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Superman, Leonardo DiCaprio, KFC and more…

Maurice White, the founder and leader of the legendary R&B group Earth, Wind & Fire, has died. He was 74. He had Parkinson’s disease.
• Joe Alaskey, a voice actor who performed such characters as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, has died. He was 63 and had been battling cancer.
• Heard an amazing fact the other day: Louisiana has as many people locked up in prison as the entire country of Canada.
• In the comic books, Superman gains a new power in issue number 49.
• Now it appears that Scott Disick and Kourney Kardashian are getting back together.
• Leonardo DiCaprio will just have to step outside during a commercial break, as the Oscars won’t allow vaping.
• Matt LeBlanc is going to co-host “Top Gear.”
• Toyota has announced that the Scion brand is going away.
• KFC has been running a teaser ad this week that hints they may be unveiling a new Colonel Sanders during Sunday’s Super Bowl pre-game.
• Get ready for Tide Spin — a home laundry service, from the makers of the laundry detergent. You’re basically looking at $1.59 a pound, washed and folded. Dry cleaning’s extra.
• A study says that seafood may play a role in reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease.
• The new “Star Wars” movie dropped below $1 million a day in box office receipts for the first time on day 46.
• Mark Zuckerberg is predicting that Facebook will have 5 billion users by 2030.
• Florida State, in honor of freshman guard Dwayne Bacon, handed out free bacon to students at last Saturday’s basketball game against Clemson.
• Belgian cyclist Femke Van den Driessche got caught with a concealed motor in the bike she was riding at the cyclocross world championships.
• A suspicious-looking guy in army-like fatigues was taken away for a mental examination on Wednesday after spending the bulk of the day in front of Taylor Swift’s front yard.
Also it’s the 16th Annual Scotia Bank Hockey Day in Canada tomorrow…Broadcasts start at noon on CBC and Sportsnet and go for 13 and a half hours…All Canadian teams are involved…Ron MacLean will host from Kamloops B.C. and The Super Bowl kicks off at 6:30 Sunday evening after hours of pregame hype…Denver vs. Carolina…The Panthers are favoured
Have a great weekend…