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  Texas provided blueprint for shutting down Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith, but can Notre Dame replicate it?

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  Meta shuts down its AI character accounts that users called 'creepy and unnecessary'

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  NBC News - Jan. 3

• Hindenburg Research shorts Carvana, calling company's turnaround a 'mirage'

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  CNBC - Jan. 3

• Irish shut down Georgia to reach CFP semifinals

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