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THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • A Los Angeles jury found that Led Zeppelin did not steal the chord progression for their song "Stairway to Heaven." The trustees of members of the band Spirit had sued Led Zeppelin, claiming the riff used in "Stairway" was stolen from the band's song "Taurus."
  • A man in Seattle was arrested after he tried to weigh his manhood on a grocery store produce scale.
  • In Sweden, a soccer player that had already received a yellow card in a game was given a red card and had to leave because of... farting.
  • Ralph Stanley, a patriarch of Appalachian music who with his brother Carter helped expand and popularize the genre that became known as bluegrass, died Thursday from difficulties with skin cancer. He was 89.
  • Burger King has introduced Mac 'n Cheetos. Exactly what it sounds like, they're oversized Cheetos-flavored mozzarella sticks stuff with Macaroni and Cheese.
  • The Dallas Cowboys' Dez Bryant is being sued for $60,000 by the owner of a home Bryant was leasing. The landlord said the place was trashed.
  • It's all systems go for a Las Vegas NHL Team that will start playing in the 2017 season.
  • LeBron James' 11-year-old son already has basketball scholarship offers from Duke and Kentucky.
  • After six years of marriage, Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams have finalized their divorce.
  • 46-year-old Uma Thurman was thrown from a horse and reportedly broke a few bones.
  • Drake canceled all of the meet and greets from his summer tour because they were "too long and too tiring."
  • An Alaska Airlines flight had to be diverted to Seattle after a 23-year-old California man tried to kiss a 16-year-old girl who was asleep.
  • The Marine Corps acknowledged Thursday it had misidentified one of the six men in the iconic 1945 war photo of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima. The Marine Corps investigation identified a man who has never been officially linked to the famous photo: Pvt. 1st Class Harold Schultz, who died in 1995 and went through life without publicly talking about his role.
  • Two women were arrested for brawling at an IHOP in Memphis.
  • Some NFL teams are trying to eliminate fumbles by using practice balls that beep when they are held correctly.
  • Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he wants to build a robot that does housekeeping chores. We're ready for you Rosie!
  • A tattoo parlor in Ohio offered free Cavalier tattoos after Cleveland won the NBA Championship.


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