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April 01, 2012 | | EXCLUSIVE Keith Olbermann’s bitter divorce from Al Gore’s network followed months of escalating complaints to Current TV executives. The Daily Beast’s Howard Kurtz unearths the acrimonious correspondence, from Olbermann’s demand that his “unacceptable” set be improved to the spat over whether he would anchor the network’s Super Tuesday coverage. BURMA Nobel laureate, democracy icon, political prisoner for decades, and now, finally, a member of Parliament. The opposition in Burma says Aung San Suu Kyi has won a parliamentary seat in landmark elections Sunday. The official confirmation might not come for days, and the by-elections—the first in two decades—will fill just 45 spots in a 664-seat Parliament controlled by retired generals. And Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party has claimed “rampant irregularities” during the voting. But in a country where the military has ruled almost exclusively for 50 years, the victory could mark a new day. CLOSER It's still a few days away, but on Saturday, GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney predicted a win in Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary. A victory would put him in firm control of taking the nomination, and he’s got the numbers to prove it: polls show he’s come from behind to take the lead over Rick Santorum. “This was an uphill battle for me if you looked back three or four weeks ago,” Romney told supporters. “And now we’re looking like we’re going to win this thing on Tuesday. But I’ve got to have you guys get out and vote.” FLORIDA Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson joined thousands of protesters in a march through Sanford, Fla., on Saturday to demand the arrest of George Zimmerman. “We want arrests, shot in the chest,” the protesters shouted. Ben Jealous, the president of the NAACP, which organized the march, said, “We’re here to say, ‘Save our sons.’ Bring Mr. Zimmerman to justice.” FAIL A investigation by The New York Times suggests U.N. peacekeeping troops imported cholera to Haiti, setting off an epidemic that has killed more than 7,050 people—and stricken 5 percent of the population—as the Caribbean nation still struggles to rebuild from 2010’s devastating earthquake. According to The Times, “epidemiologic and microbiologic evidence strongly suggests that United Nations peacekeeping troops from Nepal imported cholera to Haiti, contaminated the river tributary next to their base through a faulty sanitation system, and caused a second disaster.” And the U.N. has been unwilling to acknowledge its role. | | 
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