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Thursday, April 21, 2011
The Morning Scoop - Libya War Photographers' Final Hours
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Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, two decorated, veteran war photographers, died yesterday in Libya, apparently killed by a mortar shell as they documented the siege of Misrata by Muammar Gaddafi's army. Hetherington's final tweet noted indiscriminate shelling and a lack of NATO support in the city. It was a typically risky assignment for him and Hondros, The Daily Beast's David A. Graham reports. Plus read Hetherington describe how he covered the Afghan War.
The government-funding deal was the beginning, not the end, of the spending showdown: The GOP is now raising its demands with regards to increasing the debt ceiling. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Wednesday his party "will not grant [Democrats'] request for a debt limit increase" without spending cuts or budget reforms. Cantor says he's serious about sending the United States into default if his demands are not met. Republicans are demanding several possible attachments to the debt vote: statutory spending caps, a balanced-budget amendment, or a two-thirds vote requirement for raising taxes and debt-limit increases. Democrats want a "clean" vote.
What a classy way to mark the anniversary of the nation's worst oil spill. BP filed suit Wednesday against Transocean, the owner of the rig that exploded a year ago in the Gulf of Mexico, for $40 billion, claiming Transocean is at fault for the disaster. The massive figure is meant to help BP defray the associated costs of the debacle's cleanup. The disgraced British oil giant is also suing Cameron International, claiming its blowout preventer had a faulty design. "The blowout preventer failed to work and perform the function it was designed and manufactured to perform—i.e., to secure the well," BP said in the complaint.
Japan has gone ahead and banned access to a 12-mile radius surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Until Wednesday, the evacuation order was recommended but not enforceable by law. Residents will still be allowed brief reentry to collect their belongings. At least 60 families are believed to have never left the zone in the first place. Evacuees are mostly living in sports halls and gymnasiums.
Authorities evacuated a busy shopping mall near Colorado's Columbine High School after finding two propane tanks and a pipe bomb on Wednesday—the twelfth anniversary of the deadly shooting that killed 13 and wounded scores of others. A spokeswoman for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said a small fire broke out in the mall's food court around noon, and when firefighters arrived, they discovered propane tank bombs were the origin of the fire. About 10,000 people were evacuated from the mall. Columbine High School has no school on the anniversary of the attack, and local schools were put on lockdown Wednesday following the mall incident. Due to the similarity of the explosives to those at Columbine High School in 1999 and the date of the attack, the FBI was called to the scene and are viewing the incident as "a case of domestic terrorism." They are now searching for a "person of interest" who was caught on camera enterting a stairwell not typically used by the public.
Despite not campaigning or building a team, the former Arkansas governor's got the most intense support in all the GOP 2012 field. Now he's stirring from his long winter's nap—but his cushy gigs may prove too tough to give up, says John Avlon.
How to Get in When You're Waitlisted by Kristina Dell Suffering in waitlist limbo? Seize the opportunity! Kristina Dell on 8 proactive moves you can make to nudge yourself into the "accepted" category during this make-or-break moment.
Who's That in My Food?! by The Daily Beast Royal wedding hysteria knows no bounds. A young Brit found a jelly bean with the image of Kate Middleton's face on it this week. From the Mother Teresa "Nun Bun" to Bob Dylan steak, here are some profitable celebrity food sightings.
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