Cheat Sheet - Even an Ivy League Grad Can’t Pass the New GED

Read This, Skip That .... January 13, 2015 SCHOOLED 1. Even an Ivy League Grad Can't Pass the New GED The high-school equivalency exam has been privatized, made four times more expensive, and is so hard to pass that even an Ivy League graduate failed it. Matt Collette took the new GED and finds it's no mystery why only 86,500 passed last year vs. 540,000 in 2013. Read it at The Daily Beast NOT AGAIN 2. Amazon Shrugs at Woody Allen's Abuse Scandal Not even a year after sexual-abuse allegations by his daughter turned Woody Allen into a pariah, he's back on top with a lucrative TV deal. Why do we continue to ignore predators, asks Kevin Fallon. Read it at The Daily Beast MITT 3.0 3. Why Mitt '16 Isn't Totally Insane Mitt Romney has bounced back from the 2012 loss to be the tallest midget in the GOP. John Avlon and Jackie Kucinich on how the "flippin Mormon" emerged with his reputation enhanced. Read it at The Daily Beast HOOP DREAMS 4. Brooklyn Nets Put Up for Sale Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov is moving to sell his share of the NBA team, Bloomberg News reports. Prokhorov has hired the Evercore Partners financial group to sell the team. Prokhorov owns 80 percent of the Nets and 45 percent of their home, the Barclays Center, which is not for sale. The Nets are estimated to be worth $1.3 billion, but could fetch more than the $2 billion ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer paid for the Los Angeles Clippers last year.  Read it at Bloomberg.com DEADLY DENIAL 5. Nigeria Lets Boko Haram Keep on Killing Remember #bringbackourgirls? The girls are still gone and as the body count rises in Nigeria, the country's leaders are almost as silent as the global community, reports Barbie Latza Nadeau. Read it at The Daily Beast R.I.P. French Terror Victims Buried in Israel Netanyahu spoke at their funeral. GET VACCINATED! Measles Outbreak Hits Disneyland Infecting 22 and counting. FRENEMIES Romney and Christie Will Try to Make Up As each gears up for 2016. FOUL Kevin Garnett Suspended for Headbutting Things got ugly at the Barclay's Center. JOIN THE CLUB China Sets Up Moon Landing Spacecraft orbits before mining mission. HUFFINGTON POST Heroin-Linked Deaths Surge 39 Percent, CDC Finds ROLLING STONE Will 'Girls' Ever Grow Up? BUZZFEED Who Is And Isn't Publishing The New Charlie Hebdo Cover Image 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. Unreleased Beastie Boys/Nas Video Surfaces "Too Many Rappers" featuring Nas circulating on the Web. More Videos Kathy Griffin's 'Fashion Police' Screw-Up by Tim Teeman How to Survive a Digital Genocide by Alec Kubas-Meyer Townes Earle on 'Commies' Ruining Music by James Joiner

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