People News Roundup: Cosby's lawyers cite grounds for appealing sexual assault conviction

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Rolling Stones' Keith Richards (almost) quits drinking

Keith Richards, the hard-partying lead guitarist of the Rolling Stones, has quit drinking - almost - saying he "just got fed up with it." "It’s been about a year now," Richards told Rolling Stone magazine in an interview. "I pulled the plug on it. I got fed up with it."

Cosby's lawyers cite grounds for appealing sexual assault conviction

Attorneys for Bill Cosby outlined their grounds on Tuesday for appealing his sexual assault conviction, citing what they called errors in legal procedure that may have biased the jury and warrant a new trial for the once-beloved comedian. The 81-year-old performer, best known for his role as the lovable family man and physician on the hit television sitcom "The Cosby Show," was found guilty by a Pennsylvania jury in April of drugging and sexually assaulting a onetime friend in 2004.

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