Cheat Sheet - Little Maria’s New Home

Today: Memo Warned Admin. On Healthcare , GOP Sen. Backs Equal Rights Bill , Taliban Denounces The Daily Beast November 04, 2013 EUROPE 1. Little Maria's New Home With the couple who raised her still in jail under charges of kidnapping and her biological mother absent, the blonde girl who drew international attention when she was found in a Greek Roma camp has been put into Bulgaria's foster care system. The Daily Beast's Barbie Latza Nadeau reports. Read it at The Daily Beast OOPS 2. Memo Warned Admin. On Healthcare Healthcare advisor David Cutler warned in a May 2010 memo to Larry Summers that the White House did not have the "relevant members of the administration understand the president's vision or have the capability to carry it out." In particular, Cutler stressed his concerns that the people working to carry out the reform had little experience in the complicated world of startups—and the technology itself would pose a problem. Cutler also warned about the myriad difficulties in implementing the new regulations and policy objectives. Since launching a month ago, HealthCare.gov, the website where consumers can purchase insurance, is still the target of large amounts of public and political ire. Read it at CBS News CLEARED HURDLE 3. GOP Sen. Backs Equal Rights Bill A bill that would make it illegal to discriminate against an employee due to sexual orientation cleared a major hurdle Monday when Nevada Republican Dean Heller announced Monday he will vote for it—likely becoming the crucial 60th vote in the Senate. The bill, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, has the support of the entire Democratic caucus, as well as Republican senators Susan Collins of Maine and Mark Kirk of Illinois. To pass, the bill will also need votes by Sens. Orrin Hatch of Utah and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who have both indicated in committee votes that they back the bill, but have not voted officially on the Senate floor. Other Republicans, including Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, could also be persuadable. Read it at The Huffington Post GEE THANKS 4. Taliban Denounces The Daily Beast Everyone is a media critic now. The Taliban denounced The Daily Beast for violating "the basic principles of journalism" for our November 1 article detailing top-secret meeting the terrorist group held near Islamabad. Not content merely to criticize The Daily Beast's journalistic ethics, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid argued that this website is run by "famous intelligence agents" (we're conducting an internal investigation). Our knuckle-dragging critics also lectured the The Daily Beast for not contacting the Taliban's media spokesman or regurgitating its semi-literate press releases. "Attributing false statements to the Islamic Emirate and associating with [sic] unknown figures with us violates the basic principles of journalism," Mujahid says. Thanks for the tip, Taliban! It's always fun to be lectured about ethics by a terrorist organization dedicated to bringing the world back to the seventh century. Read it at Shahamat-English.com ABUSES OF POWER 5. Horace Mann of the Potomac A former teacher was convicted of molesting five students at Virginia's elite Potomac school. The victims want to know if the school did enough to stop him. The Daily Beast's Lizzie Crocker reports. Read it at The Daily Beast GOTCHA SAC Capital Pleads Guilty To insider trading. MYSTERY Milly Dowler Notes Disappeared Prosecutors allege Rebekah Brooks and others hid them. SURVIVAL OF THE MEANEST 'Queen Bees' Hard-Wired to Rule Teen psychologist blames it all on "hormones." BROADCAST YOURSELF YouTube's Strange Music Awards And yet epically cool. ACCIDENT King Tut Mystery Solved After nearly a century. NY Magazine Amazon's First Original Shows Will Premiere This Month Rolling Stone Exclusive: Eminem Responds to "Rap God" Homophobia Accusations PopSugar *NSYNC Reunion 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. 'The Walking Dead' Isn't Racist by Melissa Leon The Rolling Disaster Campaign by Jamelle Bouie James Franco Uncut by Marlow Stern

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