THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • Wall Street Journal is claiming that Hillary Clinton is planning to run again.
  • Amazon will announce that New York City and Northern Virginia will share as their second headquarters.
  • Stan Lee, who co-created Spider-Man, the Avengers, the X-Men and more heroes, and has appeared in nearly every film and TV show about his creation, died yesterday. He was 95.
  • In Japan, a man spent $17,000 on a wedding to a hologram. In the ceremony, he married a virtual reality singer. While there were 40 guests there, his mother refused to attend the ceremony.
  • In the recent election, Florida voters approved shutting down the greyhound racing industry. Tracks have 26 months to wrap things up, but that's going to mean a glut of dogs that need new homes.
  • Gerard Butler, Miley Cyrus, Shannon Doherty and Robin Thicke are among the celebrities who have lost homes in the California fires. Jamie Foxx and Julia Roberts are among those who had to be evacuated.
  • Slickdeals asked 2,000 people how much they were planning to spend on Black Friday and the average person is going to dish out $520.
  • Aerosmith's Joe Perry was a special guest guitarist for Billy Joel Saturday night, but had to check into a hospital after the performance when he collapsed and experienced shortness of breath.
  • The makers of Blue Moon beer are going to introduce a spinoff brand next month, CERIA and Grainwave Belgian-Style White Ale-a cannabis-infused beer.
  • The number of U.S. homes valued at $1 million or more increased by 400,702 this year.
  • Patrick Mahomes led the Kansas City Chiefs to a win on Sunday, but after the game, the stepfather of his girlfriend dropped dead just outside the stadium.
  • Kate Upton and Justin Verlander welcomed a baby girl into the world, Genevieve Upton Verlander.
  • Last week, Oakland Raiders radio voice Brent Musburger sent out a tweet mocking Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren's claim of having Native American heritage. He has since apologized "if I offended you."
  • Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh is not expected to return next season.
  • Former Ohio State assistant football coach Zach Smith launched a tweet storm Sunday night where he alleged University of Texas head coach Tom Herman cheated on his wife "several times."
  • Archeologists in the U.K. have unearthed a 2,000-year-old Roman dog with its fur still intact.
  • The FDA is planning to ban menthol cigarettes.
  • Hilary Duff said she drank a placenta smoothie following the birth of her daughter. Ew.
  • 22 players were ejected following a brawl at a high school football game last week in New Jersey.
  • Chris Martin says he felt "worthless" after divorcing Gwyneth Paltrow.
  • Some stations around the country have already flipped to continuous Christmas music.
  • Douglas Rain, who will forever be known as the voice of Hal the Computer in "2001: A Space Odyssey" has died at the age of 90.

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