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Former RJ photographer wins Emmy Award

John Locher, a former photographer for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, won an Emmy Award for his video “Double Helix” on Saturday.

 
Starbucks offers many employees free college tuition

Starbucks is giving its baristas a bargain on an online college degree. The company is partnering with Arizona State University to make an undergraduate education available at a steep discount to 135,000 U.S. employees who work at least 20 hours a week.

 
‘Mr. Padre’ Tony Gwynn dies at 54

Tony Gwynn, the Hall of Famer with a sweet left-handed swing who spent his entire 20-year career with the Padres and was one of San Diego’s most beloved athletes, died of cancer Monday. He was 54.

 
Video shows man ‘flipping out’ on NYC-to-Las Vegas flight

A hollering, agitated passenger who ignored pleas to calm down spurred a pilot to divert a New York-to-Las Vegas JetBlue plane to Detroit over the weekend, according to the airline and a passenger’s video.

 
KFC gives $30K to pit bull-attack victim asked to leave restaurant

KFC Corp. says it’s investigating allegations that a restaurant employee in Jackson, Mississippi, asked a 3-year-old to leave because her facial injuries disturbed other patrons. The company is also giving $30,000 toward Victoria Wilcher’s medical bills, a spokesman said Sunday.

 
KFC probes whether scarred girl was asked to leave

KFC Corp. says it’s investigating allegations that an employee in Jackson, Mississippi, asked a 3-year-old to leave a restaurant because her facial injuries frightened other patrons. A spokesman says KFC is also giving $30,000 toward her medical bills.

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Casey Kasem, king of the Top 40, dead at 82

Casey Kasem, the smooth-voiced radio broadcaster who became the king of the top 40 countdown, has died at age 82.

 
Fallon, Christie dance off in waist-high khakis

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie showed off his skills with Jimm Fallon on “The Tonight Show” with dance moves ranging from “The ‘Belt Grabber’” to the “The ‘Lawn Mower’.”

 
Bishop Gorman grad steals ‘22 Jump Street’

“22 Jump Street” is a bit of a mixed bag, but some of the movie’s biggest laughs come from Jillian Bell, who’s a breath of hilariously hostile air as she riffs, improv-style, about old Jonah Hill’s undercover cop looks.

 
Off-duty cop saves driver from fiery crash

An off-duty cop put himself in harms way on Tuesday to save a driver from a fiery crash.

 
Military officials: Bergdahl ‘looked good’ on return to U.S.

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl “looked good” after arriving back in the United States and is working daily with health professionals after being held by the Taliban for five years in Afghanistan, military officials said Friday.

 
Buddy-action enough for ‘22 Jump Street,’ but some gags fall flat

“22 Jump Street” doesn’t exactly break the fourth wall. It runs headfirst into the fourth wall, falls down, sees those little cartoon birds circle its head. And the plot isn’t just thin, it’s borderline anorexic.

 
Crews begin burning Texas house falling from cliff

Fire crews have begun burning a luxury house that’s teetering atop a crumbling 75-foot cliff over a Central Texas lake. Authorities say destroying the 4,000-square-foot house by fire is better than waiting for it to topple into Lake Whitney. The cost of removing mounds of debris from the lake could prove prohibitive.

 
Obama weighs US response to Iraq insurgents

President Barack Obama said Friday he is weighing a range of options for countering the violent Islamic insurgency in Iraq, but he warned government leaders in Baghdad the U.S. will not take military action unless they move to address deep-seeded political troubles.

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