THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • Microsoft is planning to knock down and rebuild their main campus so that it can offer buildings of the future to 8,000 more employees than work there now. 
  • The same day that Matt Lauer was fired by NBC for sexual allegations, "A Prairie Home Companion" host Garrison Keiller was fired by Minnesota Public Radio over accusations. 
  • Seattle school bus drivers held a one-day strike yesterday, which sent parents scrambling. 
  • LeBron James was ejected from Tuesday night's game against the Miami Heat, the first time that has ever happened. 
  • The only "Supermoon" of 2017 is this Sunday night. 
  • Nearly 50% of U.S. broadband households use a personal assistant through an application or dedicated device. 
  • A couple who once ate at Olive Garden nearly every day for seven weeks is now planning to name their daughter Olivia Garton. 
  • Starting tomorrow, Hawaii will begin monthly tests of their alarm system that will go off in the event of a nuclear attack by North Korea. 
  • Bitcoin has passed the $11,000 mark. It was going for 6-cents back in 2010. 
  • Stephen Colbert's Late Show is growing, while Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show is slipping, having lost 21% of its audience over the past year. 
  • Johnny Galecki will rejoin the gang for the Roseanne reboot coming to ABC in 2018. Now, everyone from the original cast is back. 
  • California is considering decriminalizing magic mushrooms. 
  • A study claims that men appear less masculine when their wife keeps her maiden name. 
  • A California woman is suing Sephora cosmetics, claiming a lipstick sample gave her herpes. 
  • ESPN president John Skipper announced in a memo to employees Wednesday that the company is laying off approximately 150 employees. 
  • Rihanna is selling her New York City penthouse. Yours for just $16.95 million.

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