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The second suspect in Chicago has turned himself in.

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4 men shot 3 killed in Philadelphia near school

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A 73 year old woman's fitbit confirmed her suspicion that something was wrong with her. The hear-rate monitor feature helped her see that her hear rate had risen to 140 bpm rather than her normal 60-

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Mississippi State's Women's Basketball Team lost the National Championship to the South Carolina Gamecocks. But, I don't think anyone cares because we beat UConn. So who's the real champion? :-)

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Basketball fans had a lot of viewing options on Friday night, and, even with two enticing NBA games on the schedule, a lot of those fans tuned into the women's Final Four, specifically Mississippi State's historic upset of Connecticut.

Friday cable sports:

Ms St/UCONN(ESPN2): 2.763M
Rockets/Warriors ESPN: 2.213M
Spurs/Thunder: 1.609M
Stanford/SC (ESPN2): 1.497M

- Sports TV Ratings (@SportsTVRatings) April 3, 2017

The two games, broadcasted by ESPN, averaged 1.8 million viewers. That's a 13% increase over last year's semifinal games. The number of streams and minutes streamed also skyrocketed over last year's numbers.
Per ESPN:

Per game, fans streamed more than 4.5 million minutes action, a new Women's Final Four record and up 57% from last year. Additionally, an average of 175,000 total viewers streamed each game, up 106% from last year. The average minute audience per game was up 40%.

While Connecticut's winning streak being snapped played a large role in the jump, it wasn't the only factor, as evidenced by the ratings for the national championship game between South Carolina and Mississippi State.
Per ESPN:

The 2.4 overnight, in addition to being up 20% from last year's championship game (Syracuse vs. UConn on Tuesday, April 5), is also a 4% increase over the 2015 game (Notre Dame vs. UConn on Tuesday, April 6). While it is the most-streamed Women's National Championship game ever, South Carolina's first-ever women's basketball national championship victory also had a significant higher streaming audience than last year's game in all major metrics: Up 75% in average minute audience, 63% in total viewers and 83% in total minutes watched.

The NCAA moved the semis to Friday after playing them on Sunday for the last decade-plus. With the old schedule, the national championship game had been previously played on Tuesday night but was moved up to Sunday.

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Mississippi State's upset of UConn beat the NBA in ratings and smashed ESPN streaming records

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The momentum was carried over to the national championship, as well.

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ex-navy seal Craig Sawyer created a non-profit organization aimed at saving children from sex trafficking pedophile rings.

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North Carolina faced gonzaga in the NCAA Championship North Carolina won against the Zags 71-65

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A subway bombing on monday in St.Peterburg that left 14 dead and many more hospitalized. Today it was found the it was a suicide bomber that killed and hospitalized

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mom abandoned infant in yard overnight after drugs 'made her paranoid' The baby was taken to a near by hospital by another residence in Lakewood, he is now in state custody. Mother of the 3 month old baby is now booked into Pierce County Jail for second-degree abandonment, the father is also booked into jail for warrants.

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2nd teen suspect in Chicago turns himself in.

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4 men shot, and 3 killed, in shooting near Philadelphia school.

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In spite of a national uproar, an Alabama school district is standing by its decision to ban a teenager from inviting his grandmother to be his prom date.

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In spite of a national uproar, an Alabama school district is standing by its decision to ban a teenager from inviting his grandmother to be his prom date.

Bryce Maine, a senior at Eufaula High School, was told that his beloved "Nanny" would not be a suitable prom date because she was too old.
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Bryce's father met with school officials Monday morning - hoping to reach some sort of compromise - but that did not happen.

What in the name of "Sweet Home Alabama" is going on down in Eufaula?

"It's still a no," Bryce told me.

What in the name of "Sweet Home Alabama" is going on down in Eufaula?

Principal Steve Hawkins told television station WXTX they have a policy banning people over the age of 20 from attending the junior-senior prom.

"For the 10 years I have been high school principal, we have denied requests each year from students asking to bring older dates to prom," Principal Steve Hawkins wrote in a statement to the television station.

We're talking about a young man who wants to honor his grandmother. It's a beautiful Hallmark moment that the school district is turning into some sort of sordid "Mrs. Robinson" meets "Fifty Shades of Gray" affair.

Mitzi Clayton, the school district's spokesperson, told me most schools have an age limit for prom.

"We care for all students, but it is a junior-senior prom," she said. "The student asked several times if he could take his grandmother to prom. He was told no."

She said the rules and regulations are laid out in the student handbook - presented to kids on the first day of school.

"Our whole point in having an age limit is for safety," she said.

As if Nanny was going to smuggle in a flask and spike the punch bowl.

"You start looking at exceptions then there are exceptions for other things as well. We felt like that it's best to keep the rule as it is," she said.

So here's the back story:

A few months ago Bryce Maine was sitting around a table in Eufaula, Alabama making plans for the high school prom.

"I asked my nanny who she went to prom with and she said she'd never been," the 18-year-old senior told me.

Bryce was a bit surprised that his grandmother - his nanny - had never gone to prom.

"Every woman deserves to go to a prom," Bryce said.

And from Bryce's perspective there was no one more deserving than his sweet grandmother, Catherine Maine.

"She's my world. She's been with me ever since I was born," he said. "She's basically the only woman figure I have in my life. She means a lot to me."

So Bryce set about to concoct an elaborate plan to ask his nanny to the big dance and on February 18th - he popped the question.

"I was at school and I texted her - and told her she needed to come up here because I wasn't feeling too well," he recounted. "I told the lady at the front desk so she would know to sign my nanny in as a visitor."

Bryce was standing in the hallway holding a homemade sign that read, "Prom."

"It's so nice that he wanted me to go but I kept asking - don't you want to take someone else, but he kept saying no, I want my nanny," Mrs. Maine told television station WXTX.

Nanny said yes - but unfortunately the school's principal said no.

The Maine family is heartbroken - to say the least. Nanny had even purchased a lovely evening gown for the occasion.

Bryce's cousin posted a message on Facebook blasting the school's decision - and that posting has since gone viral - along with a very clever hashtag: #LetNannyGoToProm.

"I'm just trying to stand up for my nanny," Bryce told me.

But since the school has banned his grandmother, the high school football player says he will not be attending either.

But prom night won't be a total loss - thanks to the fine folks at the Eufaula Country Club. They've invited Bryce and his nanny to join them for a delicious meal on April 8th.

And Bryce also plans to take his nanny out onto the dance floor.

"I picked out some of the songs she liked from back in the day - a lot of Elvis," he said.

Well, I suspect the King of Rock and Roll would have some mighty nice things to say about Bryce Maine - a fine Southern gentleman who loves his nanny.
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School board says 'Nanny' still can't go to prom: What's wrong with these people?!

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Parliament's Brexit committee says Britain's aim of forging a new deal with the European Union in two years may be unrealistic, and the government must set out the economic implications of failure.

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President Trump’s transition team presented his inner circle with more than 100 names of candidates for key Cabinet and other senior positions in the new administration. Missing from the list for the post of national security adviser was retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, according to two knowledgeable officials.

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Mr. Kohl-  Kansas City, Mo  - For 35 grams of marijuana or less - about an ounce..."Current penalties right now are up to a year in prison and up to a $1,000 fine,"  A vote to approve new law  "This would make it a $25 fine with no jail time."

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Russell Westbrook reaches 15K-point milestone, gets 40th triple-double of season