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DEVELOPING NEWS OPEN-CLIP

THREE OAKS MURDER-2SH-SS-OC

DEVELOPING TONIGHT AT 11 --

A SUSPECTED KILLER IS STILL ON THE LOOSE, BELIEVED TO BE IN OUR AREA.

HE'S ONE OF TWO PEOPLE ACCUSED OF KILLING 55-YEAR-OLD DEBBIE STRIANO LAST WEEK.

TAKE A GOOD LOOK - 42-YEAR-OLD BILLY RAY RETHERFORD JUNIOR IS ON THE LEFT AND ON THE RUN.

23-YEAR-OLD DUSTIN JAYE -- IS ON THE RIGHT -- AND ALREADY UNDER ARREST.

A-B-C SEVEN'S CHRISTINA LUSBY.JOINS US LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH MORE ON THE TWO MEN.DEPUTIES SAY BRUTALLY MURDERED A SAN CARLOS PARK WOMAN.

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TONIGHT WE KNOW THEY KNEW THE VICTIM.AND THESE TWO MEN ARE RELATED --

BILLY RETHERFORD IS THE UNCLE OF THE MAN BEHIND BARS.

BOTH MEN SHARE EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL RECORDS.

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THIS WAS THE CRIME SCENE JUST ONE WEEK AGO.

AND TONIGHT THESE ARE THE TWO MEN NOW ACCUSED OF VIOLENTLY MURDERING 55-YEAR-OLD DEBBIE STRIANO AND STABBING HER DOG, SCRUFFY.

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14:54 I knew dustin jaye through his sister but not well at all 14:59 he's quite and a little creepy

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RUSSELL MYERS -- STRIANO'S BOYFRIEND -- SAYS THE COUPLE KNEW BOTH DUSTIN JAYE. AND HIS UNCLE BILLY RETHERFORD, JUNIOR.

NEIGHBORS TELL US STRIANO AND RUSSELL BOTH DID YARD WORK FOR THE MEN DEPUTIES CALL CAREER CRIMINALS.

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6:15:02 these guys aren't even out long, and when they are not in jail they are committing crimes we want information, all the information we can get to help us help the community rutherford off the streets.

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JAYE IS IN JAIL TONIGHT - BUT LIVED HERE WITH HIS UNCLE.WHO IS STILL ON THE RUN.

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WE TRIED TALKING TO THE FAMILY OF THE TWO FACING MURDER CHARGES -- BUT THOSE WHO CAME TO THE DOOR DIDN'T WANT TO TALK.

BUT NEIGHBORS DID.

THEY SAY THE ARREST AND MAN HUNT DONT COME AS A SURPRISE.AS DEPUTIES SEARCHED THE GROUNDS AROUND THE HOME FOR DAYS.

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25:14 I knew searching for weapons 25:20

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FOR RUSSELL MYERS THE ARREST OF JAYE.THE MANHUNT FOR RETHERFORD. IS BITTERSWEET.

IT'S A RELIEF, BUT THE NIGHTMARE IS FAR FROM OVER.

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THE INVESTIGATION INTO STRIANO'S DEATH IS STILL ONGOING.

BURNED BOY UPDATE-SS-VO

SEVERELY BURNED -- BUT ALIVE.

14-YEAR-OLD CHRIS DEROUIN IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL FOR BURNS OVER 50-PERCENT OF HIS BODY.

THAT'S AFTER HE ACCIDENTALLY LIT HIMSELF ON FIRE YESTERDAY.

BILLY RITTER WAS AT DREW-IN'S HOUSE WHEN THE FIRE STARTED.

RITTER SAYS HIS FRIEND WAS PLAYING WITH GASOLINE AND A LIGHTER IN THE GARAGE.

ONCE THE FLAMES SPREAD -- BILLY RIPPED CHRIS'S SHIRT OFF AND POURED WATER ON HIM --

STOPPING THE FLAMES.

RITTER WASN'T HURT.

SUSPECTED RAPIST ARREST-SS

A CAPE CORAL MAN WILL SPEND TONIGHT IN JAIL -- ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY-ASSAULTING A WOMAN THREE MONTHS AGO.

ALBERT BLACK JUNIOR WAS NOT ARRESTED UNTIL TODAY THOUGH.

POLICE SAY HE BROKE INTO A WOMEN'S HOUSE IN FORT MYERS IN MAY, THEN SEXUALLY-ASSAULTED HER.

DEAD DOG DRAMA-ONCAM

A FORT MYERS COUPLE IS FOUND NOT GUILTY ON CHARGES OF NEGLECT AFTER ANIMAL SERVICES CLAIMED THEY DIDN'T PROPERLY TAKE CARE OF THEIR DOG.

IN MARCH, THE DOG CAME HOME BADLY BEATEN WITH ITS MOUTH GLUED SHUT -- IT DIED SOON AFTER.

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12:3109 the dog had a leash and we let her run back and forth. 3

ALL DANNY GILLIAM AND HIS GIRLFRIEND SHAWN BOARDMAN HAVE LEFT OF 12 YEAR OLD BAILEY ARE MEMORIES.

34:13 hurt my feelings to lose her, she was a real constant companion:17

IN MARCH, GILLIAM SAYS THE TERRIER CAME HOME BRUISED AND BEATEN.

IT'S MOUTH SUPPOSEDLY GLUED SHUT.

AFTER GETTING LOOSE IN THEIR NORTH FORT MYERS NEIGHBORHOOD.

:33:16 gave her a bath, toweled her off and sat her on my lap. - :20

JUST A FEW HOURS LATER --

BAILEY DIED.

38:57 be cruel to that little dog couldn't have done it - she had the most beautiful look at her 39:02

BOARDMAN BURIED THE DOG IN A SHALLOW GRAVE IN THEIR BACKYARD -

BUT WAS DUG UP FOR A NECROPSEY AFTER ANIMAL SERVICES CITED THEM WITH AT 250 DOLLAR FINE FOR NEGLECT --

SAYING THEY SHOULD HAVE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION THAT COULD HAVE SAVED HER.

42:25 she seemed alright i didnt see any reason to take her to a vet at all at that point, at that point she just layed down and died 42:31

forensic veterinarians from the university of florida had found no evidence of glue or signs of abuse - and the state was not able to prove its case against the dog's owner.

47:05 did at no point the state present any evidence of how the dog died or what else could have done or what a vet could have done:16

WHILE A COURT CASE MAY HAVE ENDED ON A GOOD NOTE TODAY --

i'd like to know who is mean enough and cruel enough to glue any animals mouth shut:21

SCARS AND QUESTIONS MAY FOREVER REMAIN.

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DEPT OF JUSTICE-VO

BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT --

THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS DEMANDING TO SEE DOCUMENTS.

. WHICH LED TO NON-CITIZEN VOTERS BEING REMOVED FROM SOUTHWEST FLORIDA VOTER ROLLS.

COLLIER COUNTY ELECTIONS SUPERVISOR JENNIFER EDWARDS WAS SERVED A SUBPOENA.

IT TOLD HER TO HAND OVER RECORDS, INCLUDING THE LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIAL NON-CITIZENS. AND A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO WERE REMOVED.

THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS SUING FLORIDA TO STOP THE SO-CALLED VOTER PURGE.

EDWARDS TELLS A-B-C 7 SHE'LL COMPLY WITH THE SUBPOENA.

PHELPS RECORD-2SHOT

IT DOESN'T GET ANY ANY BETTER THAN THIS --

MICHAEL PHELPS RULES THE OLYMPICS, LIKE NO ONE HAS BEFORE.

PHELPS RECORD-POP

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MICHAEL PHELPS IS ON TOP OF MOUNT OLYMPUS. THE SUPERSTAR SWIMMER NEEDED JUST

TWO MORE MEDALS, ANY MEDAL, TO MAKE HISTORY AS THE MOST DECORATED OLYMPIAN

OF ALL TIME WITH 19-MEDALS. PHELPS SURPASSED THE RECORD THAT HELD SINCE 1964

BY WINNING THE 4-BY-200 FREESTYLE RELAY - HIS 15TH GOLD OVERALL. PHELPS

CAME AGONIZINGLY CLOSE TO ANOTHER GOLD EARLIER IN THE DAY, SLIPPING OUT OF

FIRST PLACE RIGHT AT THE END OF THE MEN'S 200 METER BUTTERFLY.

AND IT WAS A BULL'S EYE FOR VINCENT HANCOCK. HE STRUCK GOLD IN THE MEN'S

SKEET COMPETITION--HIS SECOND STRAIGHT--GIVING THE U.S. A SKEET SWEEP AFTER

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COLLIER SCHOOL BUDGET-VO

NEW AT 11 --

THE COLLIER COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM IS SELLING A SINGLE-WORD MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY -- STABILITY.

AFTER FIVE SUPERINTENDENTS IN 12 YEARS,

THE BOARD HAS EXTENDED THE CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT THROUGH 20-16.

THEY ALSO SIGNED OFF ON A TENTATIVE BUDGET OF 910 MILLION DOLLARS FOR NEXT YEAR.

LEE SCHOOL MEETING-VO-WIPE

ALSO ALL NEW TONIGHT AT 11 -

VIOLATIONS OF GRADUATING STUDENTS WHO NEVER MET REQUIREMENTS -- EVEN GIVING CREDIT TO THOSE FOR TAKING THE SAME CLASS MULTIPLE TIMES.

THOSE VIOLATIONS LEAVE THE FUTURE OF TWO LEE COUNTY CHARTER SCHOOLS UP IN THE AIR.

TONIGHT THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS SET VOTE ON WHETHER TO TERMINATE CONTRACTS WITH THE OWNERS OF BOTH FORT MYER'S RICHARD MILBURN ACADEMY AND LEHIGH ACRE'S LEE ALTERNATIVE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL.

THE BOARD POSTPONED THE VOTE.

LEE SCHOOL MEETING-SOTVO-WIPE

We'll be able to assist the students in our lehigh area and make sure we provide a quality program for the students in the area.

I can only support this of we have a plan to go with it about the students and where they will be placed.

THE SCHOOL'S MANAGERS SAY ONE LOCATION WOULD ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO MONITOR THE SCHOOL.

IF THE DISTRICT FINDS THE SCHOOL ISN'T OPERATING PROPERLY BY THIS FEBRUARY - THE OWNERS SAY THEY WILL VOLUNTARILY END THEIR CONTRACT.

STATE BOARD CHANGE-SSTOPS

AND STATEWIDE --

A BIG CHANGE AT THE TOP OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TONIGHT.

COMMISSIONER GERARD ROBINSON HAS RESIGNED.

HE ONLY SPENT ONE YEAR ON THE JOB.

ROBINSON'S TENURE WAS FILLED WITH TROUBLE.

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TEASE ONE------------

LEMONS,

SOLICITORS,

EVEN BED BUGS --

THESE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS ON THE LIST OF THE TOP CONSUMER COMPLAINTS.

IN TONIGHT'S A-B-C SEVEN EXTRA, WE CHECK-*ON WHAT'S TICKING YOU *OFF.

PLUS,

A DISGUSTING ACT CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

A WOMAN SPIED ON WHILE STANDING IN LINE.

WHY IN THIS TECHNOLOGICAL AGE,

NO ONE IS SAFE FROM PRYING EYES.

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TZ1 B PEEPING GAS STATION-VOTOPS

STORMWARN 7 JP WX OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

TEASE DEMO STORY OF THE NIGHT-2SH-VO

DO YOU HATE WHEN COMPANIES PROMISE YOU ONE THING --

AND THEN GIVE YOU SOMETHING ELSE?

IT'S A COMMON COMPLAINT, BUT NOT THE MOST COMMON.

IN 60 SECONDS, THE FIVE *BIGGER* COMPLAINTS YOU HAVE WITH STORES AND BUSINESSES.

PLUS, WHICH INDUSTRY GRINDS YOUR GEARS THE MOST!

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TOP CONSUMER COMPLAINTS-POP

WHAT'S BUGGING CONSUMERS THE MOST?

ACCORDING TO A NEW LIST, IT'S A MIX OF THE SAME OLD GRIPES, PLUS A FEW NEW SCAMS.

IN TONIGHT'S A-B-C SEVEN EXTRA,

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WITH CONSUMERS STILL CAUTIOUS ABOUT THEIR MONEY, A NEW SURVEY FINDS THEY'RE NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK UP.

THE CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA AND THE NORTH AMERICAN CONSUMER PROTECTION INVESTIGATORS LOOKED AT ALMOST 290,000 OF LAST YEAR'S COMPLAINTS TO 38 CONSUMER AGENCIES FOR A TOP TEN LIST.

They're the kinds of transactions that consumers either make every day, like problems with retail stores, or they're problems involving enough money that it's worth complaining.

THE MOST COMMON CATEGORY OF COMPLAINT -- AUTOS -- INCLUDING LEMONS AND FAULTY REPAIRS.

DISPUTES OVER CREDIT AND DEBT CAME IN SECOND, FOLLOWED BY HOME IMPROVEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION, RETAIL SALES, AND UTILITIES.

MISREPRESENTATION OF SERVICES WAS SIXTH. A TIE BETWEEN INTERNET SALES AND LANDLORD TENANT DISPUTES IN SEVENTH, FRAUD, THEN REAL ESTATE. AND A TIE TO ROUND OUT THE TOP TEN -- COMPLAINTS ABOUT HOUSEHOLD GOODS, AND HOME SOLICITATIONS.

CONSUMER COMPLAINTS TAG-CGRVL

TO PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM SCAMS AND RIP-OFFS, THE C-F-A OFFERS A FEW TIPS.

PAY BY CREDIT CARD FOR ADDED PROTECTIONS AND DON'T PAY IN FULL UPFRONT.

GET PROMISES IN WRITING

AND FOR HELP WITH FINANCIAL PROBLEMS LIKE DEBT AND MORTGAGES. USE LEGITIMATE, VERIFIED SOURCES.

SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT ALL THESE COMPLAINTS --

CHICK FIL A DAY-VO-OC

LOOKING AHEAD TO TOMORROW --

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WILL SUPPORT CHICK FILA ON CHICK FILA APPRECIATION DAY.

FORMER ARKANSAS GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE CREATED THE EVENT --

AFTER CHICK-FIL-A'S PRESIDENT RECEIVED BACKLASH FOR SUPPORTING THE BIBLICAL DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE -- BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.

BUT, THIS FRIDAY, ANOTHER EVENT IS PLANNED.

FREE BIRTH CONTROL-VO

LOOKING AHEAD,

AS OF TOMORROW, 47 MILLION AMERICAN WOMEN WILL HAVE ACCESS TO FREE CONTRACEPTIVES.

STARTING AUGUST FIRST,

INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE F-D-A APPROVED CONTRACEPTIVES AT NO COST.

PREVIOUSLY, SOME INSURED WOMEN PAID A CO-PAY OR A DEDUCTIBLE.

THIS IS PART OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, SOMETIMES CALLED OBAMACARE.

CONDOM PEOPLE LOCAL-VOTOPS

AND EVEN BEFORE THE LAW GOES INTO EFFECT,

A GROUP IN FORT MYERS IS ALREADY PROMOTING SAFE SEX.

YOU CAN SEE, THEIR SIGN CLEARLY READS, LOVE CONDOMS!

THEY ARE ACTUALLY PART OF THE ISLAND COAST AIDS NETWORK.

THEIR MOBILE TRUCK PROVIDES FREE H-I-V TESTING AND CONDOMS.

PEEPING GAS STATION-VO-WIPE

A WARNING TONIGHT FOR WOME --

YOUR PRIVACY IS IN DANGER.

WATCH THE MAN IN LINE BEHIND THIS WOMAN AT A TEXAS CONVENIENCE STORE.

YOU CAN SEE -- WITHOUT HER KNOWING --

HE REACHES DOWN WITH HIS CELL PHONE AND TAKES PICTURES UNDERNEATH HER DRESS.

TWO MEN PUMPING GAS OUTSIDE SAW THE ENTIRE ACT THROUGH THE WINDOW.

THEY CONFRONTED HIM IN THE PARKING LOT,

LIGHTS OUT-VOTOPS

LIGHT'S OUT FOR NEARLY HALF OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY.

THREE ELECTRIC GRIDS IN INDIA COLLAPSED TODAY,

CREWS ARE WORKING TO RESTORE POWER IN BLACKED-OUT AREAS.

EARLIER 620 MILLION PEOPLE WERE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY,,

THAT'S ABOUT TWICE THE POPULATION OF THE U-S.

MISSING MASCOT-VO

A COLLEGE PRANK APPEARS TO HAVE GONE TOO FAR.

THE LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY MASCOT IS MISSING TONIGHT.

THE FOUR YEAR-OLD ENGLISH BULLDOG NAMED TECH 20 OR "L-T" HAS BEEN GONE SINCE SUNDAY.

THE BULLDOG WAS LET OUT TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AND WHEN WORKERS CHECKED ON HIM,

HE WASN'T THERE.

SPORTS TOSS-POP EST

TEASE TWO-POP

THE DOLPHINS TRYING TO ESTABLISH A NEW IDENTITY. THE RED SOX ARE TRYING TO FIND THEIR IDENTITY.

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MEDAL COUNT-POP

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THESE ARE THE TOP 7 COUNTRIES.

THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA ALL EVEN AT THE TOP.

TREVOR MOORE-VIDBX RVL

STICKING WITH THE OLYMPICS

NAPLES NATIVE TREVOR MOORE AND HIS SAILING PARTNER ERIK STORK HAD A FIRST PLACE FINISH IN RACE NUMBER 4 TODAY. OF THE 49ER DIVISION.

HOWEVER. BECAUSE OF A 16TH PLACE FINISH IN RACE 3. THE PAIR DROPPED FROM 7TH OVERALL TO 9TH.

MIAMI DOLPHINS-POP

MIAMI DOLPHINS-VOTOPS-WIPE

PHILBIN AND THE FINS HAD A DAY OF REST TODAY BUT WILL BE BACK TO WORK ON WEDNESDAY.

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MEANWHILE ABC-7 WILL BE THE HOME OF TWO OF THE DOLPHINS PRESEASON GAMES.

ON AUGUST 10. THE DOLPHINS PLAY THE BUCCANEERS AND ON AUGUST 29TH. THE FINS TRAVEL TO DALLAS.

BUCS CAMP-VOTOPS-WIPE

BUCCANEER FANS. WE DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT YOU. ABC-7 IS SENDING A CREW UP TO BUCS CAMP ON WEDNESDAY. AND WE WILL HAVE REPORTS FROM TAMPA IN OUR 6, 7 AND 11 SPORTSCAST.

USF BULLS-VOTOPS-WIPE

AFTER A DISAPPOINTIG SEASON IN TAMPA LAST YEAR. THE SOUTH FLORIDA BULLS ARE LOOKING TO BOUNCE BACK. THIS FALL.

THE BULLS HAVE A NUMBER OF LOCAL PLAYERS ON ROSTER INCLUDING ISLAND COAST STAR AARON LYNCH WHO TRANSFERRED IN FROM NOTRE DAME.

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RED SOX TIGERS-POP

RED SOX TIGERS-VOTOPS-WIPE

TRADE DEADLINE OVER. JOSH BECKETT STILL A RED SOX. BUT HE HURT HIMSELF TONIGHT HAD TO LEAVE THE GAME EARLY.

TWINS WHITE SOX-VOTOPS-WIPE

NEXT STOP MINNESOTA.

FRANCISCO LARIANO ON THE MOUND. THIS TIME IN A WHITE SOX UNIFORM.

HE PITCHED WELL FOR HIS OLD MATE. WENT SIX GAVE UP 2. STRUCK OUT 8

MLB TRADES-VOTOPS

THE MAJOR LEAGUE TRADE DEADLINE HAS COME AND GONE AND THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES HAVE BEEN BUSY.

THE PHILLES. WHO. BY-THE WAY WERE THE FAVORITE TO GET TO THE WORLD SERIES. UNLOADED OUTFIELD SHANE VICTORINO TO THE DODGERS.

AND FELLOW OUTFIELD HUNTER PENCE TO THE GIANTS.

TOSS TO BREAK-POP

SNOOP DOG NAME CHANGE-SS

NAME CHANGE --

SNOOP DOGG IS NO LONGER SNOOP DOGG.

PEOPLE MAGAZINE REPORTS THE RAPPER IS CHANGING HIS NAME TO "SNOOP LION."

HE SAYS HE EXPERIENCED A SPIRITUAL REBIRTH IN JAMAICA -- WHILE RECORDING A REGGAE ALBUM.

FLAGS STILL STANDING-SS

IT'S BEEN THREE DECADES SINCE MAN LAST STEPPED FOOT ON THE MOON,

BUT AMAZINGLY --

THE FLAGS ASTRONAUTS PLANTED THERE ARE STILL CASTING SHADOWS.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

THE LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER TOOK THESE PICTURES.

THEY SHOW AMERICAN FLAGS STILL STANDING.

IN FACT,

THE ORBITER HAS DISCOVERED EVERY SINGLE FLAG ASTRONAUTS PLANTED. EXCEPT. THE VERY FIRST ONE.

NEIL ASTRONG AND BUZZ ALDRIN POPPED THAT ONE INTO THE MOON'S SURFACE.

BUT IT FELL OVER AS THE ASTRONAUTS LEFT.

THE REMAINING FLAGS HAVE LOST THEIR COLOR.

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