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First lady, DeGeneres get their groove on

WASHINGTON

Michelle Obama has brought the “funk” to Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show.

In a taped appearance scheduled to air Monday, the first lady announced that she and dancers from the “So You Think You Can Dance” All Stars will team up at the April 6 White House Easter Egg Roll to teach everyone the “GimmeFive” dance. The dance is performed to “Uptown Funk,” the hit song by English producer Mark Ronson and American recording artist Bruno Mars.

Purported Cosby victim testifies

CARSON CITY, Nev.

A woman who says Bill Cosby victimized her decades ago asked Nevada lawmakers Friday to support a bill removing the state’s statute of limitations on sexual assault — a provision that prevented her from pursuing a criminal case against the comedian.

Lise-Lotte Lublin, 48, fought through tears while telling lawmakers she passed out in the Las Vegas Hilton in 1989 after Cosby gave her two alcoholic drinks. The former model said she remembers Cosby stroking her hair, and then she woke up at home.

It was only after hearing similar allegations from other women that she concluded something happened to her while she was unconscious. She said she filed a police report in January but was told Cosby couldn’t be charged because too much time had passed. So she and her husband went to the bill’s sponsor and urged her to draft the legislation.

Associated Press