QUES: Californias rate was 6.4 percent , down from a revised 6.7 percent in August and also down from the 6.7 percent posted in September 2002 .

The statewide unemployment rate fell to 6.4 percent , down from a revised 6.7 percent in August .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: no

QUES: A nationally known itinerant computer hacker faces a federal arrest warrant on a sealed federal complaint in New York , a federal defender in California said Friday .

A nationally known computer hacker is being sought on a federal arrest warrant stemming from a sealed complaint in New York , a federal defender in California said Friday .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: yes

QUES: Muhammad will stand trial for the Oct. 9 slaying of Dean Harold Meyers , 53 .

Muhammad , 42 , is charged in the Oct. 9 slaying of Dean H. Meyers , 53 , at a gas station in Manassas .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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no