THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • The First National Bank of Omaha has dropped their N.R.A.-branded VISA card. 
  • Someone should have told German figure skater Nicole Schott that she probably shouldn't have used "Schindler's List" music for her free skate performance last Thursday night. 
  • A second Russian athlete tested positive for a banned substance at the Olympic games. 
  • This past week, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner was on stage and for some reason thought it would be a good idea to raise a glass of chocolate milk and make a toast to "Diversity!" 
  • Lindsey Vonn's father after her bronze medal finish in the downhill says "she needed to risk more." 
  • Brendan Fraser is alleging that the former president of the Golden Globes once assaulted him, as in groping. 
  • There are six new episodes of "The Tick" waiting for you on Amazon. 
  • General Mills has bought Blue Buffalo Pet Products for $8 billion. 
  • Net neutrality rules will officially end in April. 
  • The new Steven Soderbergh film "Unsane" was shot entirely on an iPhone. 
  • Dunkin Donuts is now offering three Girl Scout Cookie flavored coffee drinks: Thin Mints, Coconut Caramel and Peanut Butter Cookie. 
  • Your Amazon Prime membership now gets you free shipping on WOOT. 
  • Bachelor Nation's Clare Crawley is engaged. Only took four reality shows to find the right guy. 
  • In Seattle, someone complained about a Confederate flag being flown on a flag pole below a U.S. flag. It turns out it wasn't a Confederate flag-it was a Norwegian flag. 

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