Cheat Sheet - Hillary's State Department Refused to Brand Boko Haram as Terrorists

May 08, 2014 OOPS 1. Hillary's State Department Refused to Brand Boko Haram as Terrorists When Hillary Clinton was at the helm, the State Department repeatedly refused to designate Boko Haram a terrorist group, Josh Rogin reports. Boko Haram is the Islamist group who kidnapped nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls last month and plans to sell them. The department fought against a terrorist designation despite Boko Haram's bombing of a U.N. facility, and requests from the Justice Department, CIA, and FBI. Read it at The Daily Beast EDGE OF SEAT 2. Is This the Day Odessa Explodes? The resort city of Odessa, Ukraine has long felt immune to the violence around it, but Will Cathcart reports from the ground that it's just a spark away from civil war. The only thing each side seems to agree on is that something else very bad is going to happen on Friday, May 9th—the anniversary of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. Read it at The Daily Beast TAXMAN RUNETH 3. House Holds IRS Official in Contempt The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to hold former Internal Revenue Service employee Lois Lerner in contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with an investigation into the agency's targeting of Tea Party and other conservative groups. Lerner outraged Republicans when she admitted the IRS gave extra scrutiny to conservative groups but repeatedly refused to testify on Capitol Hill, claiming her Fifth Amendment privilege. Her case will now be referred to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia and the contempt charge will be reviewed by grand jury. If convicted, Lerner could face between one month and a year in jail and a fine of up to $100,000. Read it at Washington Post SISTERHOOD? 4. Lewinsky: Feminism Failed Me Monica Lewinsky's tell-all in Vanity Fair has hit newsstands and she is making it clear that she does not identify as a a feminist, or at least "Feminist, capital F." Lewinsky writes that although she is grateful for the movement, her "experience being passed around like gender-politics cocktail food" has disenchanted her. She also expresses her disappointment that the "movement's leaders failed in articulating a position that was not essentially anti-woman during the witch hunt of 1998." She also criticizes Hillary Clinton's reaction to the affair, writing, "I find her impulse to blame the Woman — not only me, but herself — troubling." Read it at New York TIMES A-CHANGIN' 5. 24% of Latinos Are Ex-Catholics Nearly one-in-four Hispanic adults are now former Catholics, the Pew Research Center reports. According to its 2013 National Survey of Latinos and Religion, a majority of America's 35.4 million Latino adults (55 percent) identify as Catholic. Roughly 22 percent are Protestant, most of whom identify as born-again or evangelical. And 18 percent are religiously unaffiliated. In 2010, Pew Research polling showed two-thirds of Hispanics identified as Catholics, meaning Catholic identification has dropped 12 points in the past four years.  Read it at Pew Research Center TRAGEDY Pakistan Blasphemy Lawyer Murdered Defending professor who criticized the prophet Mohammed. HORRIBLE 4 Dead in James Blake's House Fire Former tennis pro. SEE YA South Korea Ferry Company CEO Arrested After disaster that killed hundreds. JUSTIFIED No Charges for Son Who Killed Vet Dad State says he acted in self-defense. EWWWWW Cast of 'Matilda' Hit With Lice Outbreak on popular Broadway show. ROLLING STONE Neil Patrick Harris: Up Close and… Nekkid THE CUT Jon Hamm Did Not Enjoy His Career in Porn ESQUIRE The Mob's Most Stylish Men 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. Viral Video of the Day: Bad British MLB Call What happens when a British guy who knows nothing about baseball tries to commentate a baseball game? More Videos Murdered for Her iPhone by Michael Daly Take ADHD Drugs to Treat Menopause? by Brandy Zadrozny Comedy Bang! Bang!'s Flying Circus by Rich Goldstein

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