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Your weekend must reads🗞️


👋Good morning! Welcome to the first Short List weekend edition of 2024. I'm John Riley, and it's time to take a look at some of the best Paste BN stories of the year. Let's do it!

But first: How are you doing on your New Year's resolutions? These stories may help if you've resolved to try a new diet, exercise more or dress better in 2024. And if you're resolving to just live life more simply, that's great, too!

Now for some great stories:

Election fraud belief still strong, raising worries about 2024

🗳️Supporters of Donald Trump − who generally accept his unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent − are prepared to believe those allegations again in 2024, an exclusive Paste BN/Suffolk University Poll shows. A lack of faith in the integrity of the nation's elections could set the stage for unrest if the former president runs and loses in November. Read more

Tax lessons from Ohtani's $700 million megadeal

💵Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohel Ohtani recently signed a 10-year contract that pays $700 million, the largest sum ever pledged to a baseball player. But the hurler-slugger is deferring most of his pay without interest, taking just $2 million a year during those 10 seasons. What are the lessons of this unusual deal for rank-and-file taxpayers? Read more

Can you spot a narcissist by their eyebrows?

🤨A recent study found that the distinctiveness of one's eyebrows played a critical role in being able to accurately identify them as being more narcissistic. But don't get carried away: There's a lot more to personality types than someone's eyebrows can exhibit. Read more

There's more!: Keep scrolling below👇 for more great stories. See you next week.