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Extra, Extra: Ex-Professor Sentenced To 14 Years For Arson Spree
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- Former Irvine professor Rainer Reinscheid sentenced to 14 years for setting a series of fires after his son committed suicide in 2012.
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- Window-washing superheroes surprised some sick kids Wednesday at UCLA.
- Sylvester Stallone won't reprise his role as Rambo in a proposed new series about the '80s action hero.
- Bring on the Boo-Berry! All five General Mills monster cereals, including the discontinued "Brute Fruit" (fave of Quentin Tarantino's, ya know) will be back this Halloween.
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