Cheat Sheet - The Perks of Crying at Work

Today: Did I Abandon My Creative Class Theory? Not So Fast, Joel Kotkin , Report: Leno Out, Fallon In , Universe 80 Million Years Older Than Thought March 21, 2013 WAH 1. The Perks of Crying at Work Have you had a rough day? Go ahead, let it out. Sheryl Sandberg does it. So do a lot of people—even men! Peggy Drexler breaks down the do's and don'ts of getting teary with your coworkers. Plus, tell us your own weepy workplace stories. Read it at The Daily Beast WONK FIGHT 2. Richard Florida Fights Back The famous urban theorist saw his ideas debunked by Joel Kotkin in The Daily Beast yesterday. Not so fast. In a rebuttal, Florida says Kotkin has it all wrong—young, hip people are the key to reinvigorating America's cities, and the creative class hasn't been a failure at all. Read it at The Daily Beast LATE-NIGHT WARS 3. Report: Leno Out, Fallon In Howard Stern as Tonight Show host, we hardly knew ye. The New York Times reports that NBC has made a commitment to bring the Tonight Show back to New York, replacing Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon as host. Though the deal has yet to be cemented, several "senior television executives" said that the switch is expected to take place by the fall of 2014, at the latest. Meanwhile in New York, NBC has quietly begun constructing a new studio for the Tonight Show at its headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Guess Leno's NBC-bashing jokes went over worse than we thought. Read it at The New York Times LOOKING GOOD ... CONSIDERING 4. Universe 80 Million Years Older Than Thought Nothing like slapping 80 million years on the universe's age to make you feel young. According to a new study released Thursday, scientists miscalculated the universe's age by 80 million years—meaning it's actually 13.81 billion years old. The officials from the European Space Agency's Planck space probe who ran the study looked at the "afterglow" of the big bang—generally recognized as the most plausible theory of how the universe was born. The $900 million Planck telescope used in the study has been taking in data from the sky for 15 1/2 months. George Efstathiou, a director at the University of Cambridge who announced the news, said its importance is earth shattering. "We've uncovered a fundamental truth of the universe," he said. Read it at The Washington Post GUN-CONTROL CRAZE 5. Stephen King: 'Stop Your Paranoia' After Sandy Hook, author Stephen King published an e-book imploring Americans to find a middle ground on gun control. Since very few people read that e-book and since, just this week, police thwarted what could have been yet another massacre at the University of Central Florida, he's taken to the Bangor Daily News to ask again. King clarifies that, as a gun owner and deer hunter himself, he is "dead against repeal of the Second Amendment," but that the truth is, the laws proposed to curb gun violence are not aimed at doing so—and if they were the Supreme Court would overturn them. "Stop with the paranoia, please," he begs. "If they stand (and they probably will), the hunters can still hunt, the target shooters can still shoot, and homeowners can still have a weapon or two at hand for defense and protection. The rest of us will be a little safer."  Read it at Bangor Daily News NEW STUDY Men's Falling Incomes Linked to Single Parents Research connects dip in salaries to the decline of two-parent households. QUESTIONABLE LEADERSHIP NYU Prez's Staff Turns Against Him In a vote of no confidence. I WAS KIDDING Sheriff Defends Obama Assassination Joke Calls uproar over the quip "absurd." NO TIME JCPenney Pleads Patience As turnaround effort struggles. CLUCK QUACK Chicken Has Duck for a Father Scientists in Dubai crossbred the animals. GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. 7 Stunning March Madness Buzzer Beaters The Big Dance begins in earnest on Thursday, and everyone expects it to be wild. But will this year's NCAA tournament produce any buzzer beaters to rival these amazing shots? More Videos --> America's Top 50 Rabbis by Gabrielle Birkner Did Cleaners Kidnap Madeleine McCann? by Barbie Latza Nadeau The Most Batshit Crazy Show on TV by Molly Taylor

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