THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • Then there's the New York yoga teacher, Tao Porchon-Lynch, who still teaches five classes a week at the age of 96.
  • Some Burger King workers in New Hampshire were arrested for selling marijuana at work using the code words "extra crispy."
  • Restaurants in France have been banned from giving customers unlimited soda.
  • Willie Nelson had to cancel a show in Las Vegas because of illness.
  • A report says Bill Gates could become the world's first trillionaire by 2042.
  • Megyn Kelly is going to take over an hour of "The Today Show" this fall, either the third hour of Today, replacing Al Roker and Tamron Hall, or she'll be taking over the fourth hour, which belongs to Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb.
  • Mary Tyler Moore was laid to rest Sunday in Connecticut at Fairfield's Oak Lawn Cemetery.
  • Courtney Daniels got her 15 minutes of fame on Sunday in Los Angeles. The scene: the NHL All-Star game. The group that was supposed to sing the national anthem, Fifth Harmony, got sick right before the performance and had to bail. Courtney, a member of the ice maintenance team at the Staples Center, was notified she was singing 15 minutes before she knocked it out of the park.
  • The CEO of Starbucks says he's planning on hiring 10,000 refugees.
  • A former Baylor University student is suing the school, claiming she was raped by two football players and that at least 52 rapes by more than 30 football players have taken place over a four-year period.
  • Super Bowl Sunday is this weekend. Want to see the game in-person? The average price for a ticket at StubHub on Friday was $4,945 with the cheapest ticket going for $2,499 and the most expensive one sold to date going for a whopping $15,432.
  • As of yesterday, residents of Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Washington can't use their driver's licenses to gain access to federal agencies or nuclear power plants.
  • Delta Airlines had a major computer glitch on Sunday and had to cancel 150 of their flights that day.
  • VW has passed Toyota as the world's biggest car-maker.
  • Google has created a $4-million Crisis Fund, to help the fight for immigration.
  • Antonio Banderas had to be rushed to the hospital last week because of chest pains, but was released and seems to be fine.
  • A truck lost its trailer on an Indiana highway, spilling 38,000 pounds of marbles.
  • India is planning to launch 104 satellites at one time, all inside one rocket.
  • Once again, the Girl Scouts are out and about selling their cookies.


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