Cheat Sheet - The Truth About Cleansing

Today: Hernandez Linked to More Murders , Racism Is a Tough Sell: The Real Reason Everyone Dumped Paula Deen , Senate Passes Immigration Reform June 28, 2013 YOU'VE BEEN RINSED 1. The Truth About Cleansing The celeb-endorsed craze promises to flush your body of icky impurities with a flood of juice. Consumers love it, but medical professionals aren't convinced. Lizzie Crocker reports. Read it at The Daily Beast Spree? 2. Hernandez Linked to More Murders Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez, currently facing charges in a Boston-area murder last week, is now being questioned in the investigation of a double murder from July 2012. Two investigators said they now believe that the man Hernandez is charged with killing may have had information about the football player's role in the previous two killings. Those two murders happened after a fight broke out at a club in Boston's Theater District between the two eventual victims and a group of men that included Hernandez. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to the charges in the recent murder. Read it at The Boston Globe BUH-BYE 3. The Real Reason Everyone Dumped Paula Deen In business, it's OK to be a sexist, a felon, or an adulterer. But a racist? Uh-uh—especially if your brand has a national reach. Daniel Gross on Paula Deen's swift fall. Read it at The Daily Beast GANG OF EIGHT! 4. Senate Passes Immigration Reform We knew you could do it! After weeks of debate and failed votes, the Senate passed its immigration reform bill Thursday 68-32—a vote that included 14 Republicans. The 11 million undocumented immigrants who would have a path (albeit it a long one) to citizenship, should the bill become law, shouldn't break out the champagne just yet, though—it could still fail in the Republican-controlled House. Speaker John Boehner has said he won't even bring the bill to the floor for a vote. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), an opponent of the bill, said immigration reform was destined for "the ash heap of history," regardless of its victory in the Senate. Read it at The Huffington Post Baby-Making 5. U.K. to OK Three-Way DNA The United Kingdom may approve a controversial technique of using DNA from three people to create a baby, the country's top medical officer said. The new technique allows scientists to take DNA from another person if a mother wants to avoid passing on certain genetic diseases, like a faulty mitochondria, and embed it in a healthy donor embryo that is then transferred to the mother's womb. British tabloids have latched onto the development as creating a "three-parent baby," but scientists say the donor DNA is too negligible to be relevant. Similar research is going on in the U.S., though embryos are not used to produce children. Read it at The Telegraph Anti-Gay Chick-fil-A CEO Blasts SCOTUS "Founding fathers would be ashamed." Tour de France Armstrong: You Have to Dope Says it's impossible to win otherwise. TO THE TOP Ex–Pentagon General Under Investigation For leaking intel on U.S. cyberattacks on Iran. Sure About That? NYT: 'White House Down' Not Bad "Less idiotic than feared," says Manohla Dargis. 'Toxic Little Queen' Baldwin Launches Homophobic Twitter Rant Then deletes it, of course. 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. Inside Paula Deen's Kitchen: A Parody In this hilarious viral video of the fake TV show 'African American Cooking with Paula Deen,' we see the embattled celebrity chef pal around with her black friend 'Jellyroll.' More Videos End of the American Dream? by Niall Ferguson Next Stop on the Gay-Marriage Train by The Daily Beast Backstreet's Back! by Marlow Stern

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