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| • “It’s a tale of a million-dollar heist, one wallet at a time.” Get to know the small-time genius and big-time chutzpah of the criminal known as the R.V. Bandit. [Yahoo Sports] | • “It’s a tale of a million-dollar heist, one wallet at a time.” Get to know the small-time genius and big-time chutzpah of the criminal known as the R.V. Bandit. [Yahoo Sports] |
| • Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in fantastic shape. Don’t believe us? One reporter enlisted the help of the justice’s personal trainer to learn just how grueling the 83-year-old’s exercise regimen is. [Politico] | • Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in fantastic shape. Don’t believe us? One reporter enlisted the help of the justice’s personal trainer to learn just how grueling the 83-year-old’s exercise regimen is. [Politico] |
| • When you think of Play-Doh, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? The way it looks or feels? Or is it the material’s distinctive smell? The toy’s parent company seems to think so. Hasbro has taken steps to trademark Play-Doh’s unique scent. [Law 360] | • When you think of Play-Doh, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? The way it looks or feels? Or is it the material’s distinctive smell? The toy’s parent company seems to think so. Hasbro has taken steps to trademark Play-Doh’s unique scent. [Law 360] |
| • Meet Ava Burns, a seven-year-old tycoon who is disrupting the Girl Scout Cookie industry. The secret to her success? She accepts credit cards. [BuzzFeed] | • Meet Ava Burns, a seven-year-old tycoon who is disrupting the Girl Scout Cookie industry. The secret to her success? She accepts credit cards. [BuzzFeed] |
| • Two weeks ago, the partners from PricewaterhouseCoopers tasked with securing the names of the Oscar winners during the broadcast did a short interview on their process. That details of that interview are A LOT more interesting after what happened Sunday night. [Note: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has since deleted its original post, but you can find a cached version of the interview here] | |
| • A surprising number of lawyers have gone on “The Bachelor.” Why do smart, successful professionals risk their reps to date on TV? And do their careers suffer after the footage airs? [The Ringer] | • A surprising number of lawyers have gone on “The Bachelor.” Why do smart, successful professionals risk their reps to date on TV? And do their careers suffer after the footage airs? [The Ringer] |
| • The violence in Chicago is real, but so is the resilience of the Orr Academy High School basketball team. Carve out some time for this five-part series tracking a season with a group of young men best described as survivors. [Part One, Chicago Sun Times] | • The violence in Chicago is real, but so is the resilience of the Orr Academy High School basketball team. Carve out some time for this five-part series tracking a season with a group of young men best described as survivors. [Part One, Chicago Sun Times] |
| • If it were a Hollywood movie, you would have never believed it: Here’s what it was like onstage at the Oscars during the Best Picture snafu, a major brand crisis for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Our critics shared their reactions. | • If it were a Hollywood movie, you would have never believed it: Here’s what it was like onstage at the Oscars during the Best Picture snafu, a major brand crisis for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Our critics shared their reactions. |
| • One competitor at this year’s world ski championships has been called the “world’s worst skier,” with good reason: He’d never trained on snow before the event. But he showed up this week for his first glimpse of powdery snow and offered a tale of perseverance. | • One competitor at this year’s world ski championships has been called the “world’s worst skier,” with good reason: He’d never trained on snow before the event. But he showed up this week for his first glimpse of powdery snow and offered a tale of perseverance. |
| • This weekend’s Daily 360 videos took us to infinity, and to a volcano where researchers are living in isolation for eight months to simulate human exploration of Mars. | • This weekend’s Daily 360 videos took us to infinity, and to a volcano where researchers are living in isolation for eight months to simulate human exploration of Mars. |
| • How Bill Paxton, who died at 61 from complications of surgery, won over his audience. | • How Bill Paxton, who died at 61 from complications of surgery, won over his audience. |
| • And finally, a delectable recipe to try this week: | • And finally, a delectable recipe to try this week: |
| • Feeling a little self-centered? Enter your birthday here and The Atlantic will give you a timeline of how the world has changed in your lifetime. [The Atlantic] | • Feeling a little self-centered? Enter your birthday here and The Atlantic will give you a timeline of how the world has changed in your lifetime. [The Atlantic] |
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