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    <p>Criminals posing as police told residents in flood-hit Houston, Texas, to leave their homes before they ransacked them.</p><p>Thieves also targeted shops after Harvey, now a tropical storm, left large parts of the city under water.</p><p>Authorities have ordered residents to stay in their houses between 10pm and 5am to try to curb the crime spree.</p></section>
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    <p>Criminals posing as police told residents in flood-hit Houston, Texas, to leave their homes before they ransacked them.</p><p>Thieves also targeted shops after Harvey, now a tropical storm, left large parts of the city under water.</p><p>Authorities have ordered residents to stay in their houses between 10pm and 5am to try to curb the crime spree.</p></section>
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    <p>Police Chief Art Acevedo warned the robbers: &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t victimise our victims. We will come after you.&rdquo;</p><p>At least 20 people have died in Houston, including veteran police sergeant Steve Perez who drowned in a flooded underpass while driving to help rescue others. Harvey has dumped 52 inches of rain since it first hit Texas on Friday.</p><p>Across the state 30 people are confirmed dead or missing and the toll is expected to rise.</p></section>
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    <p>The storm has now moved to Louisiana and is battering New Orleans, which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.</p><p>Actress Sandra Bullock has donated &pound;774,000 to the American Red Cross, as many other Hollywood stars pledged money to help victims.</p><p>The Kardashian family gave a combined &pound;387,000 to the Red Cross and Salvation Army.</p></section>
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                            $('body').css({backgroundColor: '#f4f4f4'});
                            $('#maincontainer').css({paddingTop: '3px'});
                            $('#maincontainer header').css({borderTop: 'none'});
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                            $('.trendingTopics li:first-child').css({marginLeft: '10px'});
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                            $('#' + divId).css({padding: '10px 5px'});
                            $('nav.row.sections.main-navi').css({overflowX: 'hidden'});
                            App.InskinControl.Resize();
                            App.InskinControl.hasTemplateAndSuperbanner++;
                            console.log('superbanner');
                            App.InskinControl.addShadow();
                            if (!App.InskinControl.hasInskinJoinedUs) {
                                App.InskinControl.DoTheSticky();
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                            App.InskinControl.hasInskinJoinedUs = true;
                            console.log(App.InskinControl.hasTemplateAndSuperbanner);
                        break;
                    }
                }
            },
            DoTheSticky : function(){
                
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                       if (App.InskinControl.hasTemplateAndSuperbanner > 1) {
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                          if (!App.InskinControl.userHasScrolled) {
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                          bannerContainerWidth = $('.page-content').width() + 40;
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            },
            SplitTheBackground : function(){
            },
            addShadow : function(){
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            removeShadow : function(){
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            SetTheBackground : function(){
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                }
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                	this.timeSinceWindowLoad += App.InskinControl.deltaDiff;
                	this.actualTimeSinceWindowLoad += App.InskinControl.deltaDiff;
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                if (this.timeSinceWindowLoad > App.InskinControl.inskin_delay && App.InskinControl.hasInskinJoinedUs == true) {
                    App.InskinControl.PutAdvertBack();
                }
            },
            PutAdvertBack : function (){
                window.clearInterval(App.InskinControl.CssFunction);
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                if (App.InskinControl.hasTemplateAndSuperbanner > 1) {
                    window.clearInterval(App.InskinControl.SecondayCssFunction);
                }
                App.InskinControl.shouldDelayScroll = false;
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                    break;
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                App.InskinControl.SecondaryDivId = null;
            }
        }
    };

    $.extend(App, InskinControls);
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