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President Obama waves before giving his State of the Union Address on Jan. 20, 2015.(Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP)
It's not time to roll the credits yet
But it's time to line up a designated driver. Tonight is your last chance to play a State of the Union drinking game<span style="color: Red;">*</span>during the Obama administration. In his final annual report to Congress, President Obama<span style="color: Red;">*</span>won't deliver<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the usual pitch,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>but instead will reflect on his presidency and the generation that grew up during<span style="color: Red;">*</span>it.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Hmm. Maybe a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>not-too-subtle prod for them to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>vote Dem in '16?)<span style="color: Red;">*</span><span style="color: Red;">*</span>Here's everything you need to follow the action,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and don't forget to watch for these six<span style="color: Red;">*</span>things.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Oh, and keep your eye out for a cameo appearance by America’s favorite county clerk, Kim Davis. (Remember her?)
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The Washington Examiner reports that Kim Davis, the county clerk in Kentucky who defied a court order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, will attend President Barack Obama's final State of the Union address Tuesday night. Wochit
Alabama won ... and now there's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>?eight months until another college football game
So yeah, it was an exciting game. The biggest game of the year, and Alabama won it —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>45-40, over Clemson, for the national title. Roll Tide, and all that. Now the harsh reality sets in:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>We have to wait almost<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a year before there's another college football game. (Cal plays Hawaii on Aug. 27, not that we've got the date circled on a calendar or anything.) USA TODAY Sports columnist Nancy Armour has already put together a wish list for the 2016 season. Wants:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>1)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Stability at USC, where Steve Sarkasian's personal problems wreaked havoc this year.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>2)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>SEC East, stop being so meh.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>3)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Ohio State, please pick one and only one quarterback. 4)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Bowl games, don't be so boring. 5) And for the love of Pete, ditch the New Year's Eve semis. Here’s USA TODAY Sports' final report card for all 128 teams in college football.
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USA TODAY Sports' George Schroeder looks ahead to the 2016 college football season, including who is the favorite to win in it all next season. USA TODAY Sports
A dude on the lam in Ohio hated his mugshot —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>so he sent the cops a selfie
We'll call this some epic trolling.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>An Ohio fugitive texted police a photo of himself after seeing<span style="color: Red;">*</span>them post<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a mugshot he found unflattering.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"Here is a better photo that one is terrible," Donald "Chip" Pugh, 45, said in the text, attaching a selfie of himself<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in a blazer and gold-rimmed shades. Un-freaking-believable.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Police say<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Pugh is a person of interest in vandalism and arson cases.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"We thank him for being helpful, but now we would appreciate it if he would come speak to us ... about his charges," the Lima Police Department said.
Cheap airfare might become a thing if airlines keep offering cheap airfare
WOW is right. The Icelandic carrier's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>cheap flights from the West Coast to Iceland and Europe went on sale Tuesday. Travelers from Los Angeles and San Francisco will find fares as low as $99 to Iceland and $199 to mainland European destinations. The catch?<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Every. Thing. Else. is going to cost you.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Only fliers with less than 11 pounds in carry-on weight and willing to take a seat assignment at the counter can fly fee-free. Spirit and Allegiant have brought that strategy into the mainstream in the U.S.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>On WOW's $199 connecting flights from the West Coast to London, for example, a flier could pay an extra $143 in fees, including $76 for a checked bag and $67 for a seat with extra<span style="color: Red;">*</span>legroom. But hey, made you look!
A rendering of an Airbus A330 in the colors of WOW Air.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: WOW Air)
Meet Peach. We're mostly sure this isn't the next Ello<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
We're Here<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to share, Shout<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and Draw<span style="color: Red;">*</span>all about the new iOS app that's burning up Apple's App Store charts: Peach. (Because we don't have enough social networks.) You probably heard about it over the weekend, but in case you didn't, Peach is the app launched Thursday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>by Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann. What<span style="color: Red;">*</span>makes it<span style="color: Red;">*</span>different?<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Magic Words, special commands that add unique updates like GIFs. (And really, nothing conveys our truest<span style="color: Red;">*</span>emotions quite like a GIF, amirite?)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>If you have an iPhone, download it now for a test drive. Sorry, Android users.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>You'll have to wait.
If you only read one thing:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The FDA is considering a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>new, implantable treatment for heroin and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>painkiller addiction.
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An Iraqi man leaves a building hit by a car bomb a day earlier in Baghdad. Swipe through more of the day in pictures.
An Iraqi man leaves a damaged building on Jan. 12, 2016, at the site that was targeted by a car bomb attack a day earlier, in Baghdad. At least 18 people were killed, including 10 police officers, when gunmen set off a car bomb and stormed a shopping center on Jan. 11, 2016. A car bomb exploded near the Jouhara Mall then three gunmen attacked the mall and took some 40 civilians hostages before being killed by security forces. The Islamic State extremist organization claimed responsibility for the attack.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Ali Abbas, Europen Pressphoto Agency)
Have you seen it?<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The old Batman series — which first aired Jan. 12, 1966 — is the inspiration for a massive new LEGO Batcave. The 2,500-piece<span style="color: Red;">*</span>set comes out in March.
The iconic Batmobile is included in an upcoming LEGO Batcave set based on the 1960s "Batman" TV series.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: LEGO)
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This is a compilation of stories from across USA TODAY.
Contributing: Gregory Korte, Susan Page, Brett Molina, Brett Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY; Nancy Armour, USA TODAY Sports; Josh Hafner, USA TODAY Network; Mike Wynn, The (Louisville) Courier-Journal
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