Cheat Sheet - The CDC Was Wrong About How to Stop Ebola

Read This, Skip That .... October 01, 2014 GET IT TOGETHER 1. The CDC Was Wrong About How to Stop Ebola The first Ebola case diagnosed in America is breaking some of the CDC's ironclad assumptions, Kent Sepkowitz writes. The agency has an algorithm that places people from the three afflicted West African countries under watch if they've had exposure to a known case of Ebola. But as far as we know, the Dallas case had no such exposure. Read it at The Daily Beast DEADLY DISPUTE 2. Mayor of California Town Shot to Death Daniel Crespo, the mayor of Bell Gardens, California, has died after being shot in what sources are attributing to a domestic dispute inside his home. Crespo and his wife were allegedly involved in an altercation when his 19-year-old son intervened, a spokeswoman for the local sheriff's department said. His wife is believed to have then fired a gun at Crespo. She has been released from custody after hours of questioning. Read it at Los Angeles Times Secret Service Lapse 3. Armed Felon Rode Elevator With Obama A security contractor with a gun and three convictions for assault and battery was allowed on an elevator with President Obama during a Sept. 16 trip to the CDC in Atlanta. When the president left the elevator, Secret Service agents stayed behind to question the man, as he had apparently been acting strangely and refused to stop recording the president with a cellphone camera. When the agents used a national database to check his criminal history, they found his convictions. Even more shocking, when he was later questioned by a supervisor, he turned over his gun. The agents had not known he was armed, meaning the screening used to keep people with guns away from the president failed to do so. Read it at The Washington Post WORLDS APART 4. Beijing/Hong Kong: A Tale of Two Cities As Hong Kong's protests continued to spread Tuesday night, the entire Chinese leadership was attending a carefully choreographed event in Tiananmen Square on the eve of the 65th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. When one Hong Kong news channel decided to go split-screen, reports Ben Leung, it captured how these pesky protesters in Hong Kong have managed to upstage the stooges in Beijing. Read it at The Daily Beast ALARMING 5. World Lost Half Its Wildlife in Last 40 Years The world has lost half of its species of wildlife in just the last 40 years, a new report from the London Zoological Society says. The society's Living Planet Index says populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish have declined by an average of 52 percent. Worse still, populations of freshwater species have fallen by 75 percent, according to the report. The index tracked more than 10,000 vertebrate species populations from 1970 to 2010. The conclusions suggest wildlife is continuing to be driven out by human activity. The index catalogues areas of severe impact, noting, for example, that in Ghana the lion population in one reserve is down 90 percent in 40 years. And globally, habitat loss and hunting have reduced tigers from 100,000 a century ago to just 3,000.  Read it at BBC STEMMING THE FLOW Obama OKs Refugee Plan for Border Kids Lets them seek status from Central America. GROUNDBREAKING California Allows Relatives to Seize Guns Of family members using restraining order. HEAVY DUTY Kim Jong-un So Fat He Injured His Ankles N. Korean leader in hospital. LONG WAY AC/DC Guitarist Has Dementia Confirmed by family of Malcolm Young. YIPPEE Royals Win Wild Card Game Made two comebacks against A's. HUFFINGTON POST The Pay Gap Is Much Wider Than Most Americans Think: Study ROLLING STONE The Florida Farce: Rick Scott vs. Charlie Crist ESQUIRE Studies Show Beer May Actually Be Good for the Brain 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. The Cult of Blondie by Tim Teeman Ken Follett Is an Unsung Gay Icon by William O'Connor 'black-ish' Is the New 'Modern Family' by Kevin Fallon

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