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There is no sign of the crossover or second phase transition predicted for a multi-band superconductor. We argue that power law behavior is consistent with an energy gap with nodes, and discuss how the observed quadratic dependence can arise from several possible mechanisms. We propose that non-local effects may be more important in determining the temperature dependence than impurity scattering, and are sufficient to explain the deviation from the linear behavior expected for local superconductors with line nodes. 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