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Reducing drag: Addition of black woman bolsters SNL cast

NBC’s comic institution “Saturday Night Live,” criticized recently for a lack of diversity, said on Monday that it hired Sasheer Zamata — a 27-year-old black woman from Indianapolis — for its repertory cast when new episodes start again later this month.

 
Lindsey Vonn will miss Sochi Olympics due to knee injury

Lindsey Vonn will miss the Sochi Olympics because of a right knee injury, leaving the Winter Games without one of its biggest stars.

 
Ex-NBA players having second thoughts about NKorea game

The group of NBA players scheduled to play with Dennis Rodman against a team of North Koreans on Wednesday privately expressed second thoughts about going ahead because of an outpouring of criticism back home in the U.S.

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It’s so cold … polar bears won’t go outside in Chicago

Brutal cold settled over much of the nation this week, sparing the west but leaving people in cities from Nashville to New York scrambling to avoid heading outside. The weather has had some unexpected consequences. We’ll be keeping track of them here throughout the day.

 
‘Noles write perfect ending

Florida State is the national champion, but the Seminoles had to work for it unlike they have all season.