Cheat Sheet - How I Escaped From Westboro

Today: 'Snowquester' Heads for D.C. , Forget Rodman. Guys like Jeff Bewkes Are the Real Winners of Vice's North Korea Stunt , Dow Hits Record High March 05, 2013 TELL-ALL 1. How I Escaped From Westboro Lauren Drain spent her teenage years in the infamous Westboro Baptist Church before being kicked out and disowned by her family. Now she's written about it. The Daily Beast's David Sessions digs into Drain's new memoir, Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church. Read it at The Daily Beast Get Ready 2. 'Snowquester' Heads for D.C. The poor, congressionally unaffiliated people of Washington, D.C., simply can't get a break. Not only must they brace for massive budget cuts that will affect the lives of many whether they work for government agencies or not, but now a major snowstorm is headed their way that's slated to end the capital's 769-day no-snowstorm streak. The Capital Weather Gang over at The Washington Post is calling the storm Snowquester, because it collides with the start of the sequester and both are expected to be awful—get it? Heavy winds and snow starting Tuesday night and into Wednesday pose a threat for dangerous travel conditions and possible power outages in D.C.'s Virginia and Maryland suburbs, while two to three inches and impaired travel are also expected inside the Beltway. Read it at The Washington Post SLAM DUNK 3. Vice's North Korea Money Trail Was Vice Media's basketball stunt in North Korea unethical? Maybe. Either way, a lot of rich people stand to get richer off it. The Daily Beast's Caitlin Dickson follows the money trail. Read it at The Daily Beast BULL! 4. Dow Hits Record High The Dow Jones industrial average Tuesday morning surpassed its all-time intra-day of 14,198. An early rally sent the Dow above 14,200, thus establishing a new high-water mark. The Dow has now recovered all the ground it had lost since the fall of 2007. The Dow's average fell a whopping 54 percentage points after its 2007 peak, reaching its bottom of 6,547 in March 2009. "It's a testament to what the Fed has done and what investors have done to move beyond the financial crisis," said Jack Ablin of Chicago's BMO Private Bank. No word yet on what the Fed is planning to do about mass unemployment. Read it at CNBC Bellicose 5. N. Korea: We'll Cancel Ceasefire Dennis Rodman may love North Korea, but it's not loving America back: the country's Army spokesman said Tuesday that North Korea would cancel its 1953 ceasefire agreement with South Korea amid rumors that China is collaborating with the U.S. on a series of harsh resolutions to be circulated at the U.N. The resolutions are a sign that China, a longtime ally of North Korea, has grown increasingly unhappy with the regime's behavior. North Korea claims that its military, which conducted its third nuclear test on February 12, is necessary because of American hostility. Read it at CBS News Food Fright IKEA Pulls Chocolate Cake After Chinese officials find bacteria. Impostor! Fake Bishop Sneaks Into Vatican Tried to infiltrate conclave. MELTDOWN Ships Will Soon Cross North Pole As Arctic ice disappears. CAPTAIN AHAB Fox to Create New Sports Network Mimicking ESPN. Mean Girls Swift Fights Back Against Poehler, Fey 'There's a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.' 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. Boos For Bieber You suck, Justin Bieber! At least that's what fans at his London concert probably said when the Biebs decided to show up two hours late. Here are other boo-worthy Bieber moments. More Videos Newt: We Never Had a Chance by Howard Kurtz The Internet Won't Save Us by Robert Herritt Anti-Drone Fashion Heats Up by Claire Stern

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