THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Sears is selling their Craftsman brand, in order to stay alive, on top of closing dozens of stores. Black and Decker bought it for $900 million.
• This is the year that Norway begins phasing out FM radio and going to only digital signals. Switzerland is doing the same in two years.
• SoundCloud posted a net loss of $52 million in 2015 and may "run out of cash" before the end of 2017.
• Police are going to investigate George Michael's death. They just want to make sure all is that it seems.
• We hear now that the "Seinfeld" theme song almost didn't make it. The show was set to launch, Jerry liked it; Larry David liked it... but the network wasn't fond of it.
• Nicki Minaj announced she's a single woman again, having broken up with her rapper boyfriend, Meek Mill.
• A 59-year-old homeless man faces arson charges after police say he lit his underwear on fire in the bathroom of a busy Starbucks in Florida.
• The CEO of T-Mobile says a merger with Sprint is still a possibility.
• Among the more unique things seen at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas over the weekend: shoes with a built-in vacuum.
• Sam Lovullo, producer of the old "Hee Haw" TV series (yeah, you can blame him) died last week at the age of 88.
• David Spade was in a bad car accident last Wednesday, when his Range Rover was hit and totaled... but it appears he was able to walk away from just some bumps and bruises.
• Sweden's 6-hour Work Day experiment is apparently not working out.
• A bitter man in Japan has just spoken to his wife for the first time in 20 years.
• Scientists have identified a new organ that connects the intestines to the abdomen called the mesentery.
• British Prime Minister Theresa May is going to come to the U.S. to visit Donald Trump this spring.
• Maybelline has it's first-ever male model for its mascara, Danny Gutierrez.