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Today: Nigella Lawson Leaves Home After Press Reports That Charles Saatchi Choked Her , Intel Chief: NSA Isn't Tapping Calls , U.K. Monitored Politicians at 2009 G20 Summit June 17, 2013 AND THE WINNERS ARE … 1. Announcing the Beast Best Awards The Internet is a big place—let us point you in the right direction. Introducing the Beast Best Awards, honoring the coolest, smartest, beastiest sites and Twitter feeds of 2013. Read it at The Daily Beast NIGHTMARE 2. Nigella Lawson Leaves Home After shocking pictures emerged in the British press on Sunday that apparently showed art billionaire Charles Saatchi choking his celebrity-chef wife, Nigella was snapped leaving her house with a suitcase. The Daily Beast's Tom Sykes on the rumors that Saatchi has finally flipped. Read it at The Daily Beast THINK AGAIN 3. Intel Chief: NSA Isn't Tapping Calls The office of the Director of National Intelligence on Sunday disputed Edward Snowden's claims that a single analyst could have tapped into phone calls without warrants—and that Congress was never briefed of this practice. The statement contradicts comments made by U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, who reported to CNET on Saturday that he had been told in a closed-door meeting that the NSA allowed its analysts to listen in on phone calls without warrants. Nadler walked back from those statements on Sunday, telling BuzzFeed that "the administration has reiterated that, as I always believed, that the NSA cannot listen to the content of Americans' phone calls without a specific warrant." Meanwhile, Apple said on Monday that it had received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from U.S. law-enforcement authorities for customer data in the past six months alone. Read it at The Hill LEAKS, LEAKS, LEAKS 4. U.K. Monitored Politicians at 2009 G20 Summit The latest embarrassing detail to emerge from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden implicates the United Kingdom in a high-tech covert operation designed to give the country an advantage at the 2009 G20 summit in London. The Guardian reports that the British government monitored the communications of several foreign politicians, going so far as to set up fake Internet cafés to spy on their computer usage. Delegates' BlackBerrys were also targeted, and the NSA passed information on Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev to the Brits, according to the paper. The news comes as the U.K. prepares to host the G8 summit on Monday. Read it at The Guardian SOLIDARITY 5. Turkey's Unions Go on Strike Turkey's two major unions—which consist of roughly 800,000 workers—went on a one-day strike on Monday to show solidarity with the protesters who were evicted from Gezi Park on Saturday night. Turkish Interior Minister Muammer Guler denounced the strike as "illegal," as the unions said there would be rallies and marches in the afternoon. Sporadic clashes between police and protesters continued in Istanbul, where police violently removed protesters on Saturday night ahead of a rally in support of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. At Sunday's rally, Erdogan told hundreds of thousands that the two weeks of countrywide protests had been manipulated by "terrorists" and denied that he was behaving like a dictator. Meanwhile, the president of the Turkish medical association told the BBC that five doctors and three nurses had disappeared since treating the protesters. Read it at Al Jazeera English NOT SO ISOLATED Report: D.C. IRS Knew About Targeting Of Tea Party groups. INSIDE JOB Dissident: China Pressured NYU To end his fellowship. DON'T FORGET ABOUT SARAH Palin on Syria: 'Let Allah Sort It Out' "Until we know what we're doing." AMERICAN GANGSTER Jay-Z Announces New Album Has deal with Samsung for Magna Carta Holy Grail. CURB YOUR ANGER Jeff Garlin Arrested Allegedly smashing car windows in L.A. 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. A 'New Day' At CNN The Jeff Zucker era at CNN has officially begun, as the struggling network kicked off its brand-new morning show Monday. 'Thank goodness this day is finally here,' said co-host Kate Bolduan. More Videos 'We're Still Waiting' in Syria by Josh Rogin 'I Know You Want It' by Tricia Romano The Talented Mr. Benson by Jace Lacob

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