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Marion ‘Suge’ Knight charged with murder

LOS ANGELES

Former hip-hop music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was charged Monday with murder and attempted murder after he struck two men with his pickup truck last week.

Prosecutors allege that Knight intended to run down a friend and another man after an argument on a movie set. One of the men was killed.

Attorney James Blatt says Knight accidentally ran over the men Thursday as he tried to escape a vicious attack. He turned himself in to police Friday.

Knight’s initial bail of $2 million was revoked Monday after a court commissioner agreed with authorities that he was a potential flight risk and could intimidate witnesses.

Knight is scheduled to appear in court in Compton today to be arraigned on four felony counts, which include murder in the death of 55-year-old Terry Carter, “attempted, willful, deliberate, and premeditated murder” involving victim 51-year-old Cle “Bone” Sloan, plus two charges of hit-and-run.

Knight was out on bail in a separate robbery case when the men were hit.

Super Bowl sets record

NEW YORK

An estimated 114.4 million people watched New England’s thrilling win over Seattle, making it the fifth time in six years that a Super Bowl game has set a record for the most-watched event in U.S. television history.

The viewership eclipses the 112.2 million who watched Seattle beat Denver in the 2014 game, the Nielsen company said. The game also set standards for social media and online.

“Right now, the NFL and the Super Bowl are defying media gravity,” Mark Lazarus, NBC Sports Group chairman, said Monday. With the buildup involving the league’s two top teams and a controversy over the inflation of footballs in the Patriots’ conference championship, the game may have set another record even without the compelling finish, he said.

But that finish — a circus catch to put the Seahawks on the doorstep of a last-minute win and a game-saving interception by the Patriots’ Malcolm Butler — kept viewers glued to the tube. An estimated 120.3 million people were watching during the last 10 minutes that the game was being shown, Nielsen said.

Rep: Bobbi Kristina is fighting for her life

NEW YORK

Bobbi Kristina Brown is fighting for her life, according to a statement from the Houston family Monday.

Police said the 21-year-old daughter of Whitney Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown was taken to a hospital Saturday after she was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub in a suburban Atlanta townhome.

The statement said that Brown is surrounded by immediate family and that the family was requesting privacy. No more details were provided.

“We are asking you to honor our request for privacy during this difficult time,” the statement read. “Thank you for your prayers, well wishes, and we greatly appreciate your continued support. “

Whitney Houston was found dead in a hotel bathtub in 2012.

Associated Press