hanukkah Dave Grohl's teen daughter Violet astounds with live cover of Janis Ian's 'At Seventeen' Rusty Blazenhoff

mining Rescue crews seek to free miners trapped by other miners Jason Weisberger

youtube Feed your morbid true crime obsession with these death row last meal videos Jennifer Sandlin

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

gadgets FTC urged to stop companies paywalling hardware you already bought Rob Beschizza

magazines One person flips through 1500+ vintage magazines for our viewing pleasure (video) Allan Rose Hill

Connections Musuem Visit the charming Connections Museum in Seattle Bob Knetzger

Watch singer Janis Ian, at sixteen, the day she says Bill Cosby blackballed her from TV: "probably a lesbian" Ruben Bolling

A book about the rebellious history of the banjo Elías Villoro

She turned me into a newt Connecticut pardons the "witches" it executed centuries ago Rob Beschizza

booze Sales of caffeinated wine surge after Catholics denounce Protestant-themed marketing Thom Dunn

revolutions The concepts of freedom, liberty, and equality were developed by enslaved people and women, not the elite Elías Villoro

trailers Finally, the trailer to Judy Blume's "Are You There God? It's Me Margaret" (video) Carla Sinclair

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law The state of Oregon will not execute seventeen people on death row Elías Villoro

4a Figure skater Ilia Malinin earns "Quad God" title Andrew Yi

music Pass the Sault Elías Villoro

drugs "Close clinics and let patients pick up methadone at a real pharmacy" Elías Villoro

Wrestling World Toe Wrestling Champion to retire after 17 international victories Thom Dunn

cuddling This man earns $95 an hour as a professional cuddler David Pescovitz