THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Gary Richrath, the REO Speedwagon guitarist who wrote some of the band's biggest hits, including "Take It on the Run" and "In Your Letter," died Sunday. He was 65.
• Betty Cantrell, Miss Georgia, was crowned the newest Miss America Sunday night after telling the judges that Tom Brady was a cheater.
• Basketball Hall of Famer Moses Malone has died. Police in Norfolk, Virginia, say Malone was found dead in a Norfolk hotel room when he failed to report to a celebrity golf tournament. He was 60.
• A new report says the five top states for drivers are Idaho, Vermont, Wyoming, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
• Lindsay Lohan is reportedly being kept out of Canada because of her criminal record.
• Central State University in Ohio is removing the name of Bill Cosby from a campus building.
• Elton John has offered to meet with Russia's Vladimir Putin to talk about that country's gay rights policies.
• Over 70,000 people attended this year's "Burning Man" celebration in the Nevada desert, which wrapped up yesterday.
• There's going to be a new push for a Scottish Independence vote.
• Kris and Caitlyn Jenner spoke together in Sunday night's season finale of "I am Cait," the first time that's happened in six months.
• Archeologists near Seattle found tools over 10,000 years old on the site of a future shopping center.
• Ellen DeGeneres is promoting her new line of clothing, ED. (her initials)
• Vanessa Williams received her apology from the Miss America organization over how things were handled in her 1984 resignation. The pageant's CEO also apologized to her mother, who was in the audience.
• A pair of identical twins in Utah are both pregnant and both are expecting twins of their own next spring.
• Seattle school teachers are in week 2 of their strike, their first walk-off the job in 30 years.
• Two western Pennsylvania teams almost wore out the scoreboard last Friday night: the final score in the game between Meadville and Dubois was 107-90, with Meadville winning.
• Milwaukee Brewers catcher Nevin Ashley is married... to a woman named Ashley. Yes, her name is Ashley Ashley.
• A new fish species called the "blue bastard" was discovered in Australia this week.
• Now we hear VP Joe Biden may not announce his decision until Thanksgiving weekend.
• Iron Chef Star Kerry Simon has died at age 60.
• Ellen Page and her girlfriend Samantha Thomas walked the red carpet together at the Toronto Film festival.