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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Cheat Sheet - Gloria Steinem, Erica Jong & More Pay Tribute to Their Moms

Today: 'Best Mother's Day' for Cleveland Victim's Mom , Racist Immigration Disaster As Jim DeMint Botches His Heritage Debut , IRS Knew Tea Party Was Targeted
Cheat Sheet: Morning

May 12, 2013
ODE TO MOM

Gloria Steinem, Erica Jong, and other writers pay tribute to their mothers, who were all memorable in their own ways—women who hated Mother's Day, took Hollywood by storm, or comforted their daughters when they didn't win the Booker Prize.

HOMECOMING

Nancy Ruiz, the mother of kidnapping victim Gina DeJesus, called her reunion with her daughter "the best Mother's Day gift I could ever have" as two of the three young women held captive for over a decade spent their first weekend of freedom with their families. Amanda Berry, 27, who is now the mother of a six-year-old girl, also spent the weekend with her family after being reunited with her family, although Berry's own mother died in 2006, still heartbroken over her daughter's disappearance. The third victim, Michelle Knight, slipped into seclusion Friday after being released from the hospital, where she reportedly declined visits from her family. Meanwhile, Castro's brothers, Pedro and Onil, who were originally arrested in connected with the kidnapping but later released, insisted in a CNN interview that they knew nothing.

RACIST IMMIGRATION DISASTER
The playbook that worked so well for the conservative senator and think tank in 2007 backfired this year, writes The Daily Beast's Jamelle Bouie.

NOT REALLY BYGONES

This isn't really going to help with the paranoia. The Internal Revenue Service apparently knew that Tea Party groups were targeted for review as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general's report obtained by the Associated Press on Saturday. The document contradicts the IRS's earlier statement that it was only low-level employees targeting the Tea Party groups. The IRS apologized on Friday, calling the review of the tax exemption of conservative political groups in 2012 "inappropriate." According to the report, Lois G. Lerner, the head of the division that investigates tax exempt status, was told that groups that had the words "Tea Party" or "Patriot" or "9/12 Project" were being flagged for review.

VOTING

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appeared poised for victory on Sunday in Pakistan's general election, which went on Saturday despite violence that claimed 24 lives. Sharif, the head of the Muslim League (PML-N), was deposed by Gen. Pervez Musharraf in a coup in 1999 and was subsequently put on trial, jailed, and eventually exiled before returning in 2007. Early results in Saturday's election indicated tough loses for the opposition Pakistan People's Party (PPP), which had been targeted by the Taliban prior to the election. Former cricket player Imran Khan's Movement of Justice Party (PTI) made big gains in Peshawar, but Khan, who suffered head injuries last week during an election rally, had reportedly expected a better result.


DEADLY SPILLOVER
Turkey: Pro-Assad Group Behind Blasts
At least 46 people killed near border.
PRISON BREAK
Police: 2 Escaped Inmates Tried to Kidnap Mayor
In small Missouri town where they were caught.
PHEW
Trenton Standoff Ends, Hostages Safe
Suspect is in custody.
RISKY
Report: Lohan Ready to Quit Rehab
She's not down with their Adderall policy.
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