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Titus, who lived with his mother, was overheard asking for a ride to her house because his motorcycle wouldn’t start.

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He only learned he was going to Arizona after overhearing a conversation between two guards.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been overheard discussing organ transplants as a means of prolonging life on the sidelines of a military parade in Beijing.

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He claimed to have overheard the asylum seeker telling them: "Come back to Africa, you would be a good wife."

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“It was surreal getting back to work and being on the other side of the stage,” Huntley said, overhearing people talk about the early August show days later.

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