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‘That ’70s Show’ actor Danny Masterson could get decades in prison at sentencing for 2 rapes

7Sep

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‘That ’70s Show’ actor Danny Masterson could get decades in prison at sentencing for 2 rapes

LOS ANGELES -- LOS ANGELES (AP) — “That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson could get as much as 30 years to life in prison at his sentencing Thursday for the rapes of two women two decades ago. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo is set to sentence the 47-year-old actor after ruling on a defense motion for a new trial that she’s very likely to reject, and after hearing impact statements from the victims.A jury of seven women and five men found Masterson guilty of two counts on May 31 after seven days of deliberations. Both attacks took place in Masterson’s Hollywood-area home in 2003, when he was at the height of his fame on the Fox network sitcom “That ’70s Show.”The jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on a third count, an allegation that Masterson also raped a longtim...

Burning Man is ending, but the cleanup from heavy flooding is far from over

6Sep

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Burning Man is ending, but the cleanup from heavy flooding is far from over

RENO, Nev. -- The rain has passed, and the temple has burned. Now, as Burning Man slowly empties, it’s time to clean up.Burning Man organizers have three weeks to clean up the sprawling stretch of public land in the Black Rock Desert of northwestern Nevada, but a summer storm that left tens of thousands stranded in ankle-deep mud could alter that timeframe. The annual gathering, which launched on a San Francisco beach in 1986, attracts nearly 80,000 artists, musicians and activists for a weeklong mix of wilderness camping and avant-garde performances. One of the principles of Burning Man is to leave no trace — an expectation that all attendees will pack out everything they brought to Black Rock City and clean out their camps before leaving. But in the aftermath of torrential rains that cl...

YouTube TV ready for its first season as the carrier of ‘NFL Sunday Ticket’ package

6Sep

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YouTube TV ready for its first season as the carrier of ‘NFL Sunday Ticket’ package

Jon Cruz still remembers the days when he had to convince the NFL and other sports leagues that there was value in uploading highlights to YouTube.Less than a decade later, it has become the home of the NFL’s out-of-market Sunday afternoon games package on CBS and Fox.YouTube TV’s first season as the carrier of “NFL Sunday Ticket” begins Sunday. YouTube agreed to a seven-year contract with the league in December worth more than $2 billion per season.“To go from small events to larger events to now where we’re bringing 'Sunday Ticket,' I couldn’t be happier and more excited about what we’ve been able to do in a short amount of time,” said Cruz, who is YouTube’s global head of sports partnerships.YouTube has had an official NFL channel since 2015. It has grown to include channels for all 32...

No longer stranded, tens of thousands clean up and head home after Burning Man floods

6Sep

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No longer stranded, tens of thousands clean up and head home after Burning Man floods

RENO, Nev. -- The traffic jam leaving the Burning Man festival eased up considerably Tuesday as the exodus from the mud-caked Nevada desert entered another day following massive rain that left tens of thousands of partygoers stranded for days.A pair of brothers from Arizona who took their 67-year-old mother with them to Burning Man for the first time spent 11 hours into early Tuesday morning just getting out of the festival site about 110 miles (177 kilometers) north of Reno. “It was a perfect, typical Burning Man weather until Friday — then the rain started coming down hard," said Phillip Martin, 47. "Then it turned into Mud Fest."Event organizers began letting traffic flow out on the main road Monday afternoon — even as they urged attendees to delay their exit to help ease traffic. The ...