THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• A new urban problem: car tipping. In Seattle over the past week, three Smart Cars have been found tipped over on their side.
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• Jimmie Van Zandt, cousin of Lynyrd Skynrd's Ronnie and Johnny Van Zandt, has died at the age of 59. Cancer.
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• The Gap has pulled an ad that showed a 12-year-old white girl leaning on an 8-year-old black girl. It was called "racist" because the white girl was using the black girl as an armrest.
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• Alibaba says it has passed Wal-Mart as the largest retail company in the world.
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• Former First Lady Laura Bush hinted that she'd rather see Hillary in office than Donald Trump.
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• John Kerry has set the record for distance traveled as Secretary of State with 1.06 million miles.
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• Trent Harmon defeated La'Porsha Renae to become the final American Idol.
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• First season co-host Brian Dunkleman appeared on the finale of "American Idol."
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• The IRS says it will start to allow people to make their tax payments at 7-Eleven stores.
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• Florida has ended a 148-year-old ban on unmarried co-habitation.
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• A new study claims 1 in 50 men is unwittingly raising someone else's child.
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• Subway has begun posting calorie counts on the menu boards at its 27,000 stores nationwide.
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• Congrats to Anne Hathaway who welcomed a baby boy into the world last week with her husband Adam Shulman. Jonathan Rosebanks Shulman.
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• FOX has renewed "Lucifer" and "Rosewood."
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• Sesame Street unveiled a fresh face last Thursday: a hijab-wearing Afghani Muppet named Zari who will teach kids about "girl empowerment, social and emotional well-being."