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They don't look it yet, but Barbie is going to become more ethnically diverse -- and Ken could be next.(Photo: AP)
[h=2]The most popular dolls in history are ditching the past[/h]Has Ken been left in the plastic dust?<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Last week,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Mattel<span style="color: Red;">*</span>announced that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Barbie would come in new shapes<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(curvy, tall and petite) and in a variety of skin tones and hairstyles.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Ken may be next.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Mattel says it's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>looking at creating ethnically diverse Ken dolls to match ethnically diverse Barbies —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and, oh yeah, to match the rest of us, too.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Those changes are answers to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Mattel's question:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"What would you do (with Barbie) if you could do anything with no rules?"<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Apparently, someone's answer was "Let Barbie hang out with Derek Zoolander," which she's been doing on her<span style="color: Red;">*</span>@barbiestyle Instagram<span style="color: Red;">*</span>account:
@Zoolander is back! Picked up my friend Derek and we’re having an LA staycation this week. Stay tuned, it’s going to be a ridiculously wild ride! ? #barbiezoolander #zoolander2 #barbie #barbiestyle
A photo posted by Barbie® (@barbiestyle) on Feb 1, 2016 at 8:33am PST
[h=2]RIP quirky Toyota brand<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Scion — guess it's not hip to be square[/h]Toyota on Wednesday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>buried Scion in the graveyard of defunct<span style="color: Red;">*</span>auto brands. Sad, if you're square.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>But the Scion is not alone in auto brands killed off<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in recent years. Pour one out for plastic<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Saturn<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(General Motors, 1990-2009):<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Toyota wasn't<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the only one to whiff with an<span style="color: Red;">*</span>edgy brand.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Pontiac<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(GM, killed off in 2009): The GTO and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Firebird<span style="color: Red;">*</span>are among the all-time classic American cars.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Mercury<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Ford, axed in 2010):<span style="color: Red;">*</span>It gave us 71 great (ish?) years and the Grand Marquis.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Hummer<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(GM, yoinked in 2009): Gone, but too big to be<span style="color: Red;">*</span>forgotten. Saab<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(General Motors, 2009): The Swedes went away during GM's bankruptcy.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Oldsmobile<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(GM, last model made in 2004): Any brand with the word "old" in its name was probably doomed to eventual failure.
[h=2]Meet<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the first American who will compete in Olympics in a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>hijab[/h]Congrats to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Ibtihaj Muhammad, a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>fencer from New Jersey who secured a spot on the U.S. Olympic team during an event in Athens<span style="color: Red;">*</span>last week. She's headed<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to Rio, where she'll make history by becoming the first American to compete in the Olympics wearing a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>hijab.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>What we know about her. 1.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The uniform helped her pick fencing<span style="color: Red;">*</span>because she could stay covered. 2.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>She has a clothing line, Louella, which she describes as "modest" and "affordable." 3.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>She was a three-time All-American at Duke. Not related, but we'll mention it: President Obama on Wednesday made his first appearance at an Islamic place of worship, visiting a Baltimore mosque in a show of unity with Muslim Americans.
Happy to announce I've joined the Dick's Sporting Goods Team as a sponsored athlete! Thanks @dickssportinggoods for helping my @TeamUSA dreams come true #RoadtoRio #GritBeforeGold ??
A photo posted by Ibtihaj Muhammad (@ibtihajmuhammad) on Jan 5, 2016 at 11:29am PST
[h=2]Pull out your shoebox of receipts because $63 million is at stake[/h]How's your paper-filing system? We ask because a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>California lottery winner could lose<span style="color: Red;">*</span>$63 million<span style="color: Red;">*</span>if the ticket isn't cashed in by 5 p.m. Thursday. (Is it you? Do we get a 10% finder's fee?)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The winning ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven in Chatsworth, Calif., for the Aug. 8, 2015, drawing,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>according to the California Lottery.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Winners have 180 days from the time the winning ticket is drawn to claim their prize, but no one has come forward. After<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the clock strikes 5:01, the winners will be students: The money<span style="color: Red;">*</span>goes to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>California schools.
[h=2]It's almost time to watch the Super Bowl (for the ads, of course)[/h]Many Americans watch the Super Bowl —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>some even watch the game.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>For the rest of us, there are halftime shows (we miss you already,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Left Shark) and commercials. Let's talk about the epicness of the ads because, really, for some of us, they are the highlight (See also: Buffalo dip). To recap, look through this compilation of the best ads of all time. (Bud. Weis. Er. You remember.)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>This year, there will be cute critters, big-name celebs, humorous gags, and even some somber messages on the small screen. And of course, for<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the 28th year,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>USA TODAY's Super Bowl Ad Meter<span style="color: Red;">*</span>panelists will weigh in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and declare a winner. (Sign up now to vote, won't you, please?)
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