Daily Scoop for the Week of January 21

Last Updated on 01.25.13 Written by Sue Wilson

Friday January 25th

Today is "Fun At Work Day"

Lance Armstrong has been offered a shot to get back into competition. Lance has been asked to do Dancing with the Stars.  Word is they want him really bad.

Star magazine is reporting that Tiger Woods and famous downhill skier Lindsey Vonn are dating.    

Sunday's Pro Bowl…might be the final one ever.   No one wants to play in it, or watch it.

A politician in Oregon has proposed a bill that would make it illegal to possess or distribute cigarettes without a doctor’s prescription. 

A lesson to Facebookers ranting about work: A woman (Amy McClenathan) said she was having a bad day and thinking about the anniversary of her mother's death when she fired off a FB post reading, "I wish I could get fired some days; it would be easier to be at home than to have to go through this." She had that wish come true the very next day when her boss called her in to give her the boot because of the online venting.

According to a new study, mixed-weight couples, where one partner is overweight and the other one isn't, have more relationship conflicts, including arguments and feelings of anger and resentfulness, than same-weight couples. Researchers found that the most troubled relationships had a healthy-weight man and an overweight woman.

Donald Trump might buy the New York Times.

Taylor Swift's Red is the nation's top-selling country album this week, holding at number-one for a 13th

The new Aerosmith single is the Steven Tyler and Carrie Underwood duet “Can’t Stop Lovin’ You.”
 

Thursday January 24th

A new survey in the UK suggests that chivalry is, in fact, dead. They came to this conclusion by finding out that women are actually more suspicious of a chivalrous guy's intentions. And that 82% of ladies would rather pay for their own dinner and 89% of women wouldn't let a man carry her shopping bags.

Here’s a rundown of some of the biggest flu mistakes people are making:

Assuming the vaccine is all you need - still need to be careful
   
Covering your sneeze with your hands  - elbow
    
Washing your hands in a hurry  -  quality washing is required
    
Pretending you aren't sick - infect others

While Facebook is supposed to make people feel good, a new study has found that that looking up friends on Facebook makes a lot of people feel isolated and miserable.  Lots of envy and jealousy

The controversial airport body scanners that show are soon going to be a thing of the past as the federal government is pulling the plug on the program.  The machines, of course, caused outrage when they were introduced two years ago and became the focus of lawsuits and protests.

According to a new study, Wednesdays at 3:30 pm is when women look their oldest. Wait, what?! Thanks to this new research, we now know that there are three crucial factors working against us mid-week that make us look old: Stress:  Alcohol:  Lack of sleep:

This is fun: Boyz II Men, New Kids on the Block and 98 Degrees just announced that they will be touring together.

The National Chicken Council has released its 2013 Wing Report (that's a real thing) and estimates that more than 1.23 billion wings will be eaten Super Bowl weekend.  They also warn there could be a shortage this year!

AFC Championship: Baltimore vs. New England, CBS, 47.71 million   (Twice as many as any other show)

The name of Brad Paisley's upcoming album, which will be released April 9th, is Wheelhouse.

Randy Travis has reached a plea deal with prosecutors in Plano, Texas on an assault charge stemming from his scrap with his fiancee’s ex-husband last summer.
 

Wednesday Janaury 23

It's National Pie Day.

Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't ready to terminate his marriage. The former governor says he’s still in love with estranged wife Maria Shriver and is hoping for a reconciliation.
 

It's official: Justin Bieber overtook Lady Gaga early Tuesday morning as the most followed Twitter user. Web media experts predict that he will claim the top spot for quite some time.

Things are constantly changing, especially in the world of video games, but it’s still tough to hear that Atari, one of the video game industry’s pioneers, has filed for bankruptcy.

According to a new survey, each teenager in America receives an average of 3,417 text messages per month – or 114 texts daily. With this in mind, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants to use text messages to get high school students to eat more fruits and vegetables.

In New Jersey, a psychic camel named Princess has picked the Baltimore Ravens to win the Super Bowl.

Jennifer Hudson, who earned a finalist spot in the third season of American Idol, think it's time for the reality singing show to call it a day.

Congrats to Randy Houser, who scored his first number-one single this week on the Mediabase chart with "How Country Feels!"

Rascal Flatts and Journey are heading to New Orleans  to headline the Super Bowl 47 CMT Crossroads show, which  airs on February 2nd,

Tuesday January 22

It's tell us something good Tuesday  

On this day in 1984 Apple introduced the Macintosh.

Jana Kramer and Brantley Gilbert are engaged!  Brantley rented out the Old Ryman on his birthday

Researchers found that coughs, usually caused by colds or other respiratory illnesses, last nearly 18 days.

Jessica Chastain is the star of the number one and number two movies in the country, Mama and Zero Dark Thirty.   First time.
 
There will be a movie about the disgraced Lance Armstrong, made by JJ Abrams.  Cycle Of Lies

School administrators in one Mississippi town really stepped in it when they called cops to escort a student from school as a safety precaution – a kindergarten kid who showed up wearing the wrong color shoes to class.

Apparently some people have been calling Carrie Underwood's husband, Mike Fisher, Mr. Underwood – and Carrie is not cool with it! She tells Allure, "It made me feel awful. Somebody works real hard to make a name for themselves, a respectable name, and then it's 'Mr. Underwood.'"

If you’re having trouble getting your kids to sleep each night, you might want to consider keeping them away from the TV.  According to a new study, the more time you let your kids watch TV before bed, the later they’ll actually get to sleep.

Gary Allan’s ninth studio album, Set You Free, hits stores today

Thompson Square new album, March 26. Just Feels Good

Lady Antebellum's new single comes out today

Taylor Swift has donated 2,000 books to the hospital where she was born
 

Monday January 21

Today is Martin Luther King Day.....holiday.

All the Inauguration Festivities everywhere.

135 The word count of the shortest ever Inaugural Address, delivered by George Washington in 1793

Barbara Walters was hospitalized Saturday night after she fell at an inauguration party in Washington. She's OK.

The Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers will play Sunday February 4,  in New Orleans.  (10th time they have hosted the Superbowl.) Alicia Keys will sing the National anthem. Haltime show is Beyoncé. New Orleans is bracing for record crowds, as the Super Bowl will draw tourists in at the same time as Mardi Gra. Locals are calling the mega-event, "Super Gras."

The Batmobile from the original '60s TV series sold for $4.62-million at an auction over the weekend in Scottsdale, Arizona, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

New albums by Darius Rucker, Randy Houser and Gary Allan all hit stores tomorrow!

History of The Eagles, a three-hour documentary about the band, will have its broadcast debut on Showtime next month. The cable channel will show it in two parts, starting on February 15th and 16th.

Jason Aldean's first-ever Madison Square Garden show on March 2nd has sold out in 10 minutes.

Lady Antebellum fans better make sure they're camped out in front of a computer at 2 p.m. CT on Tuesday. That's when they debut their new single in its entirety