(Fox) — Country music superstars Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton are ending their 4-year marriage. Reps for the couple told the Associated Press: "This is not the future we envisioned. And it is with heavy hearts that we move forward separately. We are real people, with real lives, with real families, friends and colleagues. Therefore, we kindly ask for privacy and compassion concerning this very personal matter."

(USA Today) — The South Carolina Senate gave key approval Monday to remove the Confederate battle flag and its flagpole from the Statehouse grounds. The 37-3 vote came after several hours of debate and defeat of a handful of proposed amendments. Under Senate rules, it must pass by a two-thirds majority again; that vote will take place Tuesday.

(LA Times) — A rally led by the Ku Klux Klan to protest the removal of the Confederate battle flag was staged Saturday outside the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, where it was met with a counter-protest by African American activists. The size of the overall crowd was estimated at 2,000, and at least five arrests were made, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

(USA Today) — However bad things looked for disgraced comedian Bill Cosby, they somehow just got worse. The New York Times posted a damaging story Saturday night citing Cosby's full deposition of 10 years ago from a lawsuit filed by a woman who accused the star of drugging and molesting her. While Cosby denied he was a sexual predator who assaulted numerous women, he does come off as an unapologetic playboy willing to use any method to pursue and bed young women. "This deposition was particularly devastating," says Howard Bragman, vice chairman of the online reputation management website Reputation.com. "It was bad before. But anyone who had any doubts about Cosby's actions gets it now."

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