QUES: Yesterday , shares closed up 29 cents , or 0.54 percent , at $ 54.32 .

Amazon 's shares yesterday closed at $ 54.32 on the Nasdaq Stock Market , up 29 cents .

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QUES: He told the jury Stubbs is a " cold , calculating killer . "

District Attorney Dave Lupas reminded jurors that Stubbs is , " a cold , calculating killer " .

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ANS: yes

QUES: A man , 19-year-old Antowain Johnson , ''tried to go back in and get the rest of them but the smoke wouldn 't let him , ' ' she said .

She said another man , 19-year-old Antowain Johnson , " tried to go back in ... but the smoke wouldn 't let him . "

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yes