Cheat Sheet - Ken Cuccinelli’s Last Stand

Today: Slavery As 'Innovation' and Other Provocative Ideas: What I Learned From Henry Louis Gates's 'Many Rivers to Cross' , Apple Unveils 'iPad Air' , Job Growth Slowed in September October 22, 2013 FLAILING 1. Ken Cuccinelli's Last Stand Two weeks before Virginia voters choose their next governor, the Republican is lagging in the polls—and struggling with questions about the government shutdown. The Daily Beast's Ben Jacobs reports. Read it at The Daily Beast 'MANY RIVERS TO CROSS' 2. A Hard Look at Slavery Henry Louis Gates's new PBS show, The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross, shines a critical light on American colonists as innovators in racism and slavery. The Daily Beast's Jamelle Bouie on the series's provocative claims. Read it at The Daily Beast OOH AAH 3. Apple Unveils 'iPad Air' Compared to past keynotes, it was a bit of a yawn. Apple announced a snazzy new operating system, Mavericks, and a shot-across-the-bow to Microsoft with iWork, both of which will be given away for free. But everybody was waiting for the iPad announcements. Only 2.5 mm thick and starting at $499 ($629 for cell coverage), the new iPad Air weighs only 1 pound. It will be available to more carriers worldwide and have better wi-fi. Apple also unveiled an updated iPad Mini for $399 ($599 with cell coverage), which will now get a retina display. The iPads will go on sale November 1. Expect big sales, as for the first time it will go on sale simultaneously in China.  Read it at The Daily Beast NOT THERE YET 4. Job Growth Slowed in September The U.S. added just 148,000 jobs in September, slowing down gains made during the summer, according to the latest jobs report released on Tuesday. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, dropped to 7.2 percent, its lowest level since November 2008. The weaker-than-expected jobs numbers are a sign that the economy was weakened before the costly government shutdown, which economists estimate could result in as much as 0.6 percent loss in the fourth-quarter GDP. The release of the official jobs numbers was delayed due to the government shutdown. Read it at The Daily Beast MYSTERY 5. Irish Police Find Blonde Girl with Roma Irish police took a blonde girl from a Roma family in Dublin on Tuesday, less than a week after a similar case in Greece drew international attention on rumors of a Roma child trafficking ring. The Roma couple apparently said the seven-year-old blue-eyed blonde girl was their daughter, but police said they were not satisfied with their documentation and removed her from their care. Last week, Greek officials took a four-year-old blonde girl from a Roma family after a raid on a camp. The little girl, known as Maria, turned out not be genetically linked to the people who said they were her parents. Read it at BBC News EW 'White Widow' Wrote Poem for Bin Laden Professing her infatuation with al Qaeda. INDIA Teacher Charged in School Lunch Deaths For head teacher and her husband. FINAL RESTING PLACE Cemetery: Remove Spongebob Grave Iraq war veteran's seven-foot tall headstone. MUSIC Katy Perry Debuts 'Prism' Here's our review of the new album. LOVE CHILD Jersey Shore's Pauly D. is a Dad Conceived in Vegas hookup. CNBC Diddy to Buffett: 'I Need Some Advice' Conde Nast Traveler How to Get a Room at a Sold-Out Hotel Wonderwall Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are Engaged! 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. Instagram's Grey Gun Market by Brian Ries Buy That Breast Milk! by Kent Sepkowitz Katy Perry's Pop Perfection by Kevin Fallon

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