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   <section class="course">
     <div class="announcement">
       <h1> Announcement </h1>
-        <img src="http://placehold.it/440x130" alt="" />
       <p>
       On May 2, it was announced that Harvard University will join MIT as a partner in edX.  MITx, which offers online versions of MIT courses, will be a core offering of edX, as will Harvardx, a set of course offerings from Harvard.
       </p>