Q: On July 3 , Troy is expected to be sentenced to life in prison without parole .

Troy faces life in prison without parole at his July 30 sentencing .

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A: yes
Q: " As expected , second-quarter sales were weak driven by the combination of declining retail inventories and market-share losses , " said Robert A. Eckert , chief executive .

" As expected , second-quarter sales were weak driven by the combination of declining retail inventories and market-share losses , " Chief Executive Robert Eckert said in a statement .

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A: yes
Q: A Connecticut judge Tuesday sentenced a man to 30 years in prison in the death of a teenage girl he met on the Internet .

A restaurant worker was sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday for the sexual assault and strangling of a sixth-grade girl he met in an Internet chat room .

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A:
yes