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October 26, 2012 | | WHAT IS GOING ON? The safest city in America is rocked by news of a nanny who allegedly killed her young charges, ages 6 and 2, and a police officer accused of conspiring to kidnap, torture, roast alive, and eat women. The Daily Beast’s Michael Daly reports on the madness. FROM RAGS Is something fishy? In an investigation into Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao’s finances, The New York Times found his family has become extraordinarily wealthy during his time in power. His mother, a 90-year-old widow, accumulated millions—at least on paper—without much in the way of details. Jiabao’s relatives, including his wife, control assets worth at least $2.7 billion. The Chinese government accused the Times of a "smear" campaign against Wen, and then blocked the paper's website. The Times story comes just days before Wen transitions power over to the next generation of leaders. MOMENTUm As the president cast a first-ever pre-Election Day ballot, early voting experts say the returns to date show signs of Democratic momentum. The Daily Beast’s James Warren reports. TRAGIC An estimated 40 people were killed Friday morning when a bomb detonated at a mosque in Faryab province during a prayer gathering marking the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha. Over half of those killed are reportedly police, officials said. The Taliban is suspected to have carried out the attack. The bomber’s target appeared to be regional police chief Gen. Abdul Khaliq Aqsai, as the explosives were detonated as soon as he got in his vehicle. Aqsai survived the attack. The incident happened just before President Hamid Karzai repeated his call for the Taliban to join the government. IN THE CLEAR? Finally there’s a reassuring development in the U.S. meningitis outbreak. Public-health officials said on Thursday that there is “light at the end of the tunnel,” pointing to findings from the Centers for Disease Control that confirm the majority of those exposed to potentially contaminated steroid injects have passed the period of highest risk. The risk of death or stroke from meningitis dissipates 42 days after exposure. The contaminated medication issued by the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts was recalled in late September. Thus far 328 cases and 24 deaths have been blamed on the meningitis outbreak. | | 
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