Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.

Input: Consider Input: In the Texas case, reports USAT, the defendant companies have agreed to pay about $15 billion over 25 years to reimburse the state for expenses it incurred in the treatment of smoking-related illnesses.

Output: In the Texas case,the defendant companies have agreed to pay $15 billion over 25 years to the state for the treatment of smoking-related illnesses.

Input: Consider Input: Likewise, Las Vegas remains one of the few cities in the nation with two competing daily newspapers. There are also dozens of smaller newspapers serving a variety of specific interests, including two dueling alternative weeklies.

Output: Las Vegas remains of the few cities in the nation with two competing daily newspapers. There are also dozens of smaller newspapers serving a variety of specific interests.

Input: Consider Input: "Nelson Mandela upbraided the leaders of Burundi's warring factions for bringing death and misery to their nation, shaming it before the world."
Output: Mandela upbraided the leaders of Burundi's warring factions for bringing death and misery to their nation