Two weeks after an arsonist struck South Albany High School in Albany, Oregon, Journey drummer Deen Castronovo donated $10,000 to help rebuild the school’s music department. CBSN’s Meg Oliver and Vladimir Duthiers have more. Source
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#CBSNLaughs: April 16, 2015
Conan on Hernandez’s life sentence, and Kimmel on Tax Day. Here’s CBSN’s late night jokes roundup. Source
Gisele Bundchen’s last strut down the runway
The Brazilian supermodel celebrated her retirement from the runway with an emotional final stroll down the catwalk in Sao Paulo. Her husband, NFL star Tom Brady, sat in the front row. The 34-year-old mother of two retires as the highest-paid model in the world. Charlie Rose reports. Source
Latest Marvel film features the Avengers taking on super-villain Ultron
Iron Man, Captain America and the Avengers reunite on screen for the newest Marvel release “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” opening Friday. The film’s stars, including Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johnasson, sat down with Suzanne Marques for a preview of the blockbuster sequel. Source
Book excerpt: “High Conflict,” when life becomes “us vs. them”
Bestselling author Amanda Ripley’s new book looks at how tribalism forces people into narrow categories, breeding conflict that makes divisions even harder to overcome. Source
MoneyWatch: Target settles with MasterCard; Oil prices jump
MasterCard and Target agreed to a $19 million settlement over Target’s 2013 data breach. Also, the price of oil is at its highest level so far this year. Jill Wagner reports on the day’s top MoneyWatch headlines. Source
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Day 5 of Chauvin trial begins; Final Four tips off tomorrow Source
Is Common Core tougher on special education students?
National debate over Common Core standards raises questions about how to handle special education. Should those students be measured by the same standards and take the same tests as the rest of their peers? Source
Mideast Crisis
Col. Jeff McCausland (Ret.), CBS News Military Consultant, joins UTTM to break down the conflict in Yemen and what the complicated situation means for the U.S. Source
Will U.S. audiences flock back to movie theaters?
Hollywood is looking to successful box-office sales in Chia as a sign that U.S. audiences will also return to theaters in boffo numbers. Source