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SMALL TIME FOR BIG CRIMES

Paul Manafort Sentenced To About Four Years In Prison In Virginia Case

1 digg Washington Post News Politics Law

Manafort, who once served as President Trump's campaign chairman, was sentenced to nearly four years in prison Thursday for cheating on his taxes and bank fraud — a far lesser sentence than the roughly 20 years he had faced under federal sentencing guidelines.

POUR ONE OUT FOR ALL THE DEAD GLASSES

Guy In Charge Of Pouring The Champagne Tower Has The Absolute Worst Day Of His Life

13 diggs Fail Video

We'll have one glass of champagne and a whole case of unstoppable disaster, please.

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KID, IT'S BEEN A HARD DAY

Mom Tries To Put Her Kid In A Crib, And, Well, This Glorious Thing Happens

6 diggs Funny Video Kids

Childcare is a delicate balancing act.

THE MAGIC'S GONE

Fantasy's Widow: The Fight Over The Legacy Of Dungeons & Dragons

2 diggs Kotaku Long Reads

Gail Gygax and I were sitting in the living room of a lace-trimmed, flower-filled bed and breakfast in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin when she told me about the time she discovered what she believed was a plot to kill her.

'I WAS STRICKEN'

She Wrote The Book On Michael Jackson. Now She Wishes It Said More

1 digg thecut.com Books Music

In 2006, Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times writer and critic Margo Jefferson wrote one of the defining analyses of Michael Jackson.

THE ICE LAKE CHALLENGE

This Is How Minnesotans Have Fun In The Winter, Apparently

2 diggs Curious Video

We're not ones to judge — and the long winters in Minnesota must be a lot to handle — but this does not look like a great idea.

CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS PRICE

The Astonishing Increase In The Price Of Textbooks Since 2004, Visualized

6 diggs Data Viz Money Books Education

For the last 15 years, the price of one book type has dipped, while the other has skyrocketed.

IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T REFACTOR IT

Calc.EXE Is Now Open Source — There's Surprising Depth In Its Ancient Code

5 diggs Ars Technica Technology Math

Although it is in some regards one of the most modern Windows applications — it's an early adopter of Fluent Design and has been used to showcase a number of design elements — core parts of Windows Calculator's codebase date all the way back to 1995.

THE ETYMOLOGY OF 'SH*TFACED'

Comedian Daniel Sloss Tells The History Of Edinburgh And, Whew, The 1300s Were Rough

0 diggs Late Night Video Funny Histories

It's a city built on the entrapped bodies of sick people and their families. Is it bad we still really want to go?

'ORPHANS OF DICKENS'

The Social Novel At The End Of Society

4 diggs The Baffler Long Reads Books Culture

The problem for the contemporary novelist — a problem less pressing for the author of a text on the history of codfish or the business practices of Uber — is that daily life, that classic subject and location of the novel, is, much like everyday consciousness, no longer narrative.

GOOD THING THERE'S NO HOUSING SHORTA—

Thousands Of New Millionaires Are About To Eat San Francisco Alive

2 diggs The New York Times Money

Uber, Lyft, Airbnb and Pinterest plan to go public. California's newly minted rich will be hungry for parties, houses, boats, bikes — and ice sculptures.