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 Package: live
 Type: Package
 Title: Local Interpretable (Model-Agnostic) Visual Explanations
-Version: 1.4.0
+Version: 1.4.1
 Authors@R: c(
   person("Mateusz", "Staniak", role = c("cre","aut"),
     email = "mateusz.staniak@math.uni.wroc.pl"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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+# live 1.4.1
+
+* Variable selection is now better suited to work with factor/character variables.
+
 # live 1.4.0
 
 * Variable selection is now based on LASSO as implemented in glmnet package.