QUES: Malvo , 18 , goes on trial Nov. 10 in the death of Franklin .

Malvo goes on trial next month in the death of an FBI analyst .

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QUES: In court , Stewart briefly waved to courtroom sketch artists seated in the jury box .

Stewart waved to courtroom sketch artists seated in the jury box and took notes in a spiral-bound notebook during the hearing .

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ANS: no

QUES: The number of extremely obese American adults - those who are at least 100 pounds overweight - has quadrupled since the 1980s to about 4 million .

The number of Americans considered extremely obese , or at least 100 pounds overweight , has quadrupled since the 1980s to a startling 4 million , the research shows .

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yes