Cheat Sheet - George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin, and the Enduring Rift

Today: Cuban Weapons Found on North Korean Ship , Jurors: B37 Doesn't Speak for Us , U.N.: Syria Is Worst Crisis Since Rwanda July 17, 2013 VERDICT 1. George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin, and the Enduring Rift When the debates end and pundits have moved on, we will still be left with something else. In Newsweek, Joshua DuBois writes on understanding our inner Trayvons and inner Zimmermans. Plus, The Daily Beast's readers react to the Zimmerman verdict, and full coverage of the Zimmerman verdict. Read it at Newsweek UH-OH 2. Cuban Weapons Found on North Korean Ship No, this is not a riddle to fit all of the old Cold War conflicts into one sentence. Cuba admitted Wednesday to supplying old Soviet-style weapons seized last week aboard a North Korean ship in the Panama Canal. If Cuba was going by the old "enemy of my enemy is my friend" proverb, it doesn't really fit here, since the United Nations prohibits the supply of all weapons to North Korea. The Cuban foreign ministry said in a statement the weapons were being sent to North Korea for repair, and that the ship's main cargo was 10,000 tons of sugar. The vessel, the Chong Chon Gang, left Russia in April and entered the canal in June, with Cuba as its stated destination, before disappearing off the radar. It resurfaced on July 11 before being searched a day later. Read it at BBC News IT'S COMPLICATED 3. Jurors: B37 Doesn't Speak for Us If things are this awkward in public, it must have been even more awful in the deliberations. Four Zimmerman jurors (there were only six in total, so get ready for a doozy from the last one) said in a statement Tuesday that the comments made by B37 were "not in any way representative of the jurors listed below." The jurors asked the media to respect their privacy as well. But that hasn't stopped B37 from talking more. She said on Tuesday that 17-year-old Trayvon Martin "played a huge role" in his own death. "When George confronted him … he could have walked away and gone home," said B37 on Anderson Cooper 360. "He didn't have to do whatever he did and come back and be in a fight." The jury of six women on Saturday found Zimmerman, 29, not guilty of all charges in Martin's February 2012 death. Read it at Los Angeles Times CATASTROPHE 4. U.N.: Syria Is Worst Crisis Since Rwanda The United Nations said Tuesday that the Syrian civil war has created a refugee crisis not seen since the Rwandan genocide of 1994. "The extremely high rate of killing nowadays—approximately 5,000 a month—demonstrates the drastic deterioration of the conflict," Ivan Simonovic, the assistant secretary for Human Rights, told the Security Council. Nearly two thirds of the 1.8 million refugees registered in Syria's neighboring countries had fled Syria since the beginning of the year. Meanwhile, the U.N. envoy to Iraq, Martin Kobler, said that the "battlefields are merging" with Iraq, where the violence is spilling over into Syria. The last four months have been the bloodiest in five years in Iraq, with nearly 3,000 killed and 7,000 injured. Read it at Al Jazeera English TOXIC MIX 5. What Killed Cory Monteith Glee star Cory Monteith overdosed on a cocktail of heroin and alcohol. Dr. Kent Sepkowitz on the strange history of the addictive drug that ruled the '60s. Read it at The Daily Beast TRAGEDY 22 Kids Die From School Meals in India Part of a free lunch program. SHOWDOWN Liz Cheney Announces Senate Bid Will challenge Republican Mike Enzi. GUESS WHO'S BACK? Olbermann to Return to ESPN Will not be allowed to discuss politics. ENTER SANDMAN Rivera Gets All-Star MVP Also: American League wins. THE SHOW WILL GO ON 'Glee' Return May Be Delayed After Cory Monteith's death. 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. Holder: I Was Racially Profiled Speaking at the NAACP national convention in Orlando, Florida, Attorney General Eric Holder again addressed Trayvon Martin's death, saying it prompted memories of being pulled over despite doing nothing wrong. Holder went on to question the value of 'Stand Your Ground' laws that 'encourage more violence than they prevent.' More Videos McCain to the Rescue by Eleanor Clift The Scandal That Wasn't by Michael Tomasky TV's Transformative Moment by Hugh Ryan

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