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MrBeast’s $250K giveaway transforms ho-hum UNC basketball game into a spectacle
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- MrBeast’s $250K giveaway transforms ho-hum UNC basketball game into a spectacle
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Social media influencer MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, filmed a $250,000 giveaway after a North Carolina basketball game Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025 at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill. @MrBeast is a North Carolina native and has one of the most popular channels on YouTube.
🎥: Robert Willett
Read our story at: https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article313507974.html
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- A disabled woman was rescued from harm. Guardian says Triangle agency failed.
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
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- Lexi Abernethy, 21, is both autistic and nonverbal. Her guardian, Krista Caraway, helped to rescue her from harm after social services failed her.
🎥: Kaitlin McKeown
Read Lexi's story at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article313423508.html
#autismawareness #chapelhill #orangecountync #socialservices #northcarolina #developmentaldisabilities #shorts
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- Talking Preps: The NC players of the week show
- Date posted
- 5 days ago
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- Meet the top high school football performers from last week's NCHSAA regional championship games on the Talking Preps' player of the week show
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- 'A coordinated middle finger to this legislature'
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
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- N.C. House Majority Leader Brenden Jones attacks School Board Chair George Griffin and CHCCS Superintendent Rodney Trice during the two-hour hearing, Dec. 10, 2025, claiming the district’s policy and its “woke” curriculum are attempts to indoctrinate young students and subvert parental involvement.
Read more on the hearing at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article313501018.html
#NCpolitics #ncpol #chccs #chapelhill #carrboro #lgbtqcommunity #lgbtqia #shorts #education
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- Talking Preps: The NCHSAA state championship preview show
- Date posted
- 6 days ago
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- We preview all of this week's NCHSAA state championship games, welcome the head coaches of the 7A and 8A teams and the Queen of NC high school football stops by, Deana King of NC Preps.
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- Talking Preps OT: The NCHSAA Friday regional championship postgame show
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- We wrap up Friday's regional championships and look ahead to next week's state finals. Plus discussion of a big change in CMS coaching
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- The Talking Preps Thursday regional championship postgame show
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- Wrapping up Thursday's NCHSAA regional championship games and looking ahead to Friday and Saturday matchups
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- Talking Preps OT (12.3.25): A deep dive into NC high school football
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- Should the NCHSAA allow schools to combine to form one team? What's the latest on the playoffs? We dive in, on OT
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- The Talking Preps NC football players of the week
- Date posted
- 12 days ago
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- Meet the top performers from Round 4 of the NCHSAA football playoffs Friday
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- Raleigh Convention Center fire causes $2M in damages, leaves upcoming events in limbo
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
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- Kerry Painter, the executive director of the Raleigh Convention Center, gives an update on fire and water damage to the building and the impact on upcoming events.
🎥: Ethan Hyman
Read more at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article313306016.html
#raleigh #raleighconventioncenter #raleighnc #raleighfire #downtownraleigh #shorts
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- Winning the 2006 Stanley Cup was 'a dream come true' for Canes
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
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- It's been 20 years since the Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup. Revisit the championship in photos from that historic title and the words of Canes stars Rod Brind'Amour, Cam Ward and Eric Staal.
🎥: Kevin Keister
Read how it all came to be at https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/nhl/carolina-hurricanes/article312922263.html
#carolinahurricanes #stanleycup #nhl #raleighnc
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- Talking Preps: The NCHSAA regional championship preview show
- Date posted
- 13 days ago
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- A look back at Friday's fourth round, including the big Hough-West Charlotte game, and a preview of Friday's regional championship games, Hough AD Derek Butler stops by the studio.
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- The Talking Preps high school football playoff postgame show
- Date posted
- 17 days ago
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- Join us as we wrap up the fourth round of the NC playoffs with scores, interviews and the upcoming schedule
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- Talking Preps OT: Looking ahead to biggest week of the season
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
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- Dale and Jim welcome Independence coach DJ McFadden and JM Robinson's Jason Siedel as they look ahead to the fourth round of the playoffs Friday
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- The Talking Preps NC high school football players of the week
- Date posted
- 19 days ago
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- Meet the top NC high school performers from Round 3 of the playoffs
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- Talking Preps: The Round 4 high school football preview show
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
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- We review some highlights from Round 3 of the playoffs and give you a deep dive look into this week's quarterfinals and semfinals in North Carolina
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- Buxton couple battle the ocean for final ownership of family's beachfront cottage
- Date posted
- 20 days ago
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- In a matter of weeks Lat and Debby Williams watched as the Atlantic took down 15 houses in their Buxton community. Could they save their Callahan Cottage that has been in the family since 1981?
🎥: Mehmet Demirci & Kevin Keister
Read their story at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article312726918.html
#OBX #obxrealestate #buxton #climatechange #coastalliving #NorthCarolina #beachlife #hatteras #shorts #risingsealevels
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- Loved ones of Garner man charged with killing WakeMed officer demand video release
- Date posted
- 22 days ago
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- The family of a Garner man charged in WakeMed police Officer Roger Smith’s shooting death are calling for the release of security footage. Benji Martin Jr. is being held without bail.
🎥: Scott Sharpe
Read our coverage at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article313094402.html
#garnernc #WakeMed #police #raleighnc #shorts
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- Talking Preps OT: Wrapping up Round 3 of the NC football playoffs
- Date posted
- 24 days ago
- Description
- We wrap up Round 3 of the NCHSAA football playoffs and the NCISAA state championships. Plus, a look ahead to next week's Thanksgiving games.
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- Video from anguished friend shows federal agents seizing Wendell woman in Cary
- Date posted
- 25 days ago
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- When Border Patrol agents seized 23-year-old Wendell resident Fatima Issela Velasquez-Antonio at a Triangle construction site Tuesday, Nov. 18 2025, they handcuffed her before loading her into a van with other workers.
Read her story at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article313000663.html
#immigration #wendellnc #borderpatrolagent #NorthCarolina #immigrants #shorts
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- Talking Preps OT: Hopewell's Brandon Sneed and NCHSAA playoff talk
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
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- The guys will discuss CMS allowing all fans to come this week, Hopewell's Brandon Sneed joins the show and we discuss the third round of the playoffs Friday.
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- The Talking Preps NC high school football players of the week
- Date posted
- 26 days ago
- Description
- See the top performers from Week 2 of the NC football playoffs
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- The Talking Preps Round 3 playoff preview show
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
- Description
- Weddington High's Andy Capone joins the show and we discuss controversies at West Charlotte and Sun Valley and break down Round 3 of the NCHSAA playoffs and the NCISAA state championship games
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- Hundreds rally to protest Border Patrol in Raleigh, calling for end to war on immigrants
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- Hundreds of peaceful protesters filled Moore Square and marched in downtown Raleigh Tuesday demanding an end to federal immigration raids in Raleigh and across the Triangle, calling them a “direct brutal attack” on family and friends.
🎥: Dawn Vaughan
See our live coverage at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article312969752.html
#borderpatrol #ncpol #borderpatrolagent #northcarolina #fyp
#shorts
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- NC Gov. Stein says masked agents 'operating in the shadows' are 'not about safety' in communities
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- NC Gov. Josh Stein says that armed, masked federal agents are "operating in the shadows" and stopping people "randomly, based on the color of their skin" causing "widespread fear" in our communities.
🎥: Brian Gordon
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- Immigration agents arrive in Raleigh on Tuesday. Here’s what we know
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- The U.S. Border Patrol arrived in Raleigh Tuesday after a weekend of arrests and protests in Charlotte. Reporter Nathan Collins explains what's happening and how local and state officials are responding.
📹 Kevin Keister & Nathan Collins
Read our live updates at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article312961849.html
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- Democratic lawmaker condemns Border Patrol arrests as ‘racist, bigoted attack'
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- Calling it a "racist, bigoted attack," Democratic Rep. Julia Greenfield, who represents Mecklenburg County, said that there’s “no rhyme or reason” to how the Border Patrol has been conducting arrests.
🎥: Dawn Vaughan
Read more with our story at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article312950377.html
#ncpol #NCPolitics #charlottenc #charlottesweb #immigration #TrumpAdministration #icearrest #shorts
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- Funeral for fallen WakeMed Police Officer Roger Smith
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- The NC State Highway Patrol’s Caisson Unit escorts the casket of WakeMed officer Roger Smith during a funeral procession to Providence Church in Raleigh on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. Smith died at the WakeMed campus in Garner after a shooting inside the emergency department on Nov. 9.
🎥: Kevin Keister & Ethan Hyman
🎶: 'Metamorphose' by Shaun Paul Getty
#wakemed #raleigh #fallenheroes #lawenforcement #CrimeNews #NorthCarolina #TriangleNC #shorts
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- Talking Preps OT: The NC playoff Round 2 wrap-up show
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Get all the NC Round 2 playoff scores, plus the pairings for next week games, interviews and more
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- Gov. Morehead School for the Blind debuts its marching band
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- For the first time in its 180-year history, the Gov. Morehead School in Raleigh, N.C., had its own marching band perform in an inaugural parade at the state’s flagship school for the visually impaired - with Shaw University and Southeast Raleigh High School marching bands assisting.
🎥: Ethan Hyman
See our full coverage at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article312900851.html
#raleigh #governormoreheadschool #shawuniversity #marchingband #shorts
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- Talking Preps OT: Looking ahead to Round 2 of the playoffs
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- As we preview the NCISAA semifinals and NCHSAA second round, Olympic coach Brandon Thompson joins the show
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- The Talking Preps NC players of the week: The Round 1 playoff edition
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The Talking Preps crew features the top high school football performers from Week 1 of the NC playoffs.
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- Talking Preps: Mr. Football semifinalists announced
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- We break down Week 1 of the NCHSAA and NCISAA playoffs and look ahead to Friday's games. We also present the semifinalists for the 2025 N.C.Mr. Football award
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- Jury rules in trial accusing NC TikTok star of ruining marriage
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- "Justice was served," said attorney Robonetta Jones Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, outside the Durham County Courthouse after a North Carolina jury sided with her client, Akira Montague, and ruled against Brenay Kennard in an alienation of affection lawsuit. A judge has ordered Kennard to pay $1.5 million for alienation of affection and $250,000 for “criminal conversation.”
📹/📷: Kaitlin McKeown
Read our coverage at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article312854748.html
#brenaykennard #akiramontague #alienationofaffection #NorthCarolina #raleigh #shorts
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- Talking Preps: The NC Round 1 playoffs postgame show
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- We wrap up Round 1 of the NCHSAA and NCISAA playoffs with highlights, interviews, statewide scores and the second round schedules
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- What is NC's alienation of affection law?
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- A North Carolina lawsuit against TikTok star Brenay Kennard highlights alienation of affection, a rare law allowing jilted spouses to sue for wrecking marriages. What does it mean, how does one sue?
🎥: Kevin Keister 📷: Getty Images
🎶: 'Deep Reflection' by DP / Getty
Read our coverage of the Brenay Kennard civil trail at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article312800032.html
#NCPolitics #ncpol #tiktokviral #AlienationOfAffection #Lawsuits #Adultery #weirdlaws
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- Talking Preps OT: Talking NCHSAA playoffs and should we get away from RPI?
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- As head into Week 1 of the playoffs, Dale and Jim welcome several special guests and debate the merits of RPI
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- The Talking Preps Week 11 NC high school football players of the week
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- We celebrate the top high school football performers from Week in North Carolina
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- Time-lapse video shows how RDU fixes crumbling concrete on its runway
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- How does RDU Airport fix crumbling runways while keeping planes operating smoothly? Our time-lapse video from visual journalist Travis Long shows the process in 60 seconds.
Read our story at: bit.ly/4nAuMNT
#rdu #raleighdurham #TriangleNC #raleigh #durham #timelapse #howto
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- The Talking Preps NC high school football playoff preview show
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- We break down the NCHSAA and NCISAA high school football playoffs in North Carolina. Round 1 is Friday
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- The Talking Preps Friday night NC postgame show
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Recapping Friday's high school football action throughout North Carolina and looking ahead to the NCHSAA and NCISAA playoffs
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- Talking Preps: The Thursday NC high school football postgame show
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- We wrap up Thursday night football throughout North Carolina on October 30, 2025
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- Seth Trimble sent a teacher a motivational video, and the response stunned him
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- UNC basketball guard Seth Trimble recorded a motivational video for a teacher in Watertown, N.Y. — in the heart of Syracuse basketball country. The response from Alicia Thomas, a physical-education teacher at H.T. Wiley Intermediate, will stick with him for a long time, and not because of anything he said.
🎥: Robert Willett
Read the story at: https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article312661797.html
#unc #UNCBasketball #Tarheels #sethtrimble #givingback #collegebasketball #chapelhill #watertownny #shorts
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- Talking Preps OT: On ticket restrictions and playoff football RPI
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- We discuss another CMS football game facing ticket restrictions this week, plus a deep dive into the NCHSAA playoff picture
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- Johnston County 911 call: NC father tells dispatcher 'I murdered my children'
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Note: This video contains graphic references to violence that may be upsetting to some readers.
Listen to excerpts from Wendell Dickens III's initial call to the Johnston County 911 Call Center on Oct. 27, 2025, where Dickens confessed to killing his four children. Dickens, of Zebulon, NC, is charged with four counts of murder in their deaths.
Read our coverage: 'NC father killed his 4 children over four months, Johnston County sheriff says
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article312682148.html
🎥: Kevin Keister
911 audio: Johnston County Sheriff's Office
#johnstoncountync #zebulon #zebulonnc #northcarolina
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- 911 call: Man accused of killing his 4 children claims God influenced him
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Note: This video contains graphic references to violence that may be upsetting to some readers.
Listen to excerpts from Wendell Dickens III's 911 call on Oct. 27, 2025, where Dickens claimed that God influenced him to kill his four children. Dickens, of Zebulon, NC, is charged with four counts of murder in their deaths.
Read our coverage: 'NC father killed his 4 children over four months, Johnston County sheriff says
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article312682148.html
#johnstoncountync #zebulon #zebulonnc #northcarolina
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- Talking Preps: The regular-season finale preview show
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- We celebrate the top games and players of Week 10 and look ahead to rivalry week and the playoffs
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- 'That's not human!': Hear the spooky Pender County 911 call that really happened
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- In 2021, a man called 911 in Pender County reporting a bloody man and a strange creature on a dark country road. In 2025, the story has grabbed TikTok attention and raised eyebrows.
🎥: Kevin Keister
Read the story at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article312620866.html
#thatsnothuman #paranormal #pendercounty #cryptids #spooky #truecrime #northcarolina #weird #shorts
🎶: 'Evil Animals' by Luke Thomas / Getty
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- Talking Preps: The Week 10 postgame show
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Get a complete wrap-up of Week 10 of the NC high school football season, with statewide scores, highlights, commentary
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- Giant trolls spotted at Dix Park!
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Danish artist Thomas Dambo has been installing five trolls at Dix Park in Raleigh. Hear him tell the story of the trolls' purpose in protecting the "Grandmother Tree."
🎥: Ethan Hyman
#dixpark #DowntownRaleigh #raleighnc #thomasdambo #thomasdambotrolls #outdoorart #raleighparks #shorts #shortvideo @cityofraleigh @DixPark
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