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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The Afternoon Scoop - Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Released From Prison

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The Daily Beast - The Afternoon Scoop - June 22, 2011
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CHEAT SHEET
MUST READS FROM ALL OVER

ART
1. Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Released From Prison

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been released from jail after three months.
Blake Gopnik writes that his ordeal will only strengthen the call for
artistic freedom.

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FAIL
2. Gore Blasts Obama on Climate Change

Al Gore has really developed a taste for inconvenient truths—he's doing
what few Democrats have done and criticized President Obama's record on
climate change. In a 7,000-word essay for Rolling Stone posted online
Wednesday, Gore outlines scores of Obama's failures, from failing to
defend his green stimulus package from Congressional defunding, to
making concessions to oil and coal companies. But the biggest problem
with Obama is a much more general one, according to Gore: "President
Obama has never presented to the American people the magnitude of the
climate crisis." Gore said Obama has failed to make the case for "bold
action," and it is time to do so.

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OUT OF HIDING
Pulitzer Winning Journalist: I'm Illegal
Jose Antonio Vargas backs the DREAM Act.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBOAkLcB7SwhTB8cBqCNsjV9oom/cht3

GIZMOS
New iPhone Slated for September
Will be faster, have better camera.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBOAkLcB7SwhTB8cBqCNsjV9oom/cht4

GAMBLING
Feds Crack Celebrity Gambling Ring
Tobey Maguire being sued; DiCaprio, Matt Damon also reportedly involved.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBOAkLcB7SwhTB8cBqCNsjV9oom/cht5

SEXTING
'Belgian Weiner' Tweets at Mistress
Prime Minister also helped her find a job.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBOAkLcB7SwhTB8cBqCNsjV9oom/cht6
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