Ruben Flowers, Jr., a retiring 31-year veteran Southwest Airlines pilot, took to the cockpit one final time. Only he was paired with his 29-year-old son, Ruben Flowers III, as co-pilot for the first time. Southwest Airlines then cancelled the flight.

Usher will perform at the next Super Bowl Halftime Show. Other Ushers will perform for $14/hour.

A Russian admiral believed to have been killed in a Ukrainian assault on the Black Sea was put on camera on Russian TV to prove he survived. He’ll star in a new Russian made-for-tv movie, ‘Weekend At Sokolov’s’.

Joe Biden traveled to Michigan to walk the picket line with striking workers in a show of union solidarity. “Let’s get you guys back to Hollywood writing movies!” he said to the GM employees.

ArtificiaI intelligence ‘girlfriends’ are growing in popularity, as awkward & isolated young men seek companionship. Although health experts warn of serious depression as AI girlfriends become smarter and dump the guys that downloaded them.

Rite Aid plans to close hundreds of stores as part of a plan to emerge from bankruptcy. Although Rite Aid loyalty program customers were notified that clearance pricing on opioids is not part of the plan.

USA Pickleball, the sport’s governing body, is working on “quiet” initiatives to address complaints from people living near courts, who say the sport generates too much noise from the paddles hitting the ball, and ambulances arriving to treat elderly players.

Charlie Woods won a junior golf tournament in Florida with dad Tiger Woods caddying. The elder Woods then celebrated by treating 14-year-old Charlie to his first-ever restaurant hostess.

Tickets from Ford’s Theater on the night of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination sold at auction for $262,500 – $375,000 including Ticketmaster fees.

SAG-AFTRA authorized a strike against actors providing their likeness and voices in video games. They’re demanding higher wages & benefits for getting repeatedly killed and saying ‘Game Over’.

Author’s Note: Happy Anniversary to my gorgeous & wonderful wife, Erin. I love you lots….

In a BBC interview, the Dalai Lama said President Trump lacks moral principle. Dalai Lama appeared confused when, for the first time, someone said to him “duhh”.

Apple’s chief design officer, Jony Ive, is leaving the company. Ive is credited with designing Apple’s most profitable innovation, the broken iPhone.

Google Maps rerouted drivers to Denver International Airport around an accident, but sent them down a muddy dirt road where dozens of them got stuck. Several said it was the second-worst thing that happened to them that day, next to flying Frontier Airlines.

Deepnude.com, an app that manipulated photos of women to make them appear naked, was killed off by its creator – but not before the site crashed when someone tried it out with a picture of Betty White.

Cookie Monster appeared at Wrigley Field and led the crowd in the traditional 7th-inning stretch singalong of ‘Take Me Out To The Ballgame’. Meanwhile, EMTs were called to the bleachers to treat his friend, Oscar the Grouch, who was trashed.

On a new episode of “Whistleblowers” a pharmaceutical sales rep for Cephalon describes how he was told to sell Actiq – a lollipop made with powerful opioid Fentanyl. The last straw was when they Cephalon make the lollipops look like Spongebob Squarepants.

Amazon is partnering with Rite-Aid — customers can now pick up their Amazon orders in Rite-Aid stores at the same time they shoplift candy & medicine.

New Jersey officials claim a toxic algae bloom is giving swimmers in Lake Hopatcong harmful rashes – citing skin examinations of multiple mobsters dredged off of the lake bottom.

According to required SEC filings, Google workers’ median 2018 pay was $246,804, compared to Amazon workers’ median pay of just $28,836.  “This is bullsh*t” said Alexa.

Still photos from the set of Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’ movie starring Scarlett Johansson show the title character facing her most challenging nemesis yet – someone who can really act.