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Stars and studios use dating apps to drive business

Americans are enjoying a love affair with online dating. Mobile dating apps are expected to bring in $629 million this year. Now, some of the biggest names in music including Madonna and Mariah Carey are using dating platforms like Match and Tinder. Advertising Age deputy managing editor Natalie Zmuda joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss how it’s not just musicians striking the right chord. Source

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Splitsville for Bennifer

Celebrity couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner released a joint statement saying they plan to divorce. CBSN’s Vladimir Duthiers has the news. Source

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California may ban unvaccinated children from school

California lawmakers passed one of the toughest vaccination bills in the country. The law would require mandatory immunizations for school children with few exceptions. The push began after the huge measles outbreak at Disneyland. CBS News legal expert Rikki Klieman joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss the significance of this bill. Source

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Actress Deborah Ayorinde on new horror series “Them”

Actress Deborah Ayorinde stars in the first season of the upcoming Amazon Original series “Them”. Ayorinde joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss why this role is so fulfilling and why the horror genre is a fitting way to portray the impacts of racism. Source

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S.C. statehouse fights over Confederate flag controversy

The Confederate flag is no longer flying over Fort Sumter, South Carolina, where Southerners fired the first shots of the Civil War. Legislators may be ready to do the same at the statehouse, where one person faces charges after supporters and opponents of the revel flag slugged it out Monday. Every day the flag continues to fly, emotions on both sides of the issue run higher. Michelle Miller reports from Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. Source

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David Sweat reveals escape plot as prison worker goes to court

Residents in northern New York are breathing a sigh of relief now that the manhunt for prison escapees Richard Matt and David Sweat is over. New reports also say the FBI is investigating corruption at the New York Clinton Correctional Facility from where Matt and Sweat escaped this month. Anna Werner reports. Source

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Gov. Chris Christie launching 2016 White House bid

The New Jersey governor will enter the presidential race Tuesday at his old high school where he was student body president 35 years ago. Christie will become the 14th Republican to run for president in this race. Nancy Cordes reports from Livingston High School, just west of New York City. Source

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