Q: Jack Ferry , company spokesman , said that a search is in progress but would not comment on its status .

Company spokesman Jack Ferry said a search is ongoing but declined comment on its status .

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A: yes
Q: Meat giant Smithfield Foods Inc. has won a bidding war to buy a bankrupt Midwestern pork producer .

Pork processing giant Smithfield Foods Inc. said Monday that it won the bidding in an auction for bankrupt Farmland Industries Inc . ' s pork business .

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A: yes
Q: " We make no apologies for finding every legal way possible to protect the American public from further terrorist attacks , " she said .

" We make no apologies for finding every legal way possible to protect the American public from further terrorist attack , " said Barbara Comstock , Justice Department spokeswoman .

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yes