Cheat Sheet - Pro-Gun Voices Change Their Tune

Today: Lanza Had 'No Connection' to School , Babysitter: Lanza's Mom Warned Me , Blast Kills Nine Afghan Girls December 17, 2012 CHANGE? 1. Pro-Gun Voices Change Their Tune There are tentative signs that the heart-rending tragedy in Connecticut is starting to shift America's conversation about guns. Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat with an "A" rating from the NRA, said Monday that "everything should be on the table." Meanwhile, Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough, a former Republican congressman, said he's "daring to question my long-held belief on these subjects." Is meaningful legislation on the way? The Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz reports. Plus, our interactive look at who's running the NRA. Read it at The Daily Beast NEWTOWN 2. Lanza Had 'No Connection' to School A Connecticut State police spokesman said Monday that Adam Lanza had "no connection" to the school where 26 people died on Friday. It was not immediately clear whether that statement contradicted earlier reports that Lanza had attended the school as a child. Spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance said that officers "did seize significant evidence" at the home where Adam Lanza lived with his mother. Vance also confirmed reports that two people wounded in the shooting had survived. "We have to do everything it takes to uncover every bit of evidence," Vance said. Read it at The New York Times WAIT A SEC 3. Don't Blame Asperger's Missing social cues is nowhere near the same thing as being a sociopath. The Daily Beast's Andrew Sullivan on why Asperger's syndrome is being wrongly accused in the wake of the Newtown shooting. Read it at The Daily Beast VIOLENCE 4. Blast Kills Nine Afghan Girls Nine young girls were killed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan Monday, local officials told The Washington Post. Three others were wounded in the blast, and all victims were schoolchildren between the ages of 9 and 11 who were collecting firewood when the landmine exploded. It's not yet clear whether the mine had been planted by the Taliban or was left over from Afghanistan's war with Soviet invaders. In a separate but nearby incident in Kabul, a suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives outside the offices of a military base used by foreign forces in the country's capital, killing at least one person and injuring at least 15 others. Read it at The Washington Post GOP 5. Gov. Haley Taps Scott for Senate Republican officials have said South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will name Rep. Tim Scott to replace outgoing Sen. Jim DeMint. Haley is scheduled to name her replacement choice at noon Monday from the South Carolina Statehouse. DeMint announced about two weeks ago that he would step down from his Senate post to take a job as head of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. Scott will be the first black senator to represent South Carolina in more than 100 years. Read it at The New York Times HIGH ALERT Schools in CT Town on Lockdown After reports of suspicious man with a rifle. EPIDEMIC Bloomberg: Act on Guns Now Tells Obama to use executive power. SUSPICIOUS L.A. Man Arrested for School Threat After Facebook post Sunday. AGAIN Regulator Sues JPMorgan Alleges Bear Stearns misconduct. OH NO SHE DIDN'T Middleton Snubbed by Olympic Hero Handshake offer goes unnoticed. 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. Scarborough: 'Friday Changed Everything' A few unexpected voices are speaking out about gun control after the shooting in Newtown, and this morning Joe Scarborough made a dramatic call for Washington to implement real change. As a Congressman, the Morning Joe host earned the NRA's highest ratings over four terms. But after Friday's massacre, 'I knew that day that the ideologies of my past career were no longer relevant to the future that I want,' he said. More Videos Life After Sex Work by Melissa Petro Will Obama End the War on Terror? by Daniel Klaidman Movies Are So Damn Long! by Ramin Setoodeh

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