Cheat Sheet - King Abdullah: The Middle East’s Failed Peacemaker

Read This, Skip That .... January 23, 2015 GAME OF THRONES 1. King Abdullah: The Middle East's Failed Peacemaker King Abdullah, 90, died Thursday after succeeding in bringing some stability to Saudi Arabia—but he could do nothing but despair as chaos descended on the rest of the region. Christopher Dickey writes the lynchpin of the world's oil-powered economy is in serious danger. Read it at The Daily Beast DEFLATEGATE 2. The NFL's Perfect Little Scandal The 2014-15 NFL season: The year the New England Patriots deflated the footballs and nothing else happened. Ben Collins writes a dustup over balls is clouding a year that saw Ray Rice level his fiancée, players rape women, and concussion damage pile up. Read it at The Daily Beast Lives at Stake 3. Did Japan Botch ISIS Hostage Deal? Two Japanese men held by ISIS are moments away from death. Did Tokyo blow a chance to save them? Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky and Jake Adelstein report police jailed a journalist heading to Syria to negotiate for their release. Read it at The Daily Beast Power Broker 4. Dark Master of New York Politics Accused of Taking Millions in Bribes From prostitutes to Twitter junk shots, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver watched as scandals felled his fellow New York lawmakers. Now he's been arrested—but is he out? David Freedlander reports. Read it at The Daily Beast Show and Tell 5. The Penis Comes Out on the Parisian Catwalk There it was, peeping out from Rick Owens's tunic-like creations at the menswear collections. Tim Teeman asks: Will men buy clothes that publicly display their main accessory? Read it at The Daily Beast POWER STRUGGLE Clinton Strong-Arms Scorsese Over Film HBO documentary stalled. SHOCK Federer Knocked Out of Australian Open By someone called Andreas Seppi. TOO DAMN HIGH U.S. Home Rental Prices Explode From San Fran to Kansas City. PACKING HEAT Americans Keep Trying to Board With Guns Record number stopped by the TSA last year. TRAGIC Ukraine Death Toll Hits 5,000 262 killed in the last nine days. THE HUFFINGTON POST Scientists Warn We're Ever-Closer To The Apocalypse ROLLING STONE Pharrell, Al Gore Bringing Back Live Earth in 2015 BUZZFEED Are Tiny Homes the Solution to Homelessness? 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. Why Are You Falling for Megyn Kelly? by Asawin Suebsaeng Anti-Vaxxers Bring Measles to Disney by Russell Saunders An Awful Movie Will Save J. Lo's Career by Kevin Fallon

ABOUT US | CONTACT US | SUBSCRIBE Copyright 2015 The Daily Beast Company LLC 555 W. 18th Street , New York NY 10011 Privacy Policy

If you are on a mobile device or cannot view the images in this message, click here to view this email in your Web browser. To ensure delivery of these emails, please add thedailybeast@e2.thedailybeast.com to your address book. If you have changed your mind and no longer wish to receive these emails, or think you have received this message in error, you can safely unsubscribe here.