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Around 1:20 p.m., authorities began pursuing the fleeing suspect on the 210 Freeway; at times, the suspect reached speeds exceeding 120 mph, according to helicopter footage captured by KTLA.

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The plumber and tiler cited poor conditions and bad past experiences at government hurricane shelters for not wanting to flee.

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International investors are continuing to buy Treasuries, and strategists say it appears they are diversifying their holdings rather than fleeing U.S. assets, as feared earlier in the year.

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Surviving relatives of Tsar Nicholas II also lived there after fleeing to the UK, following the murder of other family members by Bolsheviks in 1918.

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Their potential tax collaboration could be so bad that high earners might even flee to my state.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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