| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | A 3-million-year-old cold case solved | | When Lucy, the world's most well-known fossil, was discovered sticking out of a shallow Ethiopian stream bed in 1974, she provided new insight about life for early human ancestors 3.18 million years ago. The image of her skeleton -- which is estimated to be 40% complete and considered the best representation of her species, Australopithecus afarensis -- became iconic. |
| Chicago shooting numbers likely to top 2015 | | Chicago is on track to cross a disturbing threshold and top the number of shootings and homicides in the city in 2015. It's not a war zone, but it helps explain why some people who live there call it Chi-raq, a name that draws an analogy between the city and Iraq. |
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