THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Americans are dying these days with an average of $62,000 in debt. 
• If you'd like to go on diving tour of the Titanic in a mini-sub, you'll be able to do that next year for a mere $105,000. 
• Donald Trump has made a 2033 Mars mission an official goal of NASA. 
• Aaron Rodgers' four-bedroom, three-bath, 4,012-square-foot abode in Suamico, WI, is up for sale. The price: $424,900. 
• Alaska Airlines is planning to retire the Virgin America name by the end of 2019. 
• Tomorrow is the public service for Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher at their Forest Lawn graves in Hollywood. 
• Donald Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone has a tattoo of Richard Nixon across his shoulders. 
• Ebony Banks, a senior at Alief Hastings High School in Houston, is battling stage 4 of a rare form of cancer. But that Facetime call from Beyonce` the other day -- yes, THE Beyonce`--was a real morale booster. 
• Under legislation inspired by former 'Jersey Shore' reality TV star Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi, no more than $10,000 of state money could go to pay speakers at New Jersey's public universities. This after Snooki was paid $36,000 in 2011 to speak at Rutgers University. 
• Willie Nelson continues to insist that he's not dead yet.