THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Starbucks is opening 500 stores a year in China. In Shanghai alone, there are already 600 stores. 
• Jeff Brotman, one of the co-founders of Costco, died at a way-too-early age of 74. 
• Annual unit sales of smart door locks are expected to reach 1.68 million by 2021. 
• Colin Jost and Michael Che anchor Weekend Update Summer Edition, coming up a week from tomorrow night at 9, 8 Central. 
• Casey Affleck's wife has now filed for divorce. They have two kids, Indiana and Atticus. She is the younger sister of Joaquin Phoenix. 
• Katie Couric turned down a multi-million dollar offer to stay at Yahoo!. 
• Police in Albuquerque, NM, are hunting for a 1,700-pound barbecue pit stolen from a local restaurant that was actually barbecuing a brisket when it was stolen. 
• A watchdog group says the Cheesecake Factory's pasta and pizza hybrid dinner is the most unhealthy restaurant meal at 2,300 calories. 
• George and Amal Clooney are going to donate $3.5 million to help Syrian refugee children. 
• An Angie's List stock holder filed a federal lawsuit to stop its planned merger with the parent company of rival HomeAdvisor. 
• R. Kelly is cutting his current tour short by canceling three shows, so that he can deal with these "He runs a sex cult" rumors that just won't go away. 
• For Nine Inch Nails fans, there was no better place to be Monday than Webster Hall in New York, an historic 1,500-capacity venue for a surprise sold-out show that the band had only announced that morning. 
• Osama bin Laden's son, Hamza, is saying he's ready to lead Al Qaeda and get revenge for his father's death. 
• Nick Cannon has gone from "America's Got Talent" to hosting a Lip-Sync show for kids on Nickelodeon.