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The number of those being hospitalized due to the flu has increased dramatically this year. 20% of pediatric cases that have died had been vaccinated. The numbers are higher than they were in the high season of 2014-2015.

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Health officials at the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention rang the alarm about this year's deadly flu fleason at their weekly Friday briefing, saying "overall hospitalizations are now the highest we've seen, even higher than 2014-2015 high season."

Just as concerning, the number of pediatric deaths rose this week by 16, from 37 to 53.

Twenty percent of the children who died had been vaccinated, officials said.

Dr. Anne Schuchat, the new acting director at the CDC, said H3N2 continues to dominate this season, but other strains ─ like H1N1 and Influenza B ─ are also being reported around the country.

Dr. Dan Jernigan reported at the briefing a rise in hospitalization rates from 41.9 per 100,000 last week to 51.4 this week. He said that number may ultimately exceed that of 2014-2015, when there were 710,000 by season's end.

There was some good news reported as well. Flu activity in the western part of the U.S. may be easing up. Oregon is reporting fewer number of cases, so officials were hopeful the trend showed a decrease of activity out West.

Flu activity on the East Coast and the South are higher, however, with adults 65 years and older the most impacted.

Despite the low effectiveness in the flu vaccines, the CDC recommends getting an Influenza shot for everyone age 6 months or older.

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Flu hospitalizations are 'the highest we've seen,' CDC says

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Health officials at the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention rang the alarm about this year's deadly flu fleason at their weekly Friday briefing, saying "overall hospitalizations are now the highest we've seen, even higher than 2014-2015 high season." Just as concerning, the number of pediatric deaths rose this week by 16, from 37 to 53.

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The ¨Black Panther¨ is two weeks away from its debut, and is already outselling other super hero films in advance ticket sales.

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"Black Panther" is still two weeks awayfrom hitting theaters but advanced ticket sales on Fandango is already outpacing all other superhero films.

Following a star-studded world premiere on Monday in Los Angeles, ticket sales for the Marvel Studios production, which stars Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong'o, has also eclipsed every other movie that currently has tickets for sale on Fandango.

The impressive pace of ticket sales is a measurement of enthusiasm for a highly-anticipated film that was years in the making. Whether "Black Panther" will break more records on opening day and in the weeks following remains to be seen. The movie opens on February 16.

The film has already amassed rave reviews from fans on social media following Monday's world premiere. Box office success would simply reinforce the superhero genre as one of the most bankable in Hollywood. When tickets went on sale earlier this month, "Black Panther" broke Fandango's presale ticket record for Marvel Cinematic Universe films in its first 24 hours, a record previously held by 2016's "Captain America: Civil War."

Of the top ten biggest opening weekends of all time, five are superhero films. At the top is 2012's "The Avengers" at $207 million, making it the fourth biggest opening of all time behind the last two "Star Wars" films and "Jurassic World."

Industry analysts are projecting that "Black Panther" could open at around $130 million or higher, but they caution that it's still too early to tell.

"'Black Panther' is generating the kind of buzz that is usually reserved for the summer movie season," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at comScore .

"Black Panther" is also breaking grounds in the superhero genre.

Comic book films like 1998's "Blade" have starred African American superheroes, but "Black Panther" is Marvel's first film directed by an African-American (Ryan Coogler) and one of the first major superhero films that has a predominantly African-American cast.

Related: 'Black Panther' to have first black Marvel director with Ryan Coogler

Those points have seemingly made the film more alluring to audiences, according to a poll held by Fandango.

A survey of more than 1,000 "Black Panther" online ticket-buyers, the ticket seller found that 97% are looking forward to "a different kind of superhero movie."

"This is more than a movie," Dergarabedian said. "It's a cultural event that is a milestone on so many levels and as such will generate one of the biggest February debuts of all-time."

CNNMoney (New York) First published February 2, 2018: 9:28 AM ET

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Following a star-studded world premiere on Monday in Los Angeles, ticket sales for the Marvel Studios production, which stars Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong'o, has also eclipsed every other movie that currently has tickets for sale on Fandango. The impressive pace of ticket sales is a measurement of enthusiasm for a highly-anticipated film that was years in the making.

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A father of three girls who were abused by Larry Nassar, took a lunge at him in court. Obviously very upset, he asked the judge if he could have time alone with Nassar and was denied, which lead to the attack.

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The father of three daughters who were abused by Larry Nassar tried to attack the former doctor in an Eaton County, Michigan, court Friday before he was tackled and detained by security.

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In California coffee may come with a cancer warning.

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The state keeps a list of chemicals it considers possible causes of cancer, and one of them, acrylamide, is created when coffee beans are roasted.

A lawsuit first filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court in 2010 by the nonprofit Council for Education and Research on Toxics targets several companies that make or sell coffee, including Starbucks, 7-Eleven and BP. The suit alleges that the defendants "failed to provide clear and reasonable warning" that drinking coffee could expose people to acrylamide.

The court documents state that, under the California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, also known as Proposition 65, businesses must give customers a "clear and reasonable warning" about the presence of agents that affect health-- and that these stores failed to do so.

In addition to paying fines, the lawsuit wants companies to post warnings about acrylamide with an explanation about the potential risks of drinking coffee. If the suit is successful, the signs would need to be clearly posted at store counters or on walls where someone could easily see them when making a purchase.

Raphael Metzger, the attorney representing the nonprofit, said it really wants the coffee companies to reduce the amount of the chemical to the point where there would be no significant cancer risk.

"I'm addicted to coffee, I confess, and I would like to be able to have mine without acrylamide," Metzger said.

At a bench trial last fall, the coffee companies argued that the level of acrylamide in coffee should be considered safe under the law and that the health benefits of coffee essentially outweigh the risk.

At least 13 of the defendants have settled and agreed to give a warning, most recently 7-Eleven, according to Metzger. The convenience store chain did not respond to requests for comment.

The other manufacturers would have to follow suit if they don't settle the lawsuit and if the judge finds that they violated state laws. Metzger said private mediation with the remaining retailers is set for February 8. It will include nine of the defendants, and the parties will try to come to an agreement aboutthe case. Otherwise, a judge would probably reach a decision this year.

BP did not return requests for comment.

Starbucks referred questions to the National Coffee Association, the industry's trade association, which said it was not in a position to comment on the litigation.

Bill Murray, the association's president and CEO, said in a statement, "Coffee has been shown, over and over again, to be a healthy beverage. The US Government's own Dietary Guidelines state that coffee can be part of a healthy lifestyle. This lawsuit simply confuses consumers, and has the potential to make a mockery of Prop 65 cancer warning at a time when the public needs clear and accurate information about health."

Coffee has been much studied over the years, and research has shown that itprovides several health benefits, including lowering your risk of early death. It may reduce your risk of heart disease, multiple sclerosis, type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer's and even some cancers like melanoma and prostate cancer. However, a review by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a branch of the World Health Organization, found that drinking very hot beverages was "probably carcinogenic to humans" due to burns to the esophagus; there was no relation to the chemical acrylamide.

The science on human exposure to acrylamide still needs "future studies," according to a 2014 review of scientific research on the chemical's relationship to a wide variety of cancers in the Journal of Nutrition and Cancer.

In addition to coffee, acrylamide can be found in potatoes and baked goods like crackers, bread and cookies, breakfast cereal, canned black olives and prune juice, although its presence is not always labeled. It's in some food packaging and is a component of tobacco smoke. According to the National Cancer Institute, people are exposed to "substantially more acrylamide from tobacco smoke than from food."

In 2002, the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified acrylamide as a group 2A carcinogen for humans based on studies done in animals. Studies done on humans have found "no statistically significant association between dietary acrylamide intake and various cancers," according to the 2014 research review.

A few additionalstudies have seen an increased risk for rena l, ovarian and endometrial cancers; however, "the exposure assessment has been inadequate leading to potential misclassification or underestimation of exposure," according to the 2014 research review.

Even the studies showing cancer links between acrylamide in rats and mice used doses "1,000 to 100,000 times higher than the usual amounts, on a weight basis, that humans are exposed to through dietary sources," the research review said.

Humans are also thought to absorb acrylamide at different rates and to metabolize it differently than rodents, earlier research showed.

The National Toxicology Program's Report on Carcinogens considers acrylamide to be "reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen."

The Food and Drug Administration website says it "is still in the information gathering stage" on the chemical, but the FDA gave consumers suggested ways to cut it out of their diet. The FDA also provided guidance to the industry intended to suggest a range of approaches companies could use to reduce acrylamide levels. The recommendations are only a guide and are "not required," according to the website.

California added acrylamide to its carcinogen list in January 1990, and the state has successfully taken companies to court over it.

In 2008, the California attorney general settled lawsuits against Heinz, Frito-Lay, Kettle Foods and Lance Inc. when the companies agreed to reduce the levels of acrylamide found in potato chips and French fries.

In 2007, fast food restaurants in California posted acrylamide warnings about fries and paid court penalties and costs for not posting the warnings in prior years.

"We have a huge cancer epidemic in this country, and about a third of cancers are linked to diet," Metzger said. "To the extent that we can get carcinogens out of the food supply, logically, we can reduce the cancer burden in this country. That's what this is all about."

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The state keeps a list of chemicals it considers possible causes of cancer, and one of them, acrylamide, is created when coffee beans are roasted. A lawsuit first filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court in 2010 by the nonprofit Council for Education and Research on Toxics targets several companies that make or sell coffee, including Starbucks, 7-Eleven and BP.

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Documents reveal there is a second person in interest in the las vegas mass shooting.

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This week, when a district court in Las Vegas unsealed nearly 300 pages of police affidavits, the name of a second person of interest in the mass shooting that left 58 people dead was blacked out.

But because of an error, the documents released to The Las Vegas Review-Journal included name of an Arizona man named Douglas Haig, according to the newspaper. And it started another frenzy over whether Stephen Paddock acted alone.

In an interview with CBS This Morning, Haig says that police found an Amazon box with his address inside the Mandalay Bay hotel room from which Paddock sprayed the crowd at a country music festival with bullets and then took his own life.

"He told me exactly what he wanted," Haig said to CBS. "I handed him a box with the ammunition in it, he paid me and he left."

He said that he sold 720 rounds of tracer ammunition to Paddock and that Paddock said he was using it for a light show. The ammunition leaves a trace of light when shot. Haig said he had only spoken to Paddock three times.

"I'm still wracking my brain for what did I miss? Why didn't I pick this up?" Haig told CBS.

Haig has since shut down his business. He told The Associated Press that he plans to hold a press conference later this week.

What's unclear is whether Haig was only flagged as a person of interest in the early days of the investigation or whether he remains a person of interest. He is the only other name in the documents besides that of Stephen Paddock's girlfriend, Marilou Danley, who authorities now say will likely not face charges.

Police and the FBI wouldn't comment, citing the ongoing investigation. But Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo has made it clear that he believes Paddock acted alone. He has also said there may be unspecified federal charges coming for an unnamed person.

The documents released on Tuesday show that police originally believed Paddock didn't work alone and were searching for accomplices. But they still gave no hint of why Paddock amassed so many weapons and then used them to fire into a crowd of more than 22,000 concertgoers on the Las Vegas strip on Oct. 1.

The warrants repeat much of what was already in a preliminary police report released on Jan. 19 by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Investigators found 23 rifles and a handgun in the two rooms on the 32nd floor that Paddock was in. They found rifle cases, binoculars, a scope, a portable solar generator, 1,050 empty bullet casings, and a vase and flowers Paddock bought from a Walmart.

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Documents Reveal Second Person Of Interest In Las Vegas Shooting

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This week, when a district court in Las Vegas unsealed nearly 300 pages of police affidavits, the name of a second person of interest in the mass shooting that left 58 people dead was blacked out. But because of an error, the documents released to The Las Vegas Review-Journal included name of an Arizona man named Douglas Haig, according to the newspaper.

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People in the Florida Keys are spending millions of dollars to raise their roads because of climate change. Because of the climate change it's causing flooding so people are making to roads higher so they can get around.

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Super Bowl LII is Sunday in Minneapolis, with kickoff at 5:30 p.m. CT. The average high there on February 4 is 26 degrees Fahrenheit, while the low is 9.There's no snow in the game day forecast, but the predicted high is 7 degrees, with a low of 5 below zero.

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Typically, the Super Bowl is situated in a warm weather locale.

Not this year. Not even close.

Super Bowl LII, which is Sunday in Minneapolis, is projected to be the coldest Super Bowl of all time.

There's no snow in the game day forecast, but the predicted high is in the single digits - that's Fahrenheit, not Celsius - with a low below zero. Factor in the wind chill, and it likely will feel below zero the whole day.

And it's expected to be 3 degrees at kickoff, which is at 5:30 p.m. CT (6:30 p.m. ET) in Minneapolis.

Fans should get a reprieve from the cold, of course, if they have tickets to the game. US Bank Stadium, home of the Minnesota Vikings, has a fixed roof.

"Despite the cold, there will be plenty of warm entries to get you into the game," Peter O'Reilly, the NFL's senior vice president of events, said this week.

The coldest Super Bowl to date was held near Detroit. It was 13 degrees at kickoff for Super Bowl XVI in 1982 at the Silverdome, which also was an indoor venue.

The National Weather Service office in Minneapolis issued a special weather statement this week, warning of bitterly cold wind chills for those outside this weekend for Super Bowl festivities.

The wind chill in Minneapolis is expected to dip 10 to 25 below zero from Saturday night through game time Sunday night, with 1 to 2 inches of snow expected Saturday.

However, that forecast doesn't appear to bother the NFL.

"I'm often asked what makes Super Bowl LII in Minnesota unique, and the conversation often turns to the cold and to the weather," O'Reilly said. "But my real answer is it's the people. The people of Minnesota, the incredible volunteers who have come together - record numbers of volunteers."

More than 10,000 people have volunteered to help during Super Bowl week, according to the Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee.

"It's the people and the energy and the warmth here in the 'Bold North' that is really coming through," O'Reilly said.

While Minnesotans may be radiating warmth, it's probably safe to say that ice sculptures will remain intact at Super Bowl Live, a 10-day, outdoor fan festival.

Conversely, it was much warmer Sunday at the Pro Bowl in Orlando. Though the high was in the mid-70s, it wasn't exactly ideal. Camping World Stadium has no roof, and it was pouring rain.

The previous two Super Bowl hosts were considerably warmer (Houston for Super Bowl LI and Santa Clara, California, for Super Bowl 50). The next four cities to host Super Bowls will be Atlanta, Miami, Tampa and Los Angeles.

Even if this Sunday's Super Bowl were held outdoors, it still wouldn't be the coldest NFL game of all time. Based on kickoff times, the coldest game in league history was the iconic "Ice Bowl" at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was 13 degrees below zero (wind chill minus 48) when the Green Bay Packers hosted the Dallas Cowboys on December 31, 1967.

Other arctic-like games in NFL history include the San Diego Chargers at the Cincinnati Bengals on January 10, 1982, when the temperature was minus 9 degrees, with a wind chill of 59 below; and January 10, 2016, when the Seattle Seahawks played the Vikings outdoors, with a temperature of minus 6 degrees and a wind chill of 25 below zero.

Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, was the first Super Bowl played in an outdoor cold-weather stadium. The NFL got lucky that season: It was 49 degrees at kickoff.

This will be the first Super Bowl in Minnesota since Super Bowl XXVI, when the Washington Redskins defeated the Buffalo Bills 37-24 on January 26, 1992, at the Metrodome.

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Typically, the Super Bowl is situated in a warm weather locale. Not this year. Not even close. Super Bowl LII, which is Sunday in Minneapolis, is projected to be the coldest Super Bowl of all time. There's no snow in the game day forecast, but the predicted high is in the single digits - that's Fahrenheit, not Celsius - with a low below zero.

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Connie Sawyer, who was the oldest working actress in Hollywood, has died at age 105. The cause of the death was a heart attack and later died on January 21st. The actress appeared in Archie Bunker's Place, Will & Grace, and When Harry Met Sally.

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Connie Sawyer, who was the oldest working actress in Hollywood, has died at 105, her daughter Lisa Dudley tells CNN.

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Larry Nassar, former USA Gymnastics doctor, was nearly attacked by one of his victim's father in the courtroom. The father, Randall Margraves, lunged and cursed at Nassar before being handcuffed by police.

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The father of three Larry Nassar sex assault victims lunged at the disgraced doctor in a Michigan courtroom Friday, just moments after yelling he wanted "one minute with that b------!"

After two of his daughters spoke, the father, Randall Margraves, asked the judge to grant him "five minutes in a locked room with this demon." The judge denied the request, so the man asked for one minute and then lunged at Nassar.

Court officers almost immediately subdued the man and he was not able to reach Nassar, who is accused of abusing hundreds of young girls.

"I want that son of a b----! Give me one minute with that b------!" Margraves yelled as he was handcuffed.

Two of Margraves' daughters gave statements to the court and said their other sister had also been molested by Nassar. Crying could be heard in the courtroom as Nassar was escorted out. Assistant Attorney General Angela Povilaitis told families in the courtroom to "use your words" and that violence "is not helping your children."

Nassar was in court awaiting another sentence for sexual assaults under the guise of medical treatment. Last week, the disgraced doctor was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for sexually assaulting young female athletes. The former USA Gymnastics doctor and Michigan State University trainer pleaded guilty to the sexual assaults.

Nassar was expected to hear from more victims who said he molested them. The proceedings were expected to extend into next week.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Larry Nassar almost attacked by victim's father in dramatic courtroom scene

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The father of three Larry Nassar sex assault victims lunged at the disgraced doctor in a Michigan courtroom Friday, just moments after yelling he wanted "one minute with that b------!" After two of his daughters spoke, the father, Randall Margraves, asked the judge to grant him "five minutes in a locked room with this demon."

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All 955 miners trapped in S. Africa rescued

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AFP 2 days ago Ben SHEPPARD

All 955 gold miners who were trapped underground for more than a day in South Africa following a power cut resurfaced unharmed on Friday, and were greeted by overjoyed relatives waiting at the site.

"Everybody's out," mine spokesman James Wellsted told AFP, adding that there were no deaths or serious injuries reported.

There were "cases of dehydration and high blood pressure but nothing serious", he said.

The miners were stuck in the Beatrix gold mine, in the small town of Theunissen near the city of Welkom, for around 30 hours after a massive power outage caused by a storm prevented lifts from bringing workers on the night shift to the surface.

After several hours engineers were able to restore power, allowing the hoist to bring up the miners -- who had been trapped since Wednesday evening -- in batches.

The workers were all brought to the surface within two hours.

"It was stressful, there was not enough ventilation," said mineworker Mike Khonto. "Thankfully our management managed to send us food and water."

Wellsted said there was "no indication so far that anyone has been in distress", although it was a "traumatic experience".

A young woman, who spent the night anxiously waiting near the mine for news of her uncle, could not hide her joy.

"We are relieved," she told AFP, without giving her name.

She had been among a group of miners' relatives who gathered along the road leading to the shaft, and who were kept at a distance by security guards as they awaited developments.

Several ambulances arrived on-site overnight, said an AFP reporter at the scene.

- 'Utterly unacceptable' -

At sunrise the rescued workers still in their work suits and helmets, underwent medical check-ups and left by bus.

Despite the relief, the accident at Beatrix mine in Free State province, 290 kilometres (180 miles) southwest of Johannesburg, has reignited safety concerns at South African mines.

"We could have prevented it," said one mineworker who asked not to be named.

"They should have had some generators that were working. Security is the least of their worries. They only care about production," said the worker.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has called on mineworkers to refuse to work in "dangerous conditions".

"Major multinational corporations like Sibanye-Stillwater which should be industry leaders in creating a safety culture are doing far too little to prevent accidents," the union said in a statement overnight.

A parliamentary committee on mining expressed outrage at the incident, calling for "drastic" action against the company.

It condemned as "utterly unacceptable" the the lack of a backup plan to bring the workers to the surface.

The lawmakers on the committee called for "drastic actions to such acts of carelessness, including exploring possibilities of laying criminal charges against the management for attempted murder".

But mine spokesman Wellsted told AFP that "this was a very unusual event. The generators were affected by the storm."

- Depleting reserves -

Another group, the powerful National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), said the mine should remain closed until a full investigation is conducted.

"They should not be allowed to operate until they can guarantee the safety of workers," NUMSA said in a statement.

Last August five mineworkers died after sections of a gold mine collapsed outside Johannesburg.

The country possesses rich mineral reserves and has some of the world's deepest gold mines.

Gold was for many decades the backbone of South Africa's economy, but production has declined sharply due to depletion of reserves.

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All 955 miners trapped in S. Africa rescued

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AFP 2 days ago Ben SHEPPARD All 955 gold miners who were trapped underground for more than a day in South Africa following a power cut resurfaced unharmed on Friday, and were greeted by overjoyed relatives waiting at the site. "Everybody's out," mine spokesman James Wellsted told AFP, adding that there were no deaths or serious injuries reported.

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18 people in Shanghai have been injured due to burning van that jumped the curb near a Starbucks. The man driving the car had no criminal record, and there were 6 other people in the vehicle.

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According to Shanghai police, 18 people have been hospitalized, including three who were severely injured, after a vehicle hit pedestrians on the sidewalk in front of a Starbucks in Shanghai's central Huangpu district on Friday morning.

The driver of the vehicle was included in the 18 people injured, police said.

Shanghai police said a preliminary investigation showed the 40-year-old man driving the van had no criminal record and was suspected of illegally transporting dangerous substances while smoking in the vehicle. They do not believe the crash was an act of terrorism.

The injuries to the 17 others are not considered life-threatening "for the time being," according to police.

The official People's Daily newspaper reported six people were in the vehicle and a witness told them it was on fire before it hit the curb.

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Photos and videos on social media show the injured on the ground, including some pinned by the vehicle.

A Shanghai government spokesperson told ABC News the accident is still under investigation.

The accident was cleaned up immediately by Chinese authorities, with no trace of the earlier scene before the morning was over.

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The ¨Black Panther¨ is two weeks away from its debut, and is already outselling other super hero films in advance ticket sales.

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"Black Panther" is still two weeks awayfrom hitting theaters but advanced ticket sales on Fandango is already outpacing all other superhero films.

Following a star-studded world premiere on Monday in Los Angeles, ticket sales for the Marvel Studios production, which stars Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong'o, has also eclipsed every other movie that currently has tickets for sale on Fandango.

The impressive pace of ticket sales is a measurement of enthusiasm for a highly-anticipated film that was years in the making. Whether "Black Panther" will break more records on opening day and in the weeks following remains to be seen. The movie opens on February 16.

The film has already amassed rave reviews from fans on social media following Monday's world premiere. Box office success would simply reinforce the superhero genre as one of the most bankable in Hollywood. When tickets went on sale earlier this month, "Black Panther" broke Fandango's presale ticket record for Marvel Cinematic Universe films in its first 24 hours, a record previously held by 2016's "Captain America: Civil War."

Of the top ten biggest opening weekends of all time, five are superhero films. At the top is 2012's "The Avengers" at $207 million, making it the fourth biggest opening of all time behind the last two "Star Wars" films and "Jurassic World."

Industry analysts are projecting that "Black Panther" could open at around $130 million or higher, but they caution that it's still too early to tell.

"'Black Panther' is generating the kind of buzz that is usually reserved for the summer movie season," said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at comScore .

"Black Panther" is also breaking grounds in the superhero genre.

Comic book films like 1998's "Blade" have starred African American superheroes, but "Black Panther" is Marvel's first film directed by an African-American (Ryan Coogler) and one of the first major superhero films that has a predominantly African-American cast.

Related: 'Black Panther' to have first black Marvel director with Ryan Coogler

Those points have seemingly made the film more alluring to audiences, according to a poll held by Fandango.

A survey of more than 1,000 "Black Panther" online ticket-buyers, the ticket seller found that 97% are looking forward to "a different kind of superhero movie."

"This is more than a movie," Dergarabedian said. "It's a cultural event that is a milestone on so many levels and as such will generate one of the biggest February debuts of all-time."

CNNMoney (New York) First published February 2, 2018: 9:28 AM ET

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A killer whale in France was taught to say hello and bye.

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A killer whale at the Marineland Aquarium in Antibes, France, has learned to say "hello" and "bye bye," thanks to researchers from the University of St Andrews in partnership with the Complutense University of Madrid.

The research team set out to see if killer whales could mimic human speech, the university announced this week. The results were documented in a study published Wednesday in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Dr. Josep Call, a professor at the University of St. Andrews and a co-researcher on the study, told ABC News this new study came after the success of another study his team had done about motor imitation.

"Killer whales observed another killer whale perform an unusual behavior and we asked them to copy it," Call told ABC News.

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In the new study, Call said the sound component was important for the scientists to see whether killer whales could produce new sounds aside from their natural repertoire. For this study, Call and his fellow researchers studied a female killer whale named Wikie at the marine park in Antibes.

In addition to saying "hello" and "bye bye," Wikie can also say "Amy," and "one, two, three," according to researchers. Call said the vocalization "is a very different system than what terrestrial mammals use."

Killer whales' social behavior has unusual features, Call said.

"Some groups are formed by closely related individuals and other groups show dispersal of individuals born in that group," he said. Some the mammals "are also known by the vocal dialects displayed by the different groups," he added.

Looking ahead, Call told ABC News researchers will focus on delayed imitation to see how long these mighty creatures of the sea can remember a novel sound and then reproduce it.

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Killer whale learns to say 'hello,' 'bye bye' and more

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A killer whale at the Marineland Aquarium in Antibes, France, has learned to say "hello" and "bye bye," thanks to researchers from the University of St Andrews in partnership with the Complutense University of Madrid. The research team set out to see if killer whales could mimic human speech, the university announced this week.

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Super Bowl LII is Sunday in Minneapolis, with kickoff at 5:30 p.m. CT. The average high there on February 4 is 26 degrees Fahrenheit, while the low is 9.There's no snow in the game day forecast, but the predicted high is 7 degrees, with a low of 5 below zero.

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Typically, the Super Bowl is situated in a warm weather locale.

Not this year. Not even close.

Super Bowl LII, which is Sunday in Minneapolis, is projected to be the coldest Super Bowl of all time.

There's no snow in the game day forecast, but the predicted high is in the single digits - that's Fahrenheit, not Celsius - with a low below zero. Factor in the wind chill, and it likely will feel below zero the whole day.

And it's expected to be 3 degrees at kickoff, which is at 5:30 p.m. CT (6:30 p.m. ET) in Minneapolis.

Fans should get a reprieve from the cold, of course, if they have tickets to the game. US Bank Stadium, home of the Minnesota Vikings, has a fixed roof.

"Despite the cold, there will be plenty of warm entries to get you into the game," Peter O'Reilly, the NFL's senior vice president of events, said this week.

The coldest Super Bowl to date was held near Detroit. It was 13 degrees at kickoff for Super Bowl XVI in 1982 at the Silverdome, which also was an indoor venue.

The National Weather Service office in Minneapolis issued a special weather statement this week, warning of bitterly cold wind chills for those outside this weekend for Super Bowl festivities.

The wind chill in Minneapolis is expected to dip 10 to 25 below zero from Saturday night through game time Sunday night, with 1 to 2 inches of snow expected Saturday.

However, that forecast doesn't appear to bother the NFL.

"I'm often asked what makes Super Bowl LII in Minnesota unique, and the conversation often turns to the cold and to the weather," O'Reilly said. "But my real answer is it's the people. The people of Minnesota, the incredible volunteers who have come together - record numbers of volunteers."

More than 10,000 people have volunteered to help during Super Bowl week, according to the Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee.

"It's the people and the energy and the warmth here in the 'Bold North' that is really coming through," O'Reilly said.

While Minnesotans may be radiating warmth, it's probably safe to say that ice sculptures will remain intact at Super Bowl Live, a 10-day, outdoor fan festival.

Conversely, it was much warmer Sunday at the Pro Bowl in Orlando. Though the high was in the mid-70s, it wasn't exactly ideal. Camping World Stadium has no roof, and it was pouring rain.

The previous two Super Bowl hosts were considerably warmer (Houston for Super Bowl LI and Santa Clara, California, for Super Bowl 50). The next four cities to host Super Bowls will be Atlanta, Miami, Tampa and Los Angeles.

Even if this Sunday's Super Bowl were held outdoors, it still wouldn't be the coldest NFL game of all time. Based on kickoff times, the coldest game in league history was the iconic "Ice Bowl" at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was 13 degrees below zero (wind chill minus 48) when the Green Bay Packers hosted the Dallas Cowboys on December 31, 1967.

Other arctic-like games in NFL history include the San Diego Chargers at the Cincinnati Bengals on January 10, 1982, when the temperature was minus 9 degrees, with a wind chill of 59 below; and January 10, 2016, when the Seattle Seahawks played the Vikings outdoors, with a temperature of minus 6 degrees and a wind chill of 25 below zero.

Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, was the first Super Bowl played in an outdoor cold-weather stadium. The NFL got lucky that season: It was 49 degrees at kickoff.

This will be the first Super Bowl in Minnesota since Super Bowl XXVI, when the Washington Redskins defeated the Buffalo Bills 37-24 on January 26, 1992, at the Metrodome.

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Sunday's Super Bowl is expected to be the coldest ever | CNN

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Typically, the Super Bowl is situated in a warm weather locale. Not this year. Not even close. Super Bowl LII, which is Sunday in Minneapolis, is projected to be the coldest Super Bowl of all time. There's no snow in the game day forecast, but the predicted high is in the single digits - that's Fahrenheit, not Celsius - with a low below zero.

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Media’s longtime crusade for transparency ends with Nunes memo as ‘The Post’ remains in theaters

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The media industry's decades-old crusade for transparency ended this week as liberal pundits from a variety of news organizations called for the controversial on alleged FBI abuses to stay private.

Talking heads on both CNN and MSNBC, as well as editorial boards from the prestigious New York Times and Washington Post have all come out against the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence memo that potentially reveals the FBI abused spying authorities and paints government officials as anti-Trump.

Ironically, the mainstream media wants to keep the memo private even as Steven Spielberg's "The Post," a story about the Washington Post's fight to release the Pentagon Papers, is playing in theaters across the nation. Hollywood royalty Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep portray newspaper legends Ben Bradlee and Kay Graham as they challenge the government to release the controversial documents.

Most Hollywood liberals presumably consume the same mainstream media that is attempting to do the exact opposite of the characters the famous actors portray in "The Post."

The real-life, current version of the Washington Post isn't exactly a champion of transparency at the moment. The paper's editorial board wrote on Thursday that it's "not in the business of opposing the release of information of potential public value," but then spends a few hundred words contradicting that statement.

"Discrediting law enforcement is the memo's transparent purpose and why it has been embraced by President Trump," Post editors wrote before claiming that House Speaker Paul Ryan and GOP colleagues want to help Trump "impede an investigation" into whether or not Russia attempted to influence the 2016 election.

Mediaite columnist Joseph Wulfsohn thinks the "paradox surrounding the memo controversy is quite remarkable" as major publications take a stand against transparency.

Apparently the Washington Post has already forgotten their Trump-era motto 'Democracy Dies in Darkness.'
- Mediaite columnist Joseph Wulfsohn

"The purpose of a free press is for them to shed light on what's been going on in our government no matter which political party benefits," Wulfsohn told Fox News. "Apparently the Washington Post has already forgotten their Trump-era motto 'Democracy Dies in Darkness.'"

The New York Times editorial board took the call for opaqueness even further, calling it a "partisan witch hunt" and saying that releasing the memo would be "a demonstration of unbridled self-interest and bottomless bad faith."

The Times published a scathing piece that accuses Republicans of "undermining the credibility of the law enforcement community" and pushing "misleading propaganda from people who are terrified by the Russia investigation and determined to derail it by any means necessary."

The Times mocks House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes' memo as a "cut-and-paste job" and told readers "there's so much deception and obfuscation going on here that it's hard to know where to start."

The Times questioned "whether there are any adults left" in the GOP and implied Republicans would turn their back on America to win a political fight.

"It would be nice to treat Mr. Trump, Mr. Nunes and their cohort as the junior high school pranksters they resemble, but what they're doing -- cynically undermining the nation's trust in law enforcement, fostering an environment of permanent suspicion and subterfuge -- is far more dangerous," Times editors wrote.

CNN's Anderson Cooper called talk of releasing the memo a source of "phony drama," while focusing on the "grave concerns" of FBI Director Chris Wray in a monologue seemingly intended to paint Trump as irresponsible for the "foregone conclusion " that the memo will be released.

The majority of pundits on liberal cable news seem to be against the memo's release and MSNBC'' John Heilemann even claimed Speaker Ryan is "No longer on Team USA."

Jimmy Kimmel even came out against the memo being released on Thursday's edition of his late-night show.

All of these anti-transparency hot takes make it fair to ponder what a 1970s-era Ben Bradlee would think about the behavior of the media in 2018.

However, Media Reseach Center Vice President Dan Gainor doesn't think it would make a difference.

"I doubt Ben Bradlee would have been an iconic supporter of transparency either," Gainor told Fox News. "He made his mark attacking a Republican president... traditional journalists are protective of their liberal allies more than they are the tenets of a free press."

The Fourth Estate has spent decades fighting for transparency, but it appears disdain for President Trump and the Republican Party has taken priority.

Brian Flood covers the media for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @briansflood.

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The media industry's decades-old crusade for transparency ended this week as liberal pundits from a variety of news organizations called for the controversial on alleged FBI abuses to stay private.

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A killer whale in France has learned how to say hello and bye bye.

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A killer whale at the Marineland Aquarium in Antibes, France, has learned to say "hello" and "bye bye," thanks to researchers from the University of St Andrews in partnership with the Complutense University of Madrid.

The research team set out to see if killer whales could mimic human speech, the university announced this week. The results were documented in a study published Wednesday in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Dr. Josep Call, a professor at the University of St. Andrews and a co-researcher on the study, told ABC News this new study came after the success of another study his team had done about motor imitation.

"Killer whales observed another killer whale perform an unusual behavior and we asked them to copy it," Call told ABC News.

Courtesy Marineland

In the new study, Call said the sound component was important for the scientists to see whether killer whales could produce new sounds aside from their natural repertoire. For this study, Call and his fellow researchers studied a female killer whale named Wikie at the marine park in Antibes.

In addition to saying "hello" and "bye bye," Wikie can also say "Amy," and "one, two, three," according to researchers. Call said the vocalization "is a very different system than what terrestrial mammals use."

Killer whales' social behavior has unusual features, Call said.

"Some groups are formed by closely related individuals and other groups show dispersal of individuals born in that group," he said. Some the mammals "are also known by the vocal dialects displayed by the different groups," he added.

Looking ahead, Call told ABC News researchers will focus on delayed imitation to see how long these mighty creatures of the sea can remember a novel sound and then reproduce it.

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Killer whale learns to say 'hello,' 'bye bye' and more

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A killer whale at the Marineland Aquarium in Antibes, France, has learned to say "hello" and "bye bye," thanks to researchers from the University of St Andrews in partnership with the Complutense University of Madrid. The research team set out to see if killer whales could mimic human speech, the university announced this week.

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The woman accused of murdering her sister by driving off a cliff went to court yesterday. She was found not guilty by Judge Peter Cahill.

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&#151; -- A woman accused of deliberately driving off a Hawaii cliff and killing her identical twin sister was acquitted of murder Thursday.

Judge Peter Cahill found Alexandria Duval not guilty of second degree murder in the death of her twin Anastasia following a trial that began Monday. Alexandria Duval opted to have a judge instead of a jury decide the case.

"I'm disappointed," Maui County Prosecuting Attorney J.D. Kim said after the verdict, according to the Associated Press. "The facts clearly show it was at least reckless behavior."

Alexandria Duval, 39, left the courtroom without commenting, The Maui News reported.

Her defense attorney, Birney Bervar, told the newspaper, "It's been an extremely emotional ordeal for her. You can't imagine losing your twin sister in that kind of catastrophic, tragic accident, then being charged with causing the death of your sister, which she didn't. She's extremely relieved."

On May 29, 2016, Alexandria Duval was driving along the winding Hana Highway in Maui with her twin, Anastasia Duval, in the passenger seat when the car plunged off a cliff. Alexandria Duval survived the 200-foot fall, but her twin died at the scene.

The sisters, born Alison and Ann Dadow, ran popular yoga studios in Florida before changing their names, according to The Associated Press. They moved to Hawaii in 2015.

Maui deputy prosecuting attorney Emlyn Higa claimed Alexandria Duval "intentionally or knowingly" drove off the cliff. Bervar, however, called the deadly car crash a "tragic accident, not murder."
Here is a look back at the trial, which began on Monday.
Witnesses describe twins fighting in SUV

Prosecution witness Chad Smith testified that he saw the two women in the car on the road and that it appeared they were "arguing" with their hands up, angry, and yelling at each other.

Cecelia Kupaus testified for the prosecution that she heard the driver scream that she needed help. She described the twin in the passenger seat as sounding, "very aggravated and scared, too."

Prosecution witness Randolph Castro said he was driving when through his rear-view mirror he saw the twins fighting in their weaving SUV.

Dean Warniner testified for the prosecution that he heard screaming coming from someone other than the driver. During cross-examination, asked if the driver in the twins' SUV smiled at him and if the voice from the passenger side sounded angry, Warniner confirmed both.

Witness Joseph Toleafoa testified for the prosecution, describing how he was in a van for a Boy Scout trip when he saw the twins fighting in their SUV. He claimed the twins' SUV sped up and that's when it went over the cliff.

During cross-examination, Bervar asked Toleafoa whether he had to turn around to see what was happening once the SUV passed them. Toleafoa said he looked back only after he heard the twins' SUV engine rev and then he saw the driver and passenger still fighting and the passenger pulling the driver's hair as she fought her off.

When the SUV took off, it made a sharp left and went over the cliff, Toleafoa said.

Prosecution witness Kaisa Tevaga, who was also in the van, testified that the twins' SUV had on flashing lights as it stopped and blocked the tight, narrow road. Tevaga said the passenger was pulling the driver's hair and the driver was crying as their van moved by.

Laurence Lau, who was driving the Boy Scout van, testified for the prosecution that he could see hands from the passenger side pulling the driver's hair and jerking her head. Lau said the driver was fighting her off with her hands.

Lau said he pulled the van off to the side to allow the SUV to pass, and when it did, he could see the drivers' hair still being pulled.

The crash scene

Maui police officer Lawerence Siville, a prosecution witness, said marks left on the road were consistent with the SUV making a sharp left with hard acceleration over the cliff.

Defense witness Wayne Slagle, an accident reconstruction expert, claimed that the cliff drop wasn't visible from the road. Slagle said one must stand at the edge and look over a short wall to see the major drop.

Slagle said the berm -- raised dirt which can act as a ramp -- was responsible for the sharp left turn made by the SUV that sent it over the cliff.

Slagle said there's evidence that the driver had the steering wheel to buffer her from hitting the windshield, while the passenger hit the roof and was tossed into the back seat when the SUV rolled.

Asked if this was consistent with someone accidentally hitting the gas when they wanted to hit the break, Slagle replied that he thinks it's consistent with someone trying to put on the breaks and not hitting the gas with enough speed to go over a rock wall.

Officer: Defendant 'showed lack of emotion'

Maui Police Officer Justin Mauliola testified for the prosecution that he was called to the hospital to ask Alexandria Duval for her next of kin to notify the family of her sister's death. He described Alexandria Duval as "hysterical" but "not crying" and said she "showed lack of emotion." He said he was also close enough to detect the smell of alcohol on her.

Mauliola said he also spoke with Lonnie Dickerson, the man living with the twins, who was listed as the registered owner of the crashed SUV. When Dickerson was brought to the hospital room, Mauliola said Alexandria Duval told Dickerson to shut up and that he was talking too much in front of the police.

On cross-examination, Bervar asked Mauliola if Alexandria Duval was "hysterical" with disbelief that stemmed from the shock of hearing her sister was actually dead.

The boyfriend takes the stand

Anastasia Duval's boyfriend, Federico Bailey, who lived with the sisters, testified for the prosecution that the twins fought "quite often" and "fought like men."

"There were punches," Bailey said, adding that it "seemed like they had martial arts training."

Bailey and the sisters went camping the night before the fatal crash. He said he and Anastasia Duval wanted to go camping alone and keep it a secret from Alexandria Duval, but her sister ended up coming, which he said his girlfriend wasn't happy about. The girls physically fought for five minutes on the trip, he said.

After the crash, Bailey said Alexandria Duval asked him to help her wash her hair, and that after she showered, she put on her twin's clothes. Bailey also said Alexandria Duval seemed to enjoy asking him to go with her to identify the body.

During cross-examination, Bailey confirmed he met Anastasia Duval 35 days before she died. He said he lived in Anastasia Duval's Porsche convertible after her death until police took the vehicle.

When asked what he did for a living, Bailey said he was a "minister" and "is his own church." He said he "depends on Jesus Christ to provide for him" so he doesn't have to earn money. Bailey said he was living in his Jeep when he met Anastasia Duval and she invited him to come and live with her and her sister.

Bailey said on the camping trip Anastasia Duval asked him to introduce her sister to people because she felt lonely. After Bailey finished introducing Alexandria Duval and left her behind with some friends at another campsite, he said he returned to their campsite and discovered Anastasia Duval talking to another man, leading to a fight.

The next morning, Anastasia Duval was still upset with Bailey, he said, and at some point the sisters took the SUV to drive to a bathroom and left Bailey at the campsite. He said the two were gone for four hours. When the twins returned, they later drove off again, leaving Bailey behind, he said. This was the last time Bailey said he saw Anastasia Duval.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Woman acquitted of murder in crash that killed twin sister

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151; -- A woman accused of deliberately driving off a Hawaii cliff and killing her identical twin sister was acquitted of murder Thursday. Judge Peter Cahill found Alexandria Duval not guilty of second degree murder in the death of her twin Anastasia following a trial that began Monday.

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6 more weeks of winter :(

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On Friday morning, Punxsutawney Phil scurried out of his little marmot hole saw his shadow. This omen indicates a long winter. Great.

Why do we do this?

Every February 2, all eyes turn to a small central Pennsylvania borough as winter-weary Northeasterners await weather guidance from the predictive rodent.

It's a 132-year-old tradition that is held every year at the location known as Gobbler's Knob and conducted by top hat-donning members of the Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, according to the official Pennsylvania tourism website. The idea is, the groundhog wakes up from hibernation on the 2nd, and if it sees its shadow, it will be six more weeks of winter. If it doesn't, warmer weather is just around the corner.

This tradition started in Europe as Candlemas Day, an early Christian holiday involving candles. Germans who settled in Pennsylvania in the 1700s brought the custom to America.

Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil is the most well-known, but more than a dozen states celebrate with their own groundhogs, such as Georgia's General Beauregard Lee and Buckeye Chuck in Ohio.

Also, a fun fact about groundhogs: They are the same thing as woodchucks. If you knew this already, it seems laughably obvious. If you didn't, your mind may be blown a little. It's never to late to learn things.

CNN's Keith Allen contributed to this report.

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The groundhog hath spoken! Welcome to six more weeks of winter

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On Friday morning, Punxsutawney Phil scurried out of his little marmot hole saw his shadow. This omen indicates a long winter. Great. Why do we do this? Every February 2, all eyes turn to a small central Pennsylvania borough as winter-weary Northeasterners await weather guidance from the predictive rodent.

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The media industry’s decades-old crusade for transparency ended this week as liberal pundits from a variety of news organizations called for the controversial on alleged FBI abuses to stay private. The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence memo is expected to reveals the FBI abused spying authorities and paints government officials as anti-Trump.

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The media industry's decades-old crusade for transparency ended this week as liberal pundits from a variety of news organizations called for the controversial on alleged FBI abuses to stay private.

Talking heads on both CNN and MSNBC, as well as editorial boards from the prestigious New York Times and Washington Post have all come out against the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence memo that potentially reveals the FBI abused spying authorities and paints government officials as anti-Trump.

Ironically, the mainstream media wants to keep the memo private even as Steven Spielberg's "The Post," a story about the Washington Post's fight to release the Pentagon Papers, is playing in theaters across the nation. Hollywood royalty Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep portray newspaper legends Ben Bradlee and Kay Graham as they challenge the government to release the controversial documents.

Most Hollywood liberals presumably consume the same mainstream media that is attempting to do the exact opposite of the characters the famous actors portray in "The Post."

The real-life, current version of the Washington Post isn't exactly a champion of transparency at the moment. The paper's editorial board wrote on Thursday that it's "not in the business of opposing the release of information of potential public value," but then spends a few hundred words contradicting that statement.

"Discrediting law enforcement is the memo's transparent purpose and why it has been embraced by President Trump," Post editors wrote before claiming that House Speaker Paul Ryan and GOP colleagues want to help Trump "impede an investigation" into whether or not Russia attempted to influence the 2016 election.

Mediaite columnist Joseph Wulfsohn thinks the "paradox surrounding the memo controversy is quite remarkable" as major publications take a stand against transparency.

Apparently the Washington Post has already forgotten their Trump-era motto 'Democracy Dies in Darkness.'
- Mediaite columnist Joseph Wulfsohn

"The purpose of a free press is for them to shed light on what's been going on in our government no matter which political party benefits," Wulfsohn told Fox News. "Apparently the Washington Post has already forgotten their Trump-era motto 'Democracy Dies in Darkness.'"

The New York Times editorial board took the call for opaqueness even further, calling it a "partisan witch hunt" and saying that releasing the memo would be "a demonstration of unbridled self-interest and bottomless bad faith."

The Times published a scathing piece that accuses Republicans of "undermining the credibility of the law enforcement community" and pushing "misleading propaganda from people who are terrified by the Russia investigation and determined to derail it by any means necessary."

The Times mocks House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes' memo as a "cut-and-paste job" and told readers "there's so much deception and obfuscation going on here that it's hard to know where to start."

The Times questioned "whether there are any adults left" in the GOP and implied Republicans would turn their back on America to win a political fight.

"It would be nice to treat Mr. Trump, Mr. Nunes and their cohort as the junior high school pranksters they resemble, but what they're doing -- cynically undermining the nation's trust in law enforcement, fostering an environment of permanent suspicion and subterfuge -- is far more dangerous," Times editors wrote.

CNN's Anderson Cooper called talk of releasing the memo a source of "phony drama," while focusing on the "grave concerns" of FBI Director Chris Wray in a monologue seemingly intended to paint Trump as irresponsible for the "foregone conclusion " that the memo will be released.

The majority of pundits on liberal cable news seem to be against the memo's release and MSNBC'' John Heilemann even claimed Speaker Ryan is "No longer on Team USA."

Jimmy Kimmel even came out against the memo being released on Thursday's edition of his late-night show.

All of these anti-transparency hot takes make it fair to ponder what a 1970s-era Ben Bradlee would think about the behavior of the media in 2018.

However, Media Reseach Center Vice President Dan Gainor doesn't think it would make a difference.

"I doubt Ben Bradlee would have been an iconic supporter of transparency either," Gainor told Fox News. "He made his mark attacking a Republican president... traditional journalists are protective of their liberal allies more than they are the tenets of a free press."

The Fourth Estate has spent decades fighting for transparency, but it appears disdain for President Trump and the Republican Party has taken priority.

Brian Flood covers the media for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @briansflood.

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Larry Nassar was attacked by a sexual assault victim's father in a Michigan courtroom on Friday. He lunged at the disgraced U.S. Gymnastics Team Doctor after asking for 5 minutes alone with Nassar, which was denied and then asking for one minute alone with Nassar.

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The father of three Larry Nassar sex assault victims lunged at the disgraced doctor in a Michigan courtroom Friday, just moments after yelling he wanted "one minute with that b------!"

After two of his daughters spoke, the father, Randall Margraves, asked the judge to grant him "five minutes in a locked room with this demon." The judge denied the request, so the man asked for one minute and then lunged at Nassar.

Court officers almost immediately subdued the man and he was not able to reach Nassar, who is accused of abusing hundreds of young girls.

"I want that son of a b----! Give me one minute with that b------!" Margraves yelled as he was handcuffed.

Two of Margraves' daughters gave statements to the court and said their other sister had also been molested by Nassar. Crying could be heard in the courtroom as Nassar was escorted out. Assistant Attorney General Angela Povilaitis told families in the courtroom to "use your words" and that violence "is not helping your children."

Nassar was in court awaiting another sentence for sexual assaults under the guise of medical treatment. Last week, the disgraced doctor was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for sexually assaulting young female athletes. The former USA Gymnastics doctor and Michigan State University trainer pleaded guilty to the sexual assaults.

Nassar was expected to hear from more victims who said he molested them. The proceedings were expected to extend into next week.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Larry Nassar almost attacked by victim's father in dramatic courtroom scene

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The father of three Larry Nassar sex assault victims lunged at the disgraced doctor in a Michigan courtroom Friday, just moments after yelling he wanted "one minute with that b------!" After two of his daughters spoke, the father, Randall Margraves, asked the judge to grant him "five minutes in a locked room with this demon."

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According to the legend, we have six more weeks of winter. Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning. There are more than one forcasting rodents, but the one in Pennsylvania is the most famous. Milltown Mel, in New Jersey predicted an early spring.

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