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9:01 pm
Thu January 26, 2012

For 'Black Nerds Everywhere,' Two Comedy Heroes

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Jordan Peele (left) plays President Obama and Keegan-Michael Key (right) plays his "anger translator" in a sketch from Key & Peele, premiering Jan. 31 on Comedy Central.
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Key and Peele, both biracial, say their challenging experiences with others' expectations growing up now informs their comedy.
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Comics Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele have known each other for years. They were both in the cast of MadTV. Now they're starting their own sketch-comedy series, due to launch on Comedy Central on Tuesday.

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StoryCorps
7:00 pm
Thu January 26, 2012

After Son's Sudden Death, Shock, Grief, And Coping

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Buelah and Dennis Apple spoke about their older son, Denny, during a visit to StoryCorps in Kansas City, Mo.
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Denny Apple was a teenager when he died of complications related to to mononucleosis.
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Nearly 21 years ago, Dennis Apple and his wife, Buelah, were thrust into a situation parents dread. Their son Denny had come down with mononucleosis. And as they recall, just before bed one night, Denny took his medicine and then talked about where he wanted to sleep.

At the time, Denny was 18; he had begun competing in triathlons near the family's home in Olathe, Kan., outside Kansas City.

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The Two-Way
3:50 pm
Thu January 26, 2012

Later Tonight: Live Blogging The Latest GOP Debate

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With just four full days to go before Tuesday's crucial Florida primary, the four remaining major Republican presidential candidates gather tonight for another debate.

This time the setting is the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. The host network is CNN. The network's Wolf Blitzer will moderate. The other sponsors are the Republican Party of Florida and the Hispanic Leadership Network, a center-right advocacy group.

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It's All Politics
3:38 pm
Thu January 26, 2012

In A Campaign Defined By Debates, Some Moments That Really Mattered

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry was searching for the words "Department of Energy" during the CNBC debate Nov. 9, 2011 in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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The GOP presidential debate held Jan. 16 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. was Rick Perry's last debate appearance. From left, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul pose for a photo at the start of the debate.
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Jon Huntsman, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry, left to right, listen to a question from NBC moderator David Gregory during a Republican presidential candidate debate in Concord, N.H., Sun. Jan. 8. This was Huntsman's last major debate.
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A large field of GOP presidential contenders debated each other at Iowa State University in Ames, IA. From left, Rick Santorum, Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty,Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich.
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Republican presidential candidates participate in one of the campaign's earliest debates, Aug. 11, 2011, in Ames, Iowa.
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Shots - Health Blog
3:07 pm
Thu January 26, 2012

Blood Doctors Call Foul On NCAA's Screening For Sickle Cell

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University of Central Florida wide receiver Ereck Plancher died in 2008, after taking part in voluntary strength and conditioning drills. A lawsuit by his family claimed his death was related to complications from sickle cell trait that weren't properly treated. The university is appealing the decision against it.
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If you're a college athlete who's talented enough to play a Division I sport, the NCAA requires that you get a blood test to see if you have sickle cell trait.

People with sickle cell trait carry one copy of a gene that can lead to an abnormal type of hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying molecule in red blood cells. (Two copies of the gene lead to sickle cell disease.)

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