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| Feb 13 2009, 8:21 PM EST | jakefwp | 188 words added, 180 words deleted, 1 photo added, 1 photo deleted |
| Feb 4 2009, 6:44 PM EST | jakefwp | 34 words deleted, 1 photo added, 1 photo deleted |
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MARK BALLAS PHOTOS
 Season 6 champions Mark Ballas and Kristi Yamaguchi |  Mark Ballas and Sabrina Bryan |
 Mark Ballas and Kristi Yamaguchi |  Mark Ballas |
