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2003-07-06 - 9:56 a.m. Great White sharks may have been sighted off a popular Los Angeles beach in the last few days, to the delight of TV newscasters looking for news on slow summer days. But officials are reassuring residents that there's nothing to worry about: the sharks aren't that big, they are always off the coast and they only eat fish -- not people. "There have always been sharks off our coast," said a Fire Department lifeguard, adding that they feed on small fish, not on people. Despite common fears over shark attacks, more people are killed in the United States each year by vending machines said the captain, and last year dogs killed more people than Great White sharks had killed in the last 100 years. � 
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