Cheat Sheet - Dear NRA, There Are No ‘Absolute’ Rights

Today: Katherine Russell, Tamerlan Tsarnaev's Widow, Wants Nothing To Do With His Corpse , Source: Israel Strikes Syria Again , Tsarnaev Friends: 'Still Makes No Sense' May 05, 2013 The Constitution 1. Dear NRA, There Are No 'Absolute' Rights Nearly every idea in the Bill of Rights comes with restrictions and limitations. To think that the Second Amendment should be any different is absurd, writes The Daily Beast's Michael Tomasky. Read it at The Daily Beast DEVOTION? 2. Burying a Loser Lee Harvey Oswald, Timothy McVeigh and Ted Bundy, all needed burying. Now it's Tamerlan Tsarnaev's turn, reports The Daily Beast's Michael Daly. Read it at The Daily Beast ATTACK 3. Source: Israel Strikes Syria Again Israel targeted Syria in another airstrike early Sunday, this time hitting a military facility just north of the capital, a Western intelligence expert confirmed. Israel declined to comment. "The sky was red all night," said one man who lives less than a mile from the facility. "We didn't sleep a single second. The explosions started after midnight and continued throughout the night." The facility reportedly held Iranian-supplied missiles, which Israel contends was headed for Lebanon's Hezbollah. Israel attacked the same site three months ago. U.S. President Obama, meanwhile, defended Israel on Sunday. "I'll let the Israel government … confirm or deny whatever strikes they've taken," Obama is expected to say in a televised remarks on Sunday. Read it at Reuters QUESTIONS 4. Tsarnaev Friends: 'Still Makes No Sense' In the two weeks since the Boston Marathon bombing and the ensuing manhunt that shut down the city, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's friends and associates still cannot make sense what happened to the 19-year-old, according to a profile in Sunday's New York Times. "Nothing seemed out of the ordinary," said Jason Rowe, Tsarnaev's freshman roommate at UMass, Darthmouth. A wrestler in high school, his teammates said they looked up to Tsarnaev as a motivator, although few people saw what home life was like for Tsarnaev. By the time Tsarnaev was at UMass, his parents had left for Russia, although he never gave any indication he embraced Islam—until April of this year. Meanwhile, an independent autopsy has been scheduled for Tsarnaev's brother, Tamerlan, who was killed during a shootout with police—and after reportedly being run over by a fleeing Dzhokhar. Read it at The New York Times SURE, WE BELIEVE YOU 5. North Korea: Jailed American Not a Ploy North Korean insisted on Sunday that they are not using an American who has been sentenced to 15 years in a hard labor camp on murky charges as a bargaining chip to get leverage in talks with the U.S. Kenneth Bae, a South Korean by birth who has become a naturalized American citizen, was found guilty of crimes against the state, although his exact crime is still unclear. The U.S. State Department urged North Korea to release Bae and give him amnesty, but an official in Washington said last week that there are no plans to send an envoy to negotiate Bae's release. Read it at Reuters SHADY Nigel Evans: Rape Complaints 'False' Tory MP accused of raping one man, sexually assaulting another. TERRIFYING Toxic Belgian Train Fire Kills One Train carrying chemicals derailed near Ghent. RAGE Referee Dies After Being Punched 17-year-old had been angry over penalty. RUMBLING Alaska Dormant Volcano Spews Ash Prompted some planes to be diverted. WHAT WOULD THE KARDASHIANS SAY? E!'s Twitter Feed Hacked Claimed by Syrian Electronic Army. 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. VIDEO: TV Anchors Bust a Move After 17 years without dancing on 'Today' (or so he says), Matt Lauer broke Friday morning, unable to resist Psy's live performance of 'Gentleman.' See which other television anchors have gotten jiggy wit it, from Katie Couric to Regis Philbin. More Videos Steer Clear of Syria by Lloyd Green Farewell to the Gas Station by Daniel Gross Outrageous Hats at the Kentucky Derby by

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