On Monday Take Two will discuss controversy in California health insurance contracts, crowd funding an Ebola cure, Edward Snowden at the Oscars, regulating sperm banks, Seattle celebrating Indigenous People's Day, the effect of drought on wine and pumpkins, a documentary called "Meet the Mormons" and more.
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• 5:40
As Ebola touches the U.S. and more deaths occur in Africa, a Scripps Research Institute scientist is crowdfunding research for a cure.
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• 4:54
Seattle now joins a list of cities, including Minneapolis, that have chosen to shift the attention away from the Italian explorer credited with discovering America.
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• 3:36
California's U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer have contributed nearly half a million dollars to Senate races nationwide, though the two are not up for election this year.
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• 5:15
Several of the contracts went to a consulting group whose founder had ties to the health agency's executive director.
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• 9:26
Is NSA leaker Edward Snowden on the way to the Oscars? A new film about him, "Citizenfour," is getting lots of award buzz. Plus, Will Arnett as Lego Batman.
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• 7:24
Amid concerns about sperm bank regulation, such as a recent lawsuit by a white woman who mistakenly got sperm from a black donor, a professor looks at regulation in the fertility market.
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• 4:16
Despite the California legislature bringing back dental coverage for adults on Medi-Cal, some procedures are still not covered, leaving poor residents with few choices.
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• 4:33
The ongoing drought and late heat waves have hit pumpkin farmers particularly hard this year. Several farmers have had to fallow their fields and invest what little water they have on more important crops like almond trees.
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• 4:50
For the most part, California's drought has been nothing but bad news for farmers. But for wine grape growers, the drier weather may actually be a boon.
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• 7:06
The documentary film was created by the LDS Church because it knew it had an image problem. Now it has a movie that's bringing waves into theaters.