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	Just over 100 local performing arts centers, independent movie theaters,&nbsp;bars with live music and producers of entertainment&nbsp;won COVID-19 relief last year via the federal&nbsp;Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, according to a Newsday analysis of new data.&nbsp;NewsdayTV&rsquo;s Steve Langford reports.
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