Cheat Sheet - Killer Klansman Was a Federal Snitch

Today: Ukraine Attacks Pro-Russian Area , The Tea Party's New Koch-Flavored Populism , Sub Mission for MH370 Fails April 15, 2014 TURNCOAT 1. When the Kansas City Gunman Was a Federal Informant More than 25 years before Frazier Glenn Miller allegedly shot and killed three people, the former Klansman was a star witness for the federal government in cases against his fellow white supremacists, Michael Daly reports. In 1987, Miller was facing various weapons charges that would have kept him behind bars for 200 years if convicted. Instead, he bought his freedom from the government by ratting out his own and even received financial support from the Federal Witness Protection Program. Read it at The Daily Beast QUESTIONS 2. Mystery Still Shrouds the Boston Bombers A year to the day since the attack that killed three and injured more than 260, we still don't know why the Tsarnaev brothers did it. Were they connected to terrorists? Thomas Jocelyn writes that while the FBI has found nothing linking Tamerlan Tsarnaev to terrorists, there are substantial reports he met with Islamic extremists overseas and even tried to change his name to honor a jihadist. Read it at The Daily Beast SINGING A NEW TUNE 3. The Tea Party's Koch-Flavored Populism At Republicans' Freedom Summit in New Hampshire last weekend, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul preached populism as the GOP's path to the White House in 2016. Cruz called out the "1 percent" and Paul warned against becoming the party of "fat cats," writes Patricia Murphy. You don't expect to hear that anti-rich rhetoric at an event sponsored by the Koch brothers and Citizens United, but it may be the GOP's new and needed political agenda. Read it at The Daily Beast TRY AGAIN 4. Sub Mission for MH370 Fails First attempts to locate missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 using a robotic submarine have ended unsuccessfully after its mission had to be cut off early. The Bluefin-21 was deployed to the southern Indian Ocean to detect wreckage signals based on where "black box" flight recorders were identified, but it exceeded its operating limit. It was supposed to do a 24-hour mission Monday, but completed only six. The U.S. Navy said no objects or data of interest were found during that time. Last week, four acoustic signals believed to be from the missing flight were detected, but no other signals have been identified since April 8. The flight itself has been missing since March 8, after leaving Kuala Lumpur carrying 239 passengers. The submarine is expected to be deployed again Tuesday if the weather holds up. Read it at BBC SKY WARS 5. Google Buys Drone Maker Google just bought itself some major bragging rights. The company purchased drone maker Titan Aerospace on Monday, which will potentially help it take the lead in the Internet battle to claim air space and set up online capacities in the most remote parts of the world. Facebook was known to be eyeing Titan, but an insider said Google agreed to top any offer from the Zuckerberg juggernaut. Facebook ultimately agreed to pay $20 million for Ascenta, a U.K.-based company that, like Titan, makes solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicles. The basis for using drones to extend Internet capacity globally is promising, but not yet fully proven. Still, both Google and Facebook seem willing to take gambles to battle it out for their corners of the sky. Read it at USA Today WHY SO SAD? Young Dads Face Depression Risks Spikes at age 25. THANKS A LOT Asia Smog May Worsen U.S. Winters Pollution's global effect. FEELING SAFE? Men Wearing GPS Trackers Killed 4 Still took cops months to find. GRUESOME Two Men Arrested for Cannibalism In Pakistan. twitter terror Girl Arrested for Airline Tweet After threatening to "do something really big." 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. Thrones' Sansa Stark Speaks by Marlow Stern Billy Bob Thornton's Cruelest Character Yet by Kevin Fallon Meet the Real-Life Ken Doll by Erin Cunningham

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