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Maurice White Of Earth, Wind & Fire Dies At 74

Thursday, February 04, 2016

Maurice White, the founder of Earth, Wind & Fire, the band known for hits like "Shining Star and "Boogie Wonderland," died in his sleep overnight. He was 74.

Verdine White posted the following message on the group's Facebook page:

"My brother, hero and best friend Maurice White passed away ...

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Cosby Sexual Assault Case Is Cleared To Proceed

Wednesday, February 03, 2016

A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that a sexual assault case against Bill Cosby, in which the comedian is accused of drugging and assaulting former Temple University employee Andrea Constand in 2004, will go to trial.

Judge Steven O'Neill refused to throw out the case, rejecting a former district attorney's claim ...

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Media Mogul Sumner Redstone, 92, Steps Down At CBS

Wednesday, February 03, 2016

CBS Corporation CEO Leslie Moonves has been named executive chairman of the CBS Board of Directors, following longtime chief Sumner Redstone's resignation.

"I am honored to accept the chairmanship of this great Company," Moonves said in a statement. "I want to thank Sumner for his guidance and strong support ...

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Robert Durst Pleads Guilty To Gun Charge, Accepts 7-Year Sentence

Wednesday, February 03, 2016

"What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course."

These words, muttered by New York real estate heir and suspected serial killer Robert Durst in the finale of HBO's documentary series The Jinx, sent chills down the spines of viewers and put Durst back in the spotlight.

Now ...

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New Witness Testifies At Hearing For Adnan Syed Of 'Serial' Fame

Wednesday, February 03, 2016

Previously, on Serial ...

"All this time I thought the courts proved it was Adnan that killed her. I thought he was where he deserved to be. Now I'm not so sure."

That's an email from Asia McLean to host Sarah Koenig, as read on the very ...

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Florida Delays Execution Until Supreme Court Ruling Is Applied

Tuesday, February 02, 2016

Cary Michael Lambrix, convicted of the 1983 killings of two people, was scheduled to die by lethal injection in Florida on Feb. 11.

But on Jan. 12, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the state's process for imposing the death penalty, and now the state Supreme Court has delayed ...

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Zika Virus Acquired Through Sexual Transmission, Texas Officials Say

Tuesday, February 02, 2016

Health officials have confirmed that someone in Dallas County, Texas, contracted the Zika virus through sexual contact.

It's the first U.S. case related to the recent Western Hemisphere outbreak to be acquired through sex. Until now, experts have focused on transmission of the virus through mosquito bites.

Dallas County Health ...

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WATCH: Super Bowl Ads Already Generating Buzz

Tuesday, February 02, 2016

The Super Bowl is still five days away, but for advertisers the game is already in full swing.

Once upon a time, companies that shelled out for a coveted Super Bowl ad jealously guarded their commercials until they aired during the big game. Nowadays, it works a little differently. Companies ...

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Rogue Drones? Unleash The Eagles

Tuesday, February 02, 2016

As recreational use of drones around the world continues to soar, authorities have been forced to get creative with how they deal with drones that fly into restricted airspace. In December, Tokyo police launched a drone designed to take out other drones with a net. In October, British tech ...

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Justice Department To Review San Francisco Police Department

Monday, February 01, 2016

The Department of Justice announced today that it will review the San Francisco Police Department. The decision comes two months after officers fatally shot Mario Woods, a black man, in an incident captured on video.

Last week, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee asked for a federal probe into the death.

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White House To Request $1 Billion For Cancer 'Moonshot'

Monday, February 01, 2016

President Obama plans to ask Congress for $755 million in cancer-research funding as part of his 2017 budget, according to the White House.

That would bring the funding total to nearly $1 billion over the next two years to accelerate what the president called a "moonshot" to try to eliminate ...

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Facebook Announces Ban On Private Gun Sales

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Facebook is changing its policies to ban users from arranging the private sale of guns on both Facebook and Instagram.

The new rules, first reported Friday, are stricter than Facebook's previous stance on gun sales, which allowed users to arrange such sales under some restrictions as long as they did ...

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No Bail For Oregon Occupiers Ammon And Ryan Bundy

Friday, January 29, 2016

A federal judge ordered the organizer of the Oregon wildlife refuge occupation, Ammon Bundy, and his brother, Ryan, held without bail.

The Bundy brothers, along with six others, were arrested earlier this week. As the Two-Way previously reported:

"The FBI and Oregon State Police initially arrested Bundy and ...

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All 3 Escaped California Inmates Are Back In Custody

Friday, January 29, 2016

Authorities say they have in custody all three inmates who escaped from a maximum-security jail unit in Southern California a week ago.

One of the inmates surrendered to authorities on Friday.

Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens said Bac Duong, 43, approached a civilian on the street and said he ...

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NFL Report: Concussion Diagnoses Increased 32 Percent

Friday, January 29, 2016

The National Football League released a new injury report Friday that said the number of concussions diagnosed in 2015 had increased by 32 percent from the previous year.

The NFL said 271 concussions were diagnosed in 2015, up from 206 in 2014. The league reported 229 concussions in 2013; ...

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'Affluenza Teen' To Remain In Juvenile Detention For Now

Friday, January 29, 2016

Ethan Couch, whose lawyers invoked an "affluenza" defense after he killed four people in a drunken-driving accident, will remain for now in a Texas juvenile detention facility where he has been held since he was deported from Mexico on Thursday.

Texas Judge Timothy Menikos sided with Couch's lawyers Friday, ...

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Immigrants' Son Is 1 Of 12 Students Worldwide To Ace AP Calculus Exam

Thursday, January 28, 2016

What's 12 divided by 302, 532?

It comes out to 0.00003967 or 0.003967 percent. That's the percentage of students in the entire world who took the test and earned a perfect score on the infamously difficult college-level Advanced Placement calculus exam last year.

Cedrick Argueta, the son of a Salvadoran ...

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Maine Governor To Citizens: 'Load Up And Get Rid Of The Drug Dealers'

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Maine Gov. Paul LePage has already said he "absolutely" supports implementing the death penalty for drug dealers in his state, which abolished capital punishment in 1887.

Then on Wednesday, he proposed an even more radical idea: "Everybody in Maine, we have Constitutional Carry. Load up and get rid of the ...

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'Affluenza Teen' Is Back In The U.S. To Face Charges

Thursday, January 28, 2016

On Thursday morning, Mexican immigration agents loaded "affluenza teen" Ethan Couch into a truck and put him aboard a commercial flight to the U.S., where he is expected to face probation-violation charges.

In a video released by Mexico's immigration institute, an expressionless Couch is shown being led into a truck ...

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'Back To The Future' Cars For Sale? (Flux Capacitor Not Included)

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

The DeLorean Motor Co., which hasn't made a car in more than 30 years, is planning to build several hundred new replicas of the stainless steel, gull-winged car featured in the sci-fi movie trilogy Back to the Future.

Thanks to the Low Volume Vehicle Manufacturing Act, which was inserted in ...

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