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MORNING BRIEFING: Nun wins Opus Prize, K-pop leads to death, Ebola czar named

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The $1 million Opus Prize was awarded to Sister Tesa Fitzgerald last night at the Fox Theater. (S-R) Read about the awesome finalists here. (INLANDER)

A pair of 21-year-olds have been arrested on 200 felony charges for 40 residential burglaries across Spokane County. (KXLY)

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Obama has named an Ebola czar. Feel safe now? (CNN)

Islamist militant group Boko Haram and the Nigerian government have agreed to a cease-fire. No word yet on if the 200 kidnapped girls will be released. (VOICE OF AMERICA) UPDATE: A deal has been reached with Boko Haram to release kidnapped girls. (MOTHER JONES) 

The federal government will recognize same-sex marriages in seven more states — Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Colorado and Nevada — and extend federal benefits to those couples. (ST)

A K-pop concert goes bad in Korea: 16 people have been confirmed dead and 11 injured after a ventilation grate collapsed at a K-pop concert just outside Seoul. (LAT)

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