Cheat Sheet - Don't Sleep With Your Co-Workers

Today: Don't Sleep With Your Co-Workers , BBC Scandal Blows Up , Boehner to House GOP: Wisen Up November 11, 2012 BAD IDEA 1. Don't Sleep With Your Co-Workers Don't Sleep With Your Co-WorkersWhether you are male or female, gay or straight, it's always a bad idea to climb into bed with someone who works with you. Just ask David Petraeus. Or Waffle House CEO Joe Rogers ... or Lockheed Martin's Chris Kubasik. The Daily Beast's Daniel Gross on the new rules of the game for CEOs. Plus, Nina Strochlic on the general's jilted wife Holly Petraeus. Read it at The Daily Beast MEDIA SHOCK 2. BBC Scandal Blows Up The director-general of the BBC resigned amid a flurry of allegations around sex-abuse reporting. Peter Jukes on the growing fiasco—and how it could affect The New York Times. Read it at The Daily Beast BUT WILL THEY? 3. Boehner to House GOP: Wisen Up How thorough was the electoral trouncing last Tuesday? The muttered support House Speaker John Boehner got from members of his party on a conference call Wednesday might be one of the most accurate barometers. "Most members were just taught a lesson that you're not going to get everything that you want," said Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole of the new House GOP effort to line up behind the speaker. "It was that kind of election." Boehner has long had trouble corralling his party's fractious House members, but doing so will be crucial if they are to present a significant voting bloc. Read it at The New York Times OUT OF HER LEAGUE 4. Broadwell Flaunted Petraeus Access Paula Broadwell got a lot of attention while she was working on her biography of David Petraeus – much of it for her form-fitting clothes and slim resume. "She was relentlessly pro-Petraeus," a policy expert who met Broadwell in Afghanistan said. "She wasn't a reporter. She struck me as an acolyte." Officers who worked with the general in Afghanistan said that his official biographer – revealed to be the other woman in a career-ending extramarital affair – also caught their eye when she posted sensitive military information on her Facebook page. But others in the general's circle said they were struck by Broadwell's work ethic and idealism. The FBI reportedly learned of the affair after uncovering "harassing" emails sent from Broadwell to a woman who both she and Petraeus knew. Read it at Washington Post 'WAR ZONE' 5. Indianapolis Fire Razes Homes Two people were reported dead in an explosion and blaze that devastated an Indianapolis neighborhood Saturday. The force of the explosion shattered windows in houses as far as a block away. "It looks like a war zone here right now," fire-department spokeswoman Lt. Bonnie Hensley said of the inferno that erupted after two neighborhood homes exploded around 11 p.m. local time. Rescue workers combed the area repeatedly and took displaced residents to a shelter at a nearby school. Read it at Chicago Tribune GAZA STRIP Rockets Strike Southern Israel Bibi threatens escalated response. DISASTER 6.8 Earthquake Rattles Burma 12 people feared dead. PROSECUTION Afghan Villagers Recount Massacre Say only one U.S. soldier attacked. INVESTIGATION Legal-Drug Overdoses on the Rise Kill more than heroin, cocaine combined. NEWLYWEDS Timberlake, Biel Are Sandy Volunteers Hand out supplies in Far Rockaway. 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. What's Wrong With The Republican Party? Where did they go wrong? Reason editor-in-chief Matt Welch argues the issue with the GOP this election cycle was their lack of narrative and failure to reach out to minorities, among other things. More Videos The Right's Still Racist by Michael Tomasky The Stoners' Guide to Life by Adam Auriemma The Real James Bond by Allen Barra

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