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When a news event occurs that warrants an interruption of regular non-news programming on television or radio (or, in the case of national network television, a regularly scheduled newscast), the newscaster typically opens with a special graphic that announces the breaking story. A countdown sequence may then run to allow network affiliates to join the feed, with a distinctive music cue. Often, the graphic will include a special ticker to indicate the number of current updates available for the story at hand.
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More than a million Americans are traveling this spring. But a prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz could dramatically drive up oil prices.
