Cheat Sheet - The Perfect 'True Detective' Finale

Today: Inside The EuroMaidan's Circle Of Trust , Snowden to Speak at SXSW , U.S. Hid Own Risks After Fukushima March 10, 2014 ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT 1. The 'True Detective' Finale Was Close to Perfection Sunday's season finale of True Detective was the perfect conclusion to the series that has come close to perfection. The first season ended just in time—any longer and it would have broken the spell over the audience. Andrew Romano writes about the finale so good it broke HBO Go. Read it at The Daily Beast ON THE GROUND 2. Inside the Maidan's Circle of Trust As the dust settles, Kiev's revolutionaries realize they lack the political prowess to run a country. They're fighters, not politicians, reports Jamie Dettmer, and after tossing out kleptocrat Viktor Yanukovych, they're now having trouble adapting to the new political reality of an occupied Crimea. Read it at The Daily Beast LIVE FROM MOSCOW 3. Snowden to Speak at SXSW Appearing in front of the image of the U.S. Constitution, Edward Snowden addressed a crowd at South by Southwest to great fanfare Monday. Via Google Hangout, Snowden responded to questions from his legal adviser, Ben Wizner of the ACLU. "We need a watchdog that watches Congress," he said. He believes "every society has benefitted" from his NSA leaks and that he was acting in the name of the Constitution. "I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution, and I saw that the Constitution was being violated on a massive scale," he said. He also stressed the importance of encryption and said that it should be a "basic protection" rather than a "black art." That seemed to be part of his larger goal of calling upon the tech community to be more vigilante. "They're setting fire to the global Internet, and you guys in the room are the global firefighters," he said. Read it at KansasCity.com SECRET FEARS 4. U.S. Hid Own Risks After Fukushima After the Fukushima Daiichi meltdown in March 2011, the U.S. went out of its way to downplay the likelihood of a similar crisis occurring at home. Emails within the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission released Monday via the Freedom of Information Act reveal a campaign to assuage American fears of a nuclear meltdown, even as the agency was unsure of the safety of U.S. plants. NRC emails show that the agency declined to address reporters' questions about a worst-case scenario and tried to dissuade the press from using its own data on earthquake risks. It even actively hid Japanese engineers from reporters visiting the NRC's operations center in Maryland to distance itself from Fukushima. Read it at NBC WTF 5. George Zimmerman Signs Autographs In what is probably totally par for the course at a Central Florida gun show, George Zimmerman made a happy appearance and signed autographs. The killer of teenager Trayvon Martin was seen smiling and shaking hands with visitors. The New Orlando Gun Show was originally supposed to be held at a larger venue, but the location's managers canceled after the backlash over Zimmerman's appearance. Show organizer Mike Piwowarski plans to sue for an estimated $330,000 in lost gun sales. #Florida. Read it at WESH ALL ABOARD Public Transit Busiest Since 1956 Metro boom. ONE-MAN BRATPACK Biebs Goes Nuclear at Deposition Performance of a lifetime. REVENGE Tatar Leader Threatens Insurgency If Crimea votes to join Russia. LAST SLICE Sbarro Files for Bankruptcy Get it while it's hot. REGRET Lanza's Dad Wishes Son Wasn't Born "Adam would have killed me in a heartbeat." Rolling Stone Five Reasons Same-Sex Marriage is Sweeping the Nation GQ The 10 Habits of Highly Unflabby People Upworthy Here's How I Learned 25 Slaves Work For Me 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. Love in the Time of Tinder by Emily Shire Going Back to Vietnam by Jeff Greenfield It's Time to Shrink the Army by Bill Sweetman

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