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Oct 03, 2023
Robert Brown says the River North neighborhood has become the city's unofficial weed district, with four pot shops already operating within a few blocks of each other.
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Oct 02, 2023
Layoffs began Saturday for 243 workers at the Chicago Heights stamping plant, where Ford employs a total of about 1,000 people.
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Oct 02, 2023
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Chicago by hospitality union Unite Here Local 1, alleges about 130 workers were laid off in violation of a federal law governing notification of mass layoffs.
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Oct 02, 2023
Niles Village Board on Sept. 26 approved a non-binding agreement with a developer for a $440 million project to redevelop Golf Mill Shopping Center. The village would contribute $96 million in a TIF.
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Oct 02, 2023
Niles Village Board on Sept. 26 approved a non-binding agreement with a developer for a $440 million project to redevelop Golf Mill Shopping Center. The village would contribute $96 million in a TIF.
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Oct 02, 2023
Mike Miedler, CEO of real estate brokerage franchisor Century 21, spoke to The Associated Press about the challenges homebuyers face as the combination of elevated rates and low home inventory worsen affordability.
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Oct 01, 2023
Less than 24 hours before the United Auto Workers expanded its walkout to an additional 7,000 members across Ford and GM Friday, strikers in Naperville said they were prepared to stay out for as long as necessary.
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Oct 01, 2023
An effort is underway to designate the Chicago Detroit Freedom Trail as a National Historic Trail, a designation administered by the National Park Service that would bring with it guide books, route markings and recognition.
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Oct 01, 2023
Community groups have attempted to wrangle commitments from Amazon related to local hiring and wages for around two years, but they have mostly stopped short of trying to keep the warehouse from opening.
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Sep 29, 2023
Harvey officials celebrated contruction beginning on Harvey Lofts, a $19 million private project will include a 51-unit residential complex near the south suburban region's transportation hub.
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Sep 29, 2023
The UAW expanded its strike Friday to include 4,600 workers at Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant.
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Sep 29, 2023
The estimated $925 million prize up for grabs Saturday night is one of the biggest in U.S. lottery history.
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Sep 29, 2023
The UAW expanded its strike Friday to include 4,600 workers at Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant.
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Sep 28, 2023
A Chicago federal court ruled Samsung must pay more than $4 million in filing fees to begin a mass arbitration case alleging its Galaxy devices violated the state's biometric privacy law.
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Sep 28, 2023
With the Hollywood writers strike over, actors will now get a shot at cutting their own deal with studios and streaming services.
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Sep 28, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law raising the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour.
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Sep 28, 2023
A message posted to the restaurant's Facebook and Instagram accounts Thursday said the closure, effective immediately, is permanent.
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Sep 28, 2023
A controversial program that allows the Chicago Housing Authority and other public housing agencies to use federal funding designated for housing vouchers and public housing for other purposes is up for a 15-year extension as part of Senate budget negotiations.
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Sep 27, 2023
The charges and settlement allege Rochester, New York-based Hyzon misrepresented its potential customers and sales before and after going public through a special purpose acquisition company in July 2021.
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Sep 27, 2023
The estimated $850 million prize up for grabs Wednesday night is one of the biggest in U.S. lottery history.
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Sep 27, 2023
The glass and steel facade would feature colored mosaics on all four sides.
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Sep 27, 2023
The lounge follows other changes at the Southwest Side airport.
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Sep 27, 2023
Parts of the CTA Blue Line are set to temporarily close, again, as construction to remove slow zones continues — but the end is near.
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Sep 27, 2023
Since the start of the year, the S&P 500 is up about 14%, as we near the end of September.
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Sep 27, 2023
Oak Park officials say the village is losing money with the persistent delays in getting a Pete's Fresh Market store in operation.
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Sep 27, 2023
Just after starting his NFL career in 2018, Moore paid $900,000 through a trust for the modern farmhouse-style home in Charlotte
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Sep 26, 2023
A judge has ruled that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House.
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Sep 26, 2023
A federal jury convicted two homebuilders Friday for their roles in a $31 million embezzlement scheme that led to the 2017 collapse of Washington Federal Bank in Bridgeport.
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Sep 26, 2023
Experts in presidential and U.S. labor history say they cannot recall an instance when a sitting president has joined an ongoing strike.
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Sep 26, 2023
Dosunmu used an opaque land trust to buy the house, which has a stone, brick and metal facade
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Sep 26, 2023
Experts in presidential and U.S. labor history say they cannot recall an instance when a sitting president has joined an ongoing strike.
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Sep 25, 2023
Marker and her husband bought the mansion in early 2020 and renovated it
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Sep 23, 2023
The union's thinking appears to be that by striking both vehicle production and parts facilities, it will force the automakers to negotiate a relatively quick end to the strike, now in its second week.
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Sep 23, 2023
On Thursday, his father Rupert Murdoch announced that in November he'll step down as the head of his two media companies: News Corp. and Fox Corp.
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Sep 22, 2023
Amazon says limited advertisements will be aired during shows and movies starting early next year so that it can "continue investing in compelling content and keep increasing that investment over a long period of time."
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Sep 22, 2023
The Chicago Department of Public Health has identified 56 cases of salmonella associated with Carniceria Guanajuato's Avondale location. Some former customers were hospitalized and are now suing the taqueria for damages.
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Sep 22, 2023
The union is seeking pay increases, shorter workweeks and improvements to retiree pensions and health care plans
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Sep 22, 2023
The United Auto Workers expanded its walkout to all Stellantis and GM parts distribution centers Friday Sept. 22, 2023, including locations in Bolingbrook and Naperville. But citing progress in negotiations, no further actions were taken against Ford, sparing 5,500 workers at the Chicago Assembly Plant on the city's Southeast Side, at least for another week. "We're still on standby," said Chris Pena, president of UAW Local 551, which represents assembly line workers at the Chicago Ford plant. Local 551 rallied on Thursday in support of striking workers.
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Sep 22, 2023
The concessions workers include bartenders, cashiers, cooks, dishwashers and other food service workers at the North Side ballpark.
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Sep 22, 2023
Women's clothing retailer Soft Surroundings is preparing to shut down its Main Street spot in downtown Naperville, alongside dozens of other locations across the country, as the brand faces bankruptcy.
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Sep 21, 2023
Roughly 1 in 6 American adults have engaged in gig work for platforms such as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash, according to a 2021 report by the Pew Research Center.
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Sep 21, 2023
Just in time for Halloween and Elgin's zombie-themed "Nightmare on Chicago Street" party, Black & Gray Brewing Co. in East Dundee is unveiling a new beer — Resurrection Ale.
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Sep 21, 2023
A new member task force will work with outside legal counsel whose attorneys will conduct an independent assessment of company policies and practices
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Sep 21, 2023
The project could serve as a model for future Fulton Market developments
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Sep 21, 2023
The median sales price in the metro area was $339,000, a $29,000 jump from August 2022
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Sep 20, 2023
General Motors and Stellantis announced fresh layoffs Wednesday that they blamed on damage from the United Auto Workers strike, and the labor standoff grew more tense just two days before the union was expected to call for new walkouts.
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Sep 20, 2023
Here's a look at how Chicago area home values compare by ZIP code.
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Sep 20, 2023
New operator of restaurant at Tinley Park's Oak Park Avenue Metra station says business will "invest in the community" by helping fund nonprofits.
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Sep 20, 2023
A U.S. Steel spokeswoman said the company is still determining the number of employees who will be affected at the facility, where 1,450 people work.
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Sep 20, 2023
Hotels and resorts learned to operate with leaner staffing models during the pandemic
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Sep 20, 2023
Americans are now carrying more than $1 trillion in credit card debt — a new record. And the average interest rate they're paying is just over 21%.
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Sep 20, 2023
Kraft Heinz said it initiated the voluntary recall after it received several consumer complaints.
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Sep 20, 2023
Improving local food and shopping options and getting construction started on a key phase of an overhaul at O'Hare could boost local airport rankings
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Sep 20, 2023
The store will be the third location for Dom's, which was launched by Mariano's founder Bob Mariano and former Dominick's affiliates in 2021.
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Sep 19, 2023
The United Auto Workers union is stepping up pressure on Detroit's Big Three by threatening to expand its strike unless it sees major progress in contract negotiations by Friday.
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Sep 19, 2023
Edward Tilly is the latest CEO to be toppled by allegations of an inappropriate personal relationship at work.
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Sep 19, 2023
The estate has a pool, a three-bedroom guest house and 368 linear feet of lake frontage
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Sep 19, 2023
The Chicago Blackhawks have received approval to expand their practice facility, Fifth Third Arena — and the $65 million project could be an appetizer for the franchise's plans to develop on the Near West Side.
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Sep 19, 2023
More than two decades later, chocolate has made its return to the upper floors of the former Marshall Field & Co. building on State Street, now anchored by the Macy's department store.
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Sep 19, 2023
FaceTime voicemail, autofill sentences and downloadable maps: Here are some noteworthy iOS 17 features.
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Sep 18, 2023
Now paid 60% of Chicago's minimum wage, tipped workers would qualify for full minimum wage by 2028.
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Sep 18, 2023
The United Auto Workers and Detroit's Big Three carmakers resumed talks aimed at ending a strike now in its fourth day, and under the threat that the walkout could soon spread.
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Sep 18, 2023
About 60% of U.S. grain exports are taken by barge down the Mississippi to New Orleans
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Sep 18, 2023
Apple will release iOS 17, the iPhone's next operating system, to the public today, Monday, September 18, 2023.
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Sep 18, 2023
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra says it agreed Sunday to a three-year contract with its musicians union on a deal to replace the agreement that expires Sunday.
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Sep 18, 2023
The Museum of Illusions Chicago, an interactive exhibit that presents optical illusions, signed a deal expanding into a vacant storefront in the East Loop
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Sep 18, 2023
Everyone who works for the program, from front desk workers to operating room nurses, is fluent in Spanish.
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Sep 17, 2023
It's been a central argument for the United Auto Workers union: If Detroit's three automakers raised CEO pay by 40% over the past four years, workers should get similar raises.
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Sep 16, 2023
Car shoppers are heading for a new round of sticker shock if the strike by the United Auto Workers doesn't end soon, particularly for popular vehicles that are already in short supply.
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Sep 16, 2023
The United Auto Workers strike has exposed tensions between President Joe Biden's goals of fighting climate change and supporting unions.
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Sep 16, 2023
Mike Medina, owner of East Side Tap in Chicago, is giving an old "tied house" new life as he restores it and learns about the bar's stories from longtime neighbors.
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Sep 15, 2023
From Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant on the city's Southeast Side to the small river town of Belvidere near Rockford, where the union and the state hope to restart the idled Stellantis Jeep plant, the course of negotiations could dramatically shape the auto industry in Illinois for years to come.
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Sep 15, 2023
A United Airlines jet headed to Rome turned around less than an hour into the flight and descended rapidly after what the airline termed an indication of possible loss of cabin pressure.
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Sep 15, 2023
For a generation and more, Starbucks' throwaway cup has been a cornerstone of consumer society, first in the United States and then globally.
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Sep 15, 2023
Williams and his wife bought the condo in March 2021
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Sep 15, 2023
It was the first time in the union's 88-year history that it walked out on all three companies simultaneously as four-year contracts with the companies expired at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time Thursday.
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Sep 14, 2023
The factories include a General Motors assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri, a Ford factory in Wayne Michigan, near Detroit, and a Stellantis Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio.
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Sep 14, 2023
Caesars is the largest casino owner in the world, with more than 65 million Caesars Rewards members and properties in 18 states and Canada under the Caesars, Harrah's, Horseshoe and Eldorado brands.
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Sep 14, 2023
Baxter International headquarters will remain in Deerfield after a prospective buyer for the property pulled out of the potential purchase. The 101-acre campus for the healthcare company has been taken off the market.
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Sep 14, 2023
Eric Ferguson left WTMX-FM in 2021 amid a host of allegations that he had engaged in workplace misconduct.
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Sep 14, 2023
Upside Foods, a California-based cultivated meat company, announced Thursday it is building its first production plant in a warehouse under construction at the massive site along I-294 in Glenview.
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Sep 14, 2023
With a deadline looming just before midnight Thursday, the United Auto Workers union and Detroit's three automakers remain far apart in contract talks, and the union is preparing to strike.
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Sep 14, 2023
James Daniels, 46, fell from the top of a two-story wall during his first day on the job. Hospitalized for several months, he has filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court.
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Sep 14, 2023
Fears of gentrification and displacement in South Shore and Woodlawn run high as the Obama Presidential Center takes shapes in nearby Jackson Park.
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Sep 13, 2023
Hoffman Estates Mayor Bill McLeod said it's the perfect use for the obsolete campus near the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway
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Sep 13, 2023
Johnson announced a partnership with the Economic Security Project to explore the idea but the city did not provide a timeline.
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Sep 13, 2023
Plaintiffs Dave McCormick and Ralph Yaniz, both Sox fans with disabilities, say the team doesn't make all accessible seating in the stadium available for online purchase - and that accessible seats are left out of season ticketing.
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Sep 13, 2023
Plaintiffs Dave McCormick and Ralph Yaniz, both Sox fans with disabilities, say the team doesn't make all accessible seating in the stadium available for online purchase - and that accessible seats are left out of season ticketing.
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Sep 13, 2023
In this week's column, Terry Savage invites you to look beyond your personal finances, beyond the six-month rate of your Treasury bills, and beyond the tech stocks driving the market. Instead, it might be time to give some thought to the larger economic and demographic forces at work in our society.
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Sep 13, 2023
The strategy comes as the pace of talks with all three automakers picked up with less than two days left before contracts with the union expire at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday.
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Sep 12, 2023
Metra Rail is constructing a warehouse in the space that once housed a Wickes Furniture warehouse and showroom northwest of Interstate 80 and Halsted Street.
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Sep 12, 2023
After 11 years, Apple is bidding adieu to the Lightning connector on its flagship iPhones.
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Sep 12, 2023
Lyft will begin rolling out the feature Wednesday in Chicago
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Sep 12, 2023
The Chicago-based fast food chain plans to eliminate self-service soda machines at its U.S. restaurants by 2032, McDonald's confirmed this week.
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Sep 11, 2023
Kellogg said it expects the split to become effective Oct. 2.
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Sep 11, 2023
Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson and his wife, Chicago Red Stars forward Mallory Swanson, in late August paid $3.5 million to buy a six-bedroom Lakeview mansion from former Chicago Cubs President Theo Epstein.
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Sep 11, 2023
While not finalized, the company's valuation in the IPO marks a big drop from the pandemic-induced surge in business for Instacart.
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Sep 11, 2023
Now based in Lenexa, Kansas, the maker of snack classics like Twinkies and HoHos has deep roots in the Chicago area.
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Sep 11, 2023
An explosion at an Archer Daniels Midland facility in Illinois injured several employees and sent a tower of smoke into the air Sunday evening.
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Sep 11, 2023
Influential business groups have raised concerns about some of the proposed recommendations.
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