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Hello everybody and I hope you had a

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great weekend. I'm Allison Chinchar in

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for Koi Wire on this Monday, March 23rd

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and I am so excited to be back to bring

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you the best 10 minutes in news. So

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let's get to it. We begin with a weather

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update out of Hawaii which is dealing

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with the aftermath of a second Kona low

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storm in the span of just a few days.

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Officials say the storm dumped nearly 50

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ines of rain on the island of Aahu which

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was still saturated from the previous

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weekend storm. Catastrophic flash

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flooding destroyed homes, damaged

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hospitals and airports, and completely

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cut off some towns. Evacuations were

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ordered across parts of the island,

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including near a dam that appeared in

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danger of failing amid the heavy rain.

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Governor Josh Green says at least 236

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people have been rescued from the

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treacherous conditions, but told CNN

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that so far there have been no reported

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deaths. You

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>> know, we've had 40 to 50 inches of

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rains, the largest flood that we've had

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in 20 years, but we've had no loss of

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life. People have pitched in. incredible

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work by our um you know our first

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responders. We have the National Guard

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called up. Over 200 people have helped

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us on that side.

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>> Emergency responders are still

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struggling to reach some areas due to

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the flooding and it's unclear exactly

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how many homes have been destroyed. The

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storm could ultimately cause more than

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$1 billion dollar in damage across the

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state. And what's crazy is this same

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system brought snow to the mountain

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peaks of the Big Island on Sunday and

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will continue through this morning with

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totals of 6 to 10 in. Now, you've likely

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heard of or maybe even played Pokémon

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Go. Since its launch in 2016, billions

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of players around the world have used

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the augmented reality app in a bid to

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catch them all. But now that decades

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worth of crowdsource data is being used

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for a surprising purpose, training

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nextgen delivery robots. Our Shama Nindi

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has more on how the surprising process

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is playing out.

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That game you played in 2016, it's now

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training robots. Pokémon Go generated

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billions of user submitted images

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according to Niantic, the company that

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created it. 10 years later, that data is

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being used to train delivery robots.

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After Niantic and Pokémon Go were

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acquired by video game developer Scopi

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in 2025, Niantic's founder launched a

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separate AI spin-off called Niantic

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Spatial. Niantic Spatial kept the game's

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crowdsourced data, including videos and

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scans of locations that players used as

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Pokéstops and training gyms to create

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digital models of cities across the

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world. In a joint venture with robotics

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startup KCO, Niantic Spatial's 3D AI

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model will train a fleet of delivery

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robots to navigate busy urban streets,

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including areas where GPS doesn't always

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work reliably. The technology that made

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this possible has been in the works for

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a while, according to Niantic Spatial.

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And while players may not have realized

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their scans could be used this way,

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Niantic Spatial told CNN that any user

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generated visual data was quote

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anonymized and optional without any

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player personal data associated.

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10-second trivia. Friday marked the

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spring equinox. So, what causes the

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equinox to happen? Is it the moon

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blocking the sun, Earth's tilt, solar

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flares, or changes in ocean currents?

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The answer here is Earth's tilt and

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position in orbit. On the equinox,

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neither hemisphere is tilted toward or

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away from the sun. It focuses directly

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over the equator. The result, every

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place on Earth gets about 12 hours of

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daylight and 12 hours of darkness.

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Now, good news for those of you who are

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tired of those frigid winter

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temperatures. Spring has sprung. March

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20th marked the vernal equinox, the

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official astronomical start of the

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spring season in the northern

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hemisphere. So, a happy fall to our

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friends in the south of the equator as

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well. Equinoxes occur twice a year when

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the sun passes directly over the Earth's

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equator, resulting in a nearly perfect

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split of day and night. The celestial

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events have long been tied to sacred

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traditions around the world, like this

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positively illuminating event in Mexico.

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Hot air balloons filled with pre-dawn

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sky and visitors from around the world

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gathered at the ancient pyramid of the

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sun to watch the sunrise in hopes of

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harnessing its energy.

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From the moment you step on the ground,

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you feel the attraction from the earth.

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We come from sky, sea, earth, and fire.

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So I feel that everything is energy. We

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are energy. From the moment you are

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here, you feel a vibe. It's about

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concentrating and feeling in your heart

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and everything vibrates.

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>> Now, did you know pigeons historically

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served as crucial messengers because of

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their ability to travel long distances

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and return to their owners? Now, in

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Iraq, they've gained the spotlight in

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the nation's popular bird sporting

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world. This athletic center says it has

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trained thousands of pigeons to

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withstand hours of continuous flight

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using electronic identification rings

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that allow them to track their

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movements. The center owner says they

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typically train the birds for about a

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year before entering them into

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competitions. One race recently drew 830

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birds for a challenge spanning more than

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280 miles. It's official. BTS is back.

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After nearly a 4-year break, the

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preeminent Korean pop music group is

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returning. Now, the group took time off

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for mandatory military service in South

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Korea, but they just launched a new

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album and a world tour featuring several

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stops in North America. K-pop is gaining

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traction globally, as evidenced by the

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hundreds of coordinated listening

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parties that took place on Friday around

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the world. We got a chance to hang out

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with some diehard BTS fans known as Army

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right here in Atlanta. Take a look.

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>> We came because we love BTS.

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>> We are here at Politin Roll in Colony

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Square

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celebrating BTS's Arang uh comeback.

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They haven't had an album in 4 years.

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So, we're here to celebrate their new

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album and kind of come together as a

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group and a collective to celebrate them

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getting out of the military. I love it.

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No skips. And if you come inside, you'll

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love it, too.

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Not everybody speaks Korean, but we

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speak love and we love music, right?

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>> Um, so for you guys who are not

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familiar, um, we are fans of BTS.

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>> They just all got out of the military

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and they just dropped the album.

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This allows us to get together, listen

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to the album together, and celebrate the

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album.

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>> The album I feel like definitely was

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just BTS. It was unique, true to what I

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think is a new era to them.

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>> So, all of the vendors on the inside

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have BTS themed food items. Then, we

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have a bubble tea vendor where I

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provided cup sleeves with BTS's album on

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it.

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We're doing a cup sleeve event along

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with a comeback. And when you buy a

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themed drink, it comes with this really

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cool cup sleeve that's usually um

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designed by a fan

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and they're like a little collector's

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item and it's just really fun.

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>> We're going to have a K-pop random dance

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play. If you know all of the BTS

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choreography, you will get a life.

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I'm here to celebrate the BTS comeback.

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I've been super excited for it for a

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long time and um I have a bunch of

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friends through Army the fan base. So

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yeah, just wanted to come out and have

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fun, be with my friends and celebrate

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the new the new album.

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Do not stop at the language when it

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comes to K-pop. It doesn't matter. Once

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you look up the lyrics and you you

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listen to the beat, you'll understand

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that it's just like American music. So,

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go beyond the language and join us.

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Today's story getting a 10 out of 10 is

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checking in from the checkout line where

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one teen is bagging the spotlight and

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proving there's a lot more strategy

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behind bagging groceries than you might

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think.

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Now, at first glance, it may seem

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simple. Scan, bag, repeat. But for

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17-year-old Roco Camda, every item has a

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place and a purpose. Put your two walls

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in and then get two heavy items, put

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those on a side, and just fill the rest

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with filler items.

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>> Speed and technique helped him bag more

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than just groceries. It earned him first

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place at this year's National Grossers

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Association best bagger championship and

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$10,000 prize. For Camada, the skill

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comes with practice and family roots.

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His dad has worked at public

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supermarkets for over 30 years. His

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parents met at a grocery store and his

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older brother competed in the contest,

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too. And in the end, it all checked out,

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securing him the win on the national

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stage. All right, superstars. I've got

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time for two shoutouts today. This first

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one is going to Miss McNeel at Equitas

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Charter Academy number four in Los

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Angeles. Thank you all so much for all

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the kind letters and the cards from your

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students. Now, this next one is going to

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Mrs. who dro at Hillsboro Dearing Middle

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School in Hillsboro, New Hampshire.

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Thank you so much for this super cool

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rhinestone art. This is absolutely

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stunning. Love all the sparkles. And

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thank you for making us a part of your

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day. Koi will be back tomorrow. I'm

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Allison Chinchar and this is CNN 10.