Cheat Sheet - Hostage Taken With James Foley Spouts ISIS Propaganda

Read This, Skip That .... September 18, 2014 TERRIFYING 1. Hostage Taken With James Foley Spouts ISIS Propaganda British journalist John Cantlie was revealed to the world as an ISIS captive on Thursday in a lengthy video in which he spouts propaganda for his captors. Jamie Dettmer reports that Cantile had previously worked to undermine jihadists by identifying them for British intelligence after he was taken captive once before in 2012. London warned him not to return to Syria, but he did so anyway—and was captured with James Foley, who was later beheaded by ISIS. Read it at The Daily Beast FREEDOM 2. Voter Intimidation Grips Scotland as It Votes on Independence Across Scotland today, people are casting the most fateful ballots in 300 years as the country votes on independence. Nico Hines reports from Glasgow that both sides say the other is intimidating them. "Vote Yes or Else!" was written on one polling station, while a statue of Queen Victoria was defaced. "I just hope Scotland doesn't tear itself apart," one voter said. "I have a feeling it's going to be carnage." Read it at The Daily Beast RED LINE? 3. Kerry: Assad Broke Chemical-Arms Pact While testifying before Congress on Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry declared that Syria has violated the Chemical Weapons Convention it signed on to last year by using chlorine gas. That assessment by Kerry comes after the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons claimed that Bashar al-Assad's regime has "systematically and repeatedly" used chlorine gas in attacks in northern Syria. Assad signed the pact under the threat of U.S. military action last year when he used nerve gas against civilians. Kerry also said on Capitol Hill that Assad has been playing "footsie" with ISIS and is far from their enemy. For a while now, there have been concerns that little has been done in regard to biological weapons Assad may have as well as undeclared chemical weapons such as chlorine bombs and nerve gasses. Read it at NBC News THUGS 4. Russians Rob BBC Crew In what looks like an attempt to kill a story, a BBC News crew inside Russia was attacked by thugs while trying to report on soldiers who died in the Ukrainian conflict. The crew's cameraman was beaten and his camera destroyed in Astakhan in southern Russia. When the crew went to the police, they returned to their car and found the interview with a dead soldier's mother was wiped from the hard drives while they were in the station. The story showed how despite Moscow denials about soldiers fighting in Ukraine, Russian families are coping with losing sons in the fight. Read it at BuzzFeed JUSTICE 5. Innocent Convict Gets Statue in Texas Lubbock, Texas, unveiled a statue Wednesday of Tim Cole, the black student convicted of a rape for which he was later exonerated. In 2009, DNA showed Cole was innocent; however, he had died a decade earlier from heart complications due to asthma. "I still believe in the justice system, even if the justice system doesn't believe in me," he wrote to his sister from prison, at a time when she was the only black student at Texas Tech's law school. Cole always maintained he was innocent, and never confessed. In 2007, an inmate named Jerry Johnson wrote to Cole (who was already dead) confessing to the rape and offering to submit his DNA to clear Cole's name. Read it at CNN TRAGEDY 6-Year-Old Stabbed to Death in L.A. Boy's father suspected. JEALOUS Teacher Wins $1M on 'Wheel of Fortune' Third person ever to do so. BRUTE FORCE Cops: NFL Player Broke His Wife's Nose Head-butted her, hit his son. Case Closed Judge: James Cameron Didn't Rip Off 'Avatar' Director wins idea-theft lawsuit. DIVA Lawsuit: Patti LaBelle Ordered Beatdown Of West Point cadet. Rolling Stone 5 Ways Occupy Wall Street is Still Fighting BuzzFeed PepsiCo CEO Slams "Repugnant Behavior" of NFL Players The Huffington post House Votes To Audit The Fed... And Deregulate Wall Street 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: Attempted Robbery Caught on Helmet Cam A tourist documenting a bike trip gets a gun in his face. More Videos Alison Bechdel: Genius to Watch Out For by Tim Teeman Into the Grindr of the Gay Dating Game by Tim Teeman Franco's 'Shining' Moment by Amy Zimmerman

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