Cheat Sheet - The End of New York

Read This, Skip That .... August 06, 2014 SO LONG 1. The End of New York In the past two decades, Manhattan has gone from grungy to gentrified, and Jeremiah Moss has been ruefully documenting this transformation. His blog, Vanishing New York, showcases the closed-down shops and dive bars that died. Tim Teeman interviews Moss about his blog that New Yorkers can't stop reading, even when it breaks their hearts. Read it at The Daily Beast CONGRATULATIONS 2. Spacecraft Orbits Comet for First Time The Rosetta spacecraft on Wednesday became the first to orbit a comet after chasing it billions of miles over 10 years. "Thruster burn complete. Rosetta has arrived at comet 67P. We're in orbit!" announced the European Space Agency on Twitter. The comet is known as "Chury." The chase took five loops around the sun and 6.4 billion kilometers, and even involved a two-year hibernation. The next stage will take place in November when controllers will try to put a robotic lander on the surface, which has never been done before. In studying the comet, scientists hope to learn about whether they brought water to Earth or about the chemicals that make up life. Read it at CNN HISTORY REPEATING 3. Iraqi Minority Dying on Mountains The U.S. as well as Iraq is trying to get airdrops of food and water to members of the secretive minority Yazidis after tens of thousands of them fled to the mountains from the town of Sinjar to escape Sunni extremists from the self-proclaimed Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS. Yazidis, who number 600,000 worldwide, combine Zoroastrianism with Sufi Islam and Christianity. They are called devil-worshippers by fundamentalists. The worst attack during the Iraq War came when suicide bombers killed nearly 800 people in a Yazidi village. According to the U.N., at least 40 children have died while hiding in the mountains. Read it at The Washington Post IN DIRE NEED 4. From Ukraine, a Plea For Body Bags As Ukraine battles to recapture Donetsk, neither local authorities nor international agencies are able to cope with the mounting civilian casualties. In addition to lacking water, power, and medical aid, the people of eastern Ukraine are in desperate need of body bags just to adequately manage the death, reports Anna Nemstova. Donetsk victims do not care whether help comes from Moscow, Kiev, Brussels, or Washington, but they need it now. Read it at The Daily Beast IVORY LUST 5. A World Without Elephants? Blame China In 35 years, Africa's elephant population has plummeted by half a million, and China's love of ivory is to blame. Michael Tomasky writes that the ivory trade could all but eradicate elephants in less than 20 years. The crisis begs the question: Do we want to be the people who eliminated elephants? Read it at The Daily Beast TERRIFYING Jewish Kids Told Throats Will Be Slashed Nazis boarded a bus of children in Australia. FAITH RESTORED Crowd Lifts Train to Save Man Trapped between platform and train. NEW TWIST U.S. General's Killer Was in Afghan Army Not an outside terrorist. TOUGH GUY Putin: No Omaha Steaks for Russians Bans agricultural imports from sanctions-issuing states. ICON Surgeon General Who Fought Tobacco Dies Dr. Jesse Steinfeld was ousted over it. Huffington Post What Key Facts are Hiding in the Senate's CIA Torture Report? Rolling Stone Business as Usual: Spurs Hire… a Woman?! UsWeekly The Beyoncé/Jay Z Breakup Rumors Heat Up 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: Hillary Clinton Name-Drops on 'Colbert' But no, she didn't announce her 2016 candidacy. More Videos When 'Tantric' Is Code for Rape by Lizzie Crocker Teens Don't Know HIV Is an STD by Russell Saunders The Tapes That Destroyed Nixon by Scott Porch

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