QUES: October gasoline prices settled 1.47 cents lower at 78.70 cents a gallon .

October heating oil ended down 0.41 cent to 70.74 cents a gallon .

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

QUES: Only one third of high-speed trains within France were running , national rail company Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer said .

One third of high-speed trains within France will run , national railway company Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer estimates .

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

QUES: Nine traffic deaths were blamed on the storm in North Carolina , Virginia , Maryland , Pennsylvania and Washington .

At least 36 deaths have been blamed on the storm , 20 of them in Virginia .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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no