QUES: Car volume fell 8 per cent , while light truck sales -- which include vans , pickups and SUVs -- rose 2.7 per cent .

Car volume was down 8 percent , while light truck sales--which include vans , pickups and SUVs--rose 2.7 percent .

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

[Q]: Smugglers in a van chased down a pickup and SUV carrying other smugglers and illegal immigrants , said Pinal County Sheriff Roger Vanderpool .

People in a van opened fire on a pickup and SUV believed to be transporting illegal immigrants , said Pinal County Sheriff Roger Vanderpool .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The 19 face charges including racketeering , conspiracy , organized fraud , grand theft and illegal drug sales , all felonies carrying penalties of five to 30 years in prison .
The suspects were charged with racketeering , conspiracy , organized fraud , grand theft and illegal drug sales , all felonies carrying penalties of five to 30 years in prison .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Federal agent Bill Polychronopoulos said it was not known if the man , 30 , would be charged .

Federal Agent Bill Polychronopoulos said last night the man involved in the Melbourne incident had been unarmed .
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no

Q: Both papers are being published today in the New England Journal of Medicine .

The study appears today in the New England Journal of Medicine .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: no

[Q]: Meteorologists predicted the storm would become a Category 1 hurricane before landfall .
It was predicted to become a Category I hurricane overnight .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]:
yes