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A City Built On Sand Is A Monument To China's Problems, The Internet's Best Hoax Slayer, Hot Tip: You Could Be Earning 100x More Interest On Your Checking Account, Paula Broadwell, David Petraeus And The Afterlife Of A Scandal, WATCH: How The Naked Cowboy Makes His $150,000 Per Year, The Trailers For The New 'Ghostbusters' And The Art of Editing Comedy The Daily Digg Monday, May 30, 2016 NEW AREA, SAME OLD ISSUES A City Built On Sand Is A Monument To China's Problems washingtonpost.com Lanzhou New Area is supposed to be the "diamond" on China's Silk Road Economic Belt, a new metropolis carved out of the mountains in the country's arid northwest. But it's shaping up to be fool's gold, a ghost city in the making. INTERNET SCAMMERS HATE HIM The Internet's Best Hoax Slayer kernelmag.dailydot.com Thirteen years ago, Brett Christensen was the victim of an email hoax. Since then, he's dedicated himself to preventing the same fate for others. INVESTMENTS WE DIGG SPONSORED Hot Tip: You Could Be Earning 100x More Interest On Your Checking Account aspiration.com The Summit Account from Aspiration lets you earn up to 100x more interest on your checking account. Plus, they have no monthly service fees and free access to every ATM in the world. AFTER THE NEWS BREAKS Paula Broadwell, David Petraeus And The Afterlife Of A Scandal nytimes.com For Petraeus, the affair is a footnote to an otherwise celebrated career. But for Broadwell — not as decorated, not as public, but still accomplished in her own right — it has become a lasting stain. A SIX STRING AND A SIX PACK WATCH: How The Naked Cowboy Makes His $150,000 Per Year digg.com Think of an American music icon who's built an empire on being mostly naked in public. No, not Madonna. We're talking about the Naked Cowboy. SIGHT GAGS The Trailers For The New 'Ghostbusters' And The Art of Editing Comedy medium.com Tony Zhou from YouTube's Every Frame A Painting breaks down the film editing in the US and UK trailers for the new "Ghostbusters" and how editors can make or break a joke. Get more stories on Digg.com THERE'S NORWAY WE'RE DOING THAT Drone footage of people BASE jumping off cliffs in Norway looks totally nuts. Credit: Espen Hatleskog Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002