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1. FBI-Justice Department probe

Thought the Clinton email scandal died with the election? Nope. Now an investigation of the investigators has started. The inspector general will look at how the Justice Department and the FBI handled the probe into Hillary Clinton's private email server. (The inspector general is the Justice Department's internal watchdog.) You can expect FBI Director James Comey to face questions again about why he revived the case less than two weeks before the election. Some Democrats are convinced that's why Clinton lost.

2. US and Cuba

3. Confirmation hearings

4. California drought

The Golden State hasn't been so golden lately. Winter storms have pounded California with heavy rain and snow, triggering floods and avalanches and even toppling some of its famous giant trees . But there's a silver lining: it's knocking out the drought that's plagued the state for years . More than 7 inches of rain have fallen since Monday and up to a foot of snow has hit the Sierra Nevada. All that precipitation is filling up the state's lakes and reservoirs nicely.

5. Finances

You receive a sudden, unexpected $500 bill. You either A) write a check or B) freak out. A new report says a little more than half of us will pick option B. The report from Bankrate says nearly six in 10 Americans don't have enough savings to cover a $500 or $1,000 unplanned expense.

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BFFs

President Obama threw Joe Biden the best surprise party ever and even got him a great gift -- the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Speak softly?

A vegan woman's application for Swiss citizenship keeps getting denied because the locals think her opinions on animal rights are too "loud."

Bolt from the blue

The San Diego Chargers are moving to LA but hopefully their new logo won't, since it was pretty much laughed off the internet.

Getting your goat

A downward dog is much better with a goat. Well, at least it is in Oregon, where yoga classes with goats are so popular there's a 1,200-person waiting list.

Tunnel vision

Stonehenge may be Britain's birthplace, but traffic around the landmark is awful. So officials are putting a tunnel under it, and archaeologists are PO'd.

AND FINALLY ...

Blinding you with science