Cheat Sheet - They're Baaack: Liberal Activist Group ACORN Rises From the Dead

Today: Golden Globes Recap: All the Best, Weirdest Moments You (May Have) Missed , NSA Program Stopped Diddly-Squat , WV Chem Site Unmonitored Since '91 January 13, 2014 IT'S ALIVE 1. Liberal Activist Group ACORN Rises From the Dead Four years since being trampled by conservatives, the left-wing, grassroots organizing group ACORN is back in all but name, reports The Daily Beast's David Freedlander. From Florida to California, dozens of entities have sprung up in the wake of ACORN, many of them with the same leadership doing the same work that their old group did for 40 years. Read it at The Daily Beast WHO NEEDS TIVO? 2. Golden Globes: All the Best Moments You (May Have) Missed Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were hysterical. Diane Keaton was delightfully weird. Leonardo DiCaprio got burned. Relive the most memorable parts in a whirlwind recap by The Daily Beast's Kevin Fallon. Read it at The Daily Beast SOME EXCUSE 3. NSA Program Stopped Diddly-Squat The National Security Agency's collection of phone records has had "no discernible impact on preventing acts of terrorism." That's according to a study released Monday by the New America Foundation, which analyzed 225 terrorism cases in the U.S. since the 9/11 attacks. The study backs up the findings last month by the White House-appointed review group, which also said the NSA program was "not essential." Instead, the New America Foundation study says that in most cases, traditional law enforcement and investigative methods were the most effective. Read it at The Washington Post WHERE WERE THEY? 4. West Virginia Chemical Site Unmonitored Since '91 The chemical facility in West Virginia that poisoned drinking water for 300,000 people had not been visited by environmental inspectors since 1991, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday night. The facility owned by Freedom Industries Inc. spilled 7,500 gallons of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol through a one-inch hole in a tank last week. The feds don't inspect most above-ground chemical storage units, and West Virginia had not yet forced Freedom Industries to implement a groundwater protection plan. Too late now. Read it at Wall Street Journal CA-CHING 5. World to Pay Iran $550 Million Diplomacy pays off. Iran will receive $550 miillion at the start of February when world powers free part of Tehran's blocked $4.2 billion. The money is part of a temporary agreement to curb Iran's nuclear program and goes into effect Jan. 20. Iran also gets temporary relief from sanctions. The deal says Iran will stop enriching uranium beyond 5 percent, dilute or convert its current stockpile, and cease installing new centrifuges. Read it at Reuters NOT SO LIBERAL Pope: Abortion 'Throwaway Culture' Named it one of the world's crises. UNSTOPPABLE Peyton Manning Zaps Chargers Facing Tom Brady next weekend. GETTING PHYSICAL Bosch: I Personally Injected A-Rod With performance-enhancing drugs. UNHEALTHY APPETITE Cannibal Ate Man for 'Revenge' For the murder of family members. MORAL HIGHGROUND '16 & Pregnant' Stops Teen Births According to new study. 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. Moral Courage TV: Jane Akre A reporter refuses to be bribed into covering up a story. This video is part of the Moral Courage Project, founded by Irshad Manji. More Videos No Country for Old Nazis by Michael Moynihan Bobby Moynihan Is the Chozen One by Kevin Fallon The New Age of Christian Martyrdom by Kirsten Powers

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