THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • A U.S. judge has blocked a planned release of new Prince music on the first anniversary of his death this week. The Minnesota district court on Wednesday issued a temporary injunction barring the release of the six-song EP "Deliverance." 
  • General Motors says the Venezuelan government seized their auto-making plant in Valencia. 
  • We now hear Prince was in a relationship since 2014 with singer-songwriter Judith Hill up until his death. 
  • A new study says that 65% of Americans are losing sleep over money issues. 
  • You'll probably see lettuce prices climbing as that California rain -- while great for ending their drought -- has messed with the lettuce crop. 
  • Stephen Baldwin says he hasn't talked to his brother Alec since the November election. 
  • GM's Chevy Volt electric car will be sold as a Buick in China. 
  • In case you missed it, Serena Williams has announced she's pregnant. Which means she won the Australian Open in her first trimester. She's engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. 
  • The University of Tennessee is offering a Dolly Parton history course. 
  • Major League baseball says umpires may soon wear microphones to explain their rulings. 
  • Forbes says the average Major League Baseball team is worth $1.54 billion. 
  • By the way, Jeb Bush and Derek Jeter are part of a group trying to buy the Miami Marlins. 
  • The Alabama Senate is pushing a bill that would allow death row inmates to be executed using nitrogen. 
  • Bill O'Reilly's The Factor is now just "The Factor." Speaking of, O'Reilly will receive a maximum of one year's salary following his ouster from FOX News -- $25 million. 
  • Celine Dion says she sleeps with her 6-year-old twins every night since her husband's death. 
  • Hillary Clinton's camp is trying to figure out who leaked embarrassing information to the authors of a bombshell new book about her "doomed presidential campaign." 
  • The 2017 NFL schedule came out yesterday. 



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