising start in the for rodng hearing blagojevich. time, his lawyers guiltyd their client is corruption. they argue a 15 or 20-year sentence is too harsh. a federal jury convicted him on 18 counts of corruption. blagojevich could find that is a tomorrow. obama says now is a make or break time bore the shrinking middle class predicted at a high school in kansas this afternoon. this is the same school where made his roosevelt speech in 1910. -- theodore roosevelt made his speech in 1910. >> president obama went to continue what he says not just another political debate. >>

>> he was not laughing in federal court when a judge ordered him to pay $100,000 and seized his mercedes and sentenced him to prison. the judge shot back "you were not elected to line your pockets. you brought this on yourself." >> if jack johnson's story were a screen play, critics would say it is too bizarre to be true." >> he got his wife involved asking her to hide thousands of dollars of bribe money. he told the judge he is broke and suffering from alcoholism and park son's disease. he said "judge, i pray you will be merseful. i'm a very ill man." >> instead he chose to be a poster child for corruption. >> prosecutors called his wife his con spir tore. shell be sentenced on friday. >> johnson will report to prison on jan 3rd. >>> three people on the bus suffered minor injuries. no word on who is to blame tore the accident? >>> the drug raid shoot out that injuried a baltimore city police officer. he accidentally shot an officer in the arm. the injured officer started shooting back sending bullets back. the shooting happened after police arrested him on gun charges? >>> a burning tea

mercedes cohen anddine.inia is one of eleven states holding a super tuesday. we have 46 delegates up for grabs and only two on the ballot. ron paul and mitt romney, does it count? >> it counts but what does it say about the campaigns that they couldn't organize so they couldn't get virginia's minimum standards. newt has a point, when he says, how is this going to be a fair contest when only two out of the top six contenders are going to be there. it's an unfortunate situation because we want more people to vote not fewer people to vote in the primaries. >> obviously the voters have the right to say who their candidates should be. there will be certainly. some of these top contenders aren't there on the ballot. it's infuriate together voters. >> they say newt is the smartest man in the room. the smartest man in the room has taken himself out of the race. the question is, who will the newt supporters support? will they be behind romney or paul? now its two-man race. >> they are going to try and organize a writ

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eight ferraris, and two mercedes crashed. a median barrier that. then set off a chain reaction. the total damage cost could be more than a million dollars. the luxury car was all traveling together at the time . none of the drivers were seriously hurt. >> we have a correction to make about a mistaken in identification from a story we brought you earlier in the newscast. in the story about a lawsuit alleges a dui set up we miss identified former private investigator christopher butler. is he the man highlight there's in the background with the silver hair with a suit and tie. >> they have the best team in the ncaa. a hero's welcome for a bay area soccer team. >> and parts of the barry are under a freeze warning. bill martin will tell us how long the low temperatures will be with us. and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that coo

detectives say ross truett ashley the retention a day before the shooting when they think he stole a mercedes from his landlord post office. he was a part-time business student at radford university. investigators are trying to determine a motive for the murder of derek crouse at a traffic stop. it is believed he acted alone and did not know the policemen. >> yesterday, not a bad day. we made it into the 50's. today, not even close. the high was only 47. that was only for brief time this afternoon at the airport. inner harbor, 48. dropping back into the 30's. myrna -- morning lows this morning, 33, 32. by 10:00, we will be colder than that. we have not seen the coldest temperatures for the day. the cold air will have a lock on us for the rest of the weekend. i will talk about that in the instaweather plus forecast coming up. >> thank you. the "debate of the republican campaign will held -- will be held tonight. it is the first debate since herman cain suspended his campaign a week ago and the first with newt gingrich as the front-runner. commitment 2012 reports. >> with 24 days before the iow

accident happened on an expressway in japan's -- among the cars involved, eight ferraris, three mercedesa lamb began any. none of the drivers -- and a lamborghini. three million dollars. they were on their way to an exotic auto show and boom. yeah. yeah you can even say anything you are speechless. >> ouch! it is 5:25 now. >> rain and sleet may not slow them down but the budget is about to. next, the cuts being announced that could mean anyone looking to get a letter delivered in one day will be out of luck. >>> new plan governor brown is about to outline that could mean a bigger tack bill for millions of californians. >>> finding the funding. weekend announcement that could be the touchdown for the 49ers new stadium in the south bay. >>> -- temperatures if you are traveling on the east coast one day 30, next day 62 in d.c. and 60 boston. december, really? most of the cold around denver spilling to dallas. show heading into dallas right now there could be delays there. we have delays in newark and jfk that pace about it across most of the country -- that's about it across most of our cou

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eight ferraris, and two mercedes crashed.he driver of one of them tried to change lanes and hit a median barrier that. then set off a chain reaction. the total damage cost could be more than a million dollars. the luxury car was all traveling together at the time . none of the drivers were seriously hurt. >> we have a correction to make about a mistaken in identification from a story we brought you earlier in the newscast. in the story about a lawsuit alleges a dui set up we miss identified former private investigator christopher butler. is he the man highlight there's in the background with the silver hair with a suit and tie. >> they have the best team in the ncaa. a hero's welcome for a bay area soccer team. >> and parts of the barry are >> and parts of the barry are [ male announcer ] for andy, tracking his spending with citibank is as easy as... making breakfast. omelet? sure. scrambled eggs. [ male announcer ] actually, it's easier. citi financial tools. easier banking. standard at citibank. [ beep ] hi. dave here. [ ma

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and josh and mercedes.ng this ought to be a fun lawsuit for the lawyers. >> sad. >> horrifying. >> it happens often but you have to look, and, say, there is a risk to any surgery, but, what do you do with this particular case? you have to find out the key, an allegation that she did not get help quick enough like the michael jackson case. he did not call the ambulance quick enough. >> she went in for a tooths traction and she is did? of course they did something wrong. and she is an only child. horrifying. >> 17-year-old, loss of companionship of the child, what is that child's life worth? her entire life was ahead her were we are talking seven figures especially if they had to show she ised. if it was strictly just a coma, maybe not. >>shepard: this happens all time, josh, you said? it doesn't cross my mine. >>guest: you know, things like, simple surgeries and people do not think, you think dill not be you but things go wrong. sometimes there are people who are not capable of handling the job they are hand

seven-year prison sentence, johnson must also pay a $100,000 fine and forfeit a $78,000 antique mercedesyers asked he be sent to the federal prison in buckner, north carolina, the same prison where bernard madoff is currently serving 150 years for his pron zi scheme. >>> jack johnson's wife leslie will be sentenced for her role in the corruption case. the former prince george's county council member pled guilty to destroying evidence. johnson had his wife flush a $100,000 developers check down the toilet and stuff $80,000 in cash in her underwear. she faces up to 18 months in prison. >>> for the first time since an fbi raid on his home, d.c. council member harry thomas returned to the wilson building in time for a preliminary vote on the ethics reform bill. thomas sat quietly for hours and then refused to answer reporters questions as the council debated and passed a preliminary version of ethics reform. it requires more disclosure. it would also establish an ethics board to impose fines on violators. the council will hold a final vote in two weeks. >>> today a senate homeland subcommitt

. >>> 14 cars including ferraris and mercedes benz collided in japan. they were all part of the same car club. damages are several million dollars. >>> astronomers have found another planet that may be able to support life. a nasa telescope has confirmed a planet with the right temperature to sustain life. they haven't figured if the planet is rock, liquid or gas. the discovery improves the chances that life may exist beyond our solar system. >>> but it does have a starbucks because they are everywhere. >>> then i'm going. >> i think i read that 300 to 600 light years away. >> 600, yeah. >> that's how far light travels in a year. do you realize. 186,000 miles per second. multiply that, it's way out there. see a little spotty drizzle in a few spots west of us now. 57 degrees, unbelievably warm this time of night. no wind at all. the barometer is holding steady. humidity is up to 89%. these are very warm temperatures. 54 dewpoint. i don't think it's going to drop more than the low 50s tonight. ocean city at 56. locally another warm night here. 58 annapoli

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engine turns over ] [ engine revs ] ♪ he'll be fine. [ male announcer ] more people are leaving bmw, mercedesvantage of exceptional values during the season of audi event. >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. my guest tonight has been called the michael jordan of nascar. in that he's the closest thing nascar has to an african-american. please welcome jimmie johnson. (cheers and applause) hey, nice to meet you, sit down. all right. well, first of all, i'm a huge nascar fan. >> i was thinking that. >> stephen: i only have -- dish got one criticism, are you ready for this? >> please. >> stephen: could you slow down? because how fast you guy goes. >> depends on the track but 210 would be the top speed. >> stephen: you see at that speed, it's hard for me to see the advertisements on the car. >> right, right. >> stephen: if people want to understand the beauty of nascar, not everybody gets it, what is the thing that you think that people need to understand about the game. baseball they say it's all in the pitching or it's all in the hitting or it's all in the steroids. what-- what is it in nascar t

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engine turns over ] [ engine revs ] ♪ he'll be fine. [ male announcer ] more people are leaving bmw, mercedesxus for audi than ever before. take advantage of exceptional values during the season of audi event. everybody. tonight my guest is first american to join russia's ballet. ly make sure he stays on point. please welcome david halberg. [cheering and applause] david, thank you so much for joining me. all right, sir. get your defenses up because i'm going the lay into you right now. okay. americans don't defect to go to the bolshoi. the russkies defect to come here. why are you trying the lose us the cold war? >> stephen, the cold war is over. >> stephen: it was until you did this. [laughter] then you handed them a victory. why dance for the bolshoi? >> you know, i love challenge. i love risk. >> stephen: there's nothing risky or challenge in the united states? you want risk, dance on fire. i'd go see that. do the firebird on fire. >> stephen, for me it was really an opportunity to experience something totally different and russians don't defect anymore, and americans obviously don't defec

engine turns over ] [ engine revs ] ♪ he'll be fine. [ male announcer ] more people are leaving bmw, mercedesvantage of exceptional values during the season of audi event. >> s this's it for the report, everybody. good night. kmeers plaus-- (cheers and applause) (liz) look, jack, i'm not blaming you, but everybody got food poisoning. food poisoning? that isn't possible. that seafood was a gift from my friend, the owner of the cleveland browns. they're very expensive freshwater clams from the cuyahoga river. my whole staff has been blorching for three days, so if there's any way that we could show a rerun-- i wish i could help you, lemon, but i've already sold the ad time to the army. now, do the best you can, i need a live show from you in two days. ugh. uh, no, no, no, no. that's not for you. bianca's coming. crazy bianca is coming here? you make me wanna vomit. why? because she wants something. she only contacts me when she wants something, and she's bringing her lawyer. which means she's gonna try to bleed something else out of me in our divorce proceedings. you're not all the way divorced

engine turns over ] [ engine revs ] ♪ he'll be fine. [ male announcer ] more people are leaving bmw, mercedesalues during the season of audi event. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: thank you, ladies and gentlemen. well, that's it for "the colbert report." but before we go, i want to mention a new graphic novel by one of my writers, glen eichler. it's called "mush, sled dogs with issues. request w art by joe infernari" and it's about the jostling for power among a group of the talking alaskan sled dogs. fantastic book. in fact, it got me thinking about hitching my writers up to a sled. because if they have enough time to be writing books on the side clearly i am not working them hard enough. that's it for the "report," everybody. good night. (cheers and applause) captioning sponsor

the father is demetri and last seen driving a black mercedes. the number is there on your screen. 6 thu 701. if anyone has any information, you are asked to call the chp. >>> a dramatic announcement from nasa. researchers discovered a planet very similar to earth and could sustain life. here with the breakthrough and the team behind the discovery. >> reporter: people have been talking about this. it's a huge discovery. not just for these scientists, but also for stargazers at home. it's a lifelong question. could life exist on other planets? she's on the research team. >> the planet is about 2.4 times bigger than earth. >> reporter: it's called kepler b. >> to see something for the first time nobody in the world has ever seen, that's a tremendous feeling. >> the light comes in through and bangs off the mirror in the base of the structure here. >> reporter: john jenkins said the $6 telescope purchased in 2009 allows the researchers to see what has never been seen before. the kepler is one of thousands planets that could support life. >> the behav

a collision of 14 vehicles and here are the types, 4 ferraris, mercedes and a lamborghini.luxury cars were all in one place because they were being driven by a group of automobile enthusiasts on their way to an event. >>> one of the largest churches in the country. eddie long to going to take time off. the reason he gave the congregation. >>> a scary ordeal were customers. a car plows in to the california restaurant what the driver says caused the accident. avoid accidents on our roadways this is 695, liberty road. do not be deceived. fog, soupy and thick making for slow commutes. follow us on@maryland traffic, follow us on twitter, good morning maryland. we'll be right back.

he stole a mercedes-benz from his landlord wednesday. the next day, he walked up to c officerrouse -- officer crouse and shot him. he fled the scene and killed himself. >> i saw his car and i was like, please, don't let that be him. it came on that night and i broke down. >> police are still trying to determine a motive. there are several photos released online showing how the campus locked down. you can see it and leave messages of condolence on wbaltv.com. click on "national news." within the last 10 minutes, the latest fiery gop debate included in iowa. heading into tonight, newt gingrich was on top. it made him the prime target for opponents. less than a month to go until the big league of vote to determine president obama's challenger. not absent from the debate, criticism of gingrich's record, including his leadership and party loyalty. he fired back. >> let's be candid. the only reason you did become a career politician is you lost in 1994. >> wait a second. >> tonight marked the 12th debate of the republican nominating campaign.

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