THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Maurice White, the founder and leader of the legendary R&B group Earth, Wind & Fire, has died. He was 74. He had Parkinson's disease.
• Joe Alaskey, a voice actor who performed such characters as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, has died. He was 63 and had been battling cancer.
• Heard an amazing fact the other day: Louisiana has as many people locked up in prison as the entire country of Canada.
• In the comic books, Superman gains a new power in issue number 49.
• Now it appears that Scott Disick and Kourney Kardashian are getting back together.
• Leonardo DiCaprio will just have to step outside during a commercial break, as the Oscars won't allow vaping.
• Democrat debate last night, Republicans tangle tomorrow night.
• Matt LeBlanc is going to co-host "Top Gear."
• Toyota has announced that the Scion brand is going away.
• KFC has been running a teaser ad this week that hints they may be unveiling a new Colonel Sanders during Sunday's Super Bowl pre-game.
• Get ready for Tide Spin -- a home laundry service, from the makers of the laundry detergent. You're basically looking at $1.59 a pound, washed and folded. Dry cleaning's extra.
• A study says that seafood may play a role in reducing the risk of Alzheimer's Disease.
• The new "Star Wars" movie dropped below $1 million a day in box office receipts for the first time on day 46.
• The IRS had a hardware glitch and had to shut down e-filing this week.
• Mark Zuckerberg is predicting that Facebook will have 5 billion users by 2030.
• Florida State, in honor of freshman guard Dwayne Bacon, handed out free bacon to students at last Saturday's basketball game against Clemson.
• Belgian cyclist Femke Van den Driessche got caught with a concealed motor in the bike she was riding at the cyclocross world championships.
• A suspicious-looking guy in army-like fatigues was taken away for a mental examination on Wednesday after spending the bulk of the day in front of Taylor Swift's front yard.