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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Cheat Sheet - Exclusive: Inside Newt's Stunning Comeback

Today: Thousands Gather to Protest Russian Vote, Taliban: In Peace Talks With Pakistan, Supreme Court to Review Texas Redistricting
The Daily Beast Cheat Sheet: Morning

December 10, 2011
EXCLUSIVE

As he gears up for tonight's faceoff with Mitt Romney at the Iowa debate (join us for a live chat at 9 p.m. ET), Gingrich tells Peter J. Boyer about his inner circle and what really happened at his ex-wife's hospital bedside in this week's Newsweek. He also dishes on how Romney and Rick Perry have been "acting like seventh graders," his candid conversation with a Clinton aide about his affairs, and why he believes his plan for the poor "makes me, in some ways, like the two Roosevelts."

UNREST

It looks like Russia's attempts to deter protesters from coming out today haven't succeeded. Police say at least 15,000 protesters gathered in Moscow to protest alleged fraud in Sunday's vote by Vladimir Putin's party. At least 50,000 police have been deployed in Moscow to control the rally, which is relegated to a small island south of the Kremlin. The protest is poised to become the largest in Russia in two decades, but it is unclear whether it will be large enough to truly trouble Putin, who is expected to win the presidency in March.

NEGOTIATIONS

This is unlikely to help U.S.-Pakistan relations. The deputy commander of the Pakistani Taliban says it is in peace talks with the country, which his group has been at war with for four years. "Our talks are going in the right direction," said Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, the No. 2 commander of the Pakistani Taliban. So far, the negotiations are only for the Najaur region, but he says that it will be a model for other areas. As a goodwill gesture, he says Pakistan has released 145 members of the group and the militants have called a ceasefire.

SORT IT OUT

The Supreme Court has agreed to intervene in a Texas dispute over a controversial redistricting map that critics say is designed to limit voting rights of minorities. The court will determine if the state's redistricting plans for the Texas House and Senate as well as for its representation in the U.S. House of Representatives is constitutional. The politically-charged dispute focuses on the federal government's ability to protect minority voting rights and whether judges should have authority over how a state legislature's map is drawn. Texas is one of nine states covered by the 1965 Voting Rights Act which requires federal approval before states with histories of racial discrimination can change their voting laws or district maps.

BAD EDUCATION

When the Obama administration promised to rein in  what some say are predatory practices of for-profit colleges, which had been accused of luring students into taking on unsustainable debt, the colleges fought back. The $30-billion industry—which gets most of its money through federal student aid—waged a $16-million blitz using prominent Democratic lobbyists with ties to the administration, including Anita Dunn and Richard Gephardt. The White House says the campaign had no effect, but education officials say it watered down the new rules.


PROTEST
Police Evict Occupy Boston
Over 40 demonstrators arrested in raid.
QUESTIONS
VA Tech Police Search for Motive
Gunman killed officer, self.
FAT CAT
Stray Cat Inherits $13M
From 94-year-old owner.
DAMAGE CONTROL
Playboy to Drop Lohan Spread Early
After photos leak online.
EWWW!
TV Breaks the Incest Taboo
Jace Lacob examines this troubling trend in scripted programming.
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