Cheat Sheet - Exclusive Poll: America’s Deepening Racial Divide

Today: All Accounted for In Jet Crash , Avalanche Buries Up to 150 Pakistanis , GOP Superdelegates: Mitt’s Our Man April 07, 2012 AFTER TRAYVON 1. Newsweek Daily Beast Poll Finds Racial Divide A poll by Newsweek and The Daily Beast has found deep divides between whites and blacks about race in America. While 80 percent of blacks say Trayvon Martin's death was racially motivated, whites are evenly split—and only 19 percent of whites think racism is a big problem. The Daily Beast’s Douglas Schoen analyzes the results. Read it at The Daily Beast SEARCH 2. All Accounted for In Jet Crash All the residents of a Virginia Beach apartment complex have been accounted on Saturday, one day after an F-18 fighter jet slammed into the complex. Officials said a “catastrophic mechanical malfunction” caused the Navy jet to crash, and crash and subsequent explosion damaged five buildings. The two pilots, who suffered minor injuries, ejected the plummeting jet from a low altitude. Read it at CNN TRAPPED 3. Avalanche Buries Up to 150 Pakistanis Up to 150 Pakistani soldiers have been buried in an avalanche near the Indian border, military officials said Saturday. The avalanche came upon them suddenly and a helicopter team and search dogs have been deployed in the hunt for missing personnel, but casualties are expected in a region where Indian and Pakistani troops face off against each other and the inhospitable climate 20,000 feet above sea level. The avalanche struck at about 6 a.m. local time. Read it at Reuters CONSENSUS 4. GOP Superdelegates: Mitt’s Our Man Mitt, Mitt, he’s our man. And if he can’t do it, it’s probably true that no one can. In another sign that it’ll be Mitt Romney challenging Barack Obama this year, the Republican delegates who automatically go to the party’s convention have said that the former Massachusetts governor will clearly be the GOP’s nominee. “Look, Governor Romney’s going to be the nominee, and he’s going to have enough votes,” said Bob Bennett, an RNC superdelegate from Ohio. The RNC’s 120 superdelegates can vote for whichever candidate they want come the national convention in August. Read it at ABC News DANGER 5. Syrian Refugees Flock to Turkey Thousands have poured from Syria’s embattled towns and villages as the United Nations’ April 10 deadline for a ceasefire nears. Turkish hospitals are treating the wounded as smugglers and Free Syrian fighters secret their casualties out of the combat zone, just part of the estimated 2,800 Syrians who fled across the border on Thursday alone. Refugees report that Assad’s forces continue to shell civilian areas and conduct strikes with tanks and helicopters. Read it at Reuters NOT SO FAST Death Penalty Not Over for 11 Still on Death Row. In Connecticut. BALANCED? Murdoch Papers Bad on Climate Science In Australia, researchers say. NEW FRIENDS Kansas Mega Million Winner Collects Chooses to remain anonymous. OBIT Painter Thomas Kinkade Dies In California, age 54. SPLIT Heidi Klum Divorces Seal After three-month separation. 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 The Yes List Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. My Racial Profiling Lesson by Edward Conlon Tania Head’s Terrible 9/11 Lie by Robin Gaby Fisher , Angelo J. Guglielmo, Jr. Yankee Hanky Panky by The Daily Beast

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