Weird characters on pages

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I am using 1.5.4 fresh install on an Apache Lunix server. Can anyone tell me what the weird character between spaces on my main page are a result of? www.rochesterlaw.org/cart/ Below is a copy of the file in html_include/classic section:
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Never mind, they disappeared all the sudden.