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North County Residents Win MacArthur Foundation Genius Grants

A Leucadia and an Oceanside resident were awarded $500,000.

Two North County residents were given $500,000 MacArthur Foundation grants, U-T San Diego reported.

Claire Chase of Leucadia and Chris Thile of Oceanside were awarded on Monday, according to the newspaper.

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