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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Cheat Sheet - Courageous U.S. Journalist Marie Colvin Killed in Syria

Today: Obama to Unveil Corporate Tax Cut, Angelina Jolie Joins NewsBeast Summit!, Quran Burning Protest Continues
The Daily Beast Cheat Sheet: Morning

February 22, 2012
OBIT

Bashar al-Assad's assault on Homs has claimed the life of Marie Colvin, a veteran American journalist who had been reporting there for The Sunday Times of London. Colvin was working inside the Homs neighborhood of Baba Amr, which has been under siege for weeks. French photographer Remi Ochlik was killed in the assault as well. Tuesday night Colvin was on CNN, telling Anderson Cooper about seeing a boy die after his house was hit by a shell. "There's a lot of snipers on the high buildings surrounding the neighborhood," Colvin told CNN. "I can sort of figure out where a sniper is, but you can't figure out where a shell is going to land." Watch the video. Plus, former colleague T.D. Allman remembers his brave friend.

REFORMS

President Obama is preparing to unveil a corporate-tax plan that would cut the rate businesses pay from 35 percent to 28 percent, senior administration officials tell The New York Times. Manufacturers would be given further incentives that would push their effective rate down to 25 percent. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who has been working with Obama and other Treasury Department officials on the corporate-tax-reform plan for more than a year, told a Senate panel last week that they expect to find "common ground" on major principles between Republicans and Democrats in Washington.

WOMEN IN THE WORLD

Next month, inspiring women leaders and activists from around the globe—including Nobel winner Leymah Gbowee, Angelina Jolie, Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, Meryl Streep, Madeleine Albright, IMF chief Christine Lagarde, California Attorney General Kamala Harris, Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni, The New York Times's Jill Abramson, president of Kosovo Atifete Jahjaga, Nancy Pelosi, and many more—will convene in New York City for Newsweek and The Daily Beast's third annual Women in the World Summit. Housed at Lincoln Center, the three-day event will spotlight the urgent challenges facing women today. The event will also feature performances by the star of Broadway's Evita revival and a closing presentation by Oscar nominee Streep. Buy tickets and see our complete lineup of events.

OUTRAGE

The protests over Qurans burned at Bagram air base in Afghanistan show no signs of abating. At least four people have been killed and 20 injured in the second day of demonstrations. U.S. officials apologized for "inadvertently" putting the religious texts in an incinerator after they discovered Taliban prisoners were using them to pass messages to each other. NATO is investigating the incident. Last year, at least 24 people died in protests after an American pastor burned a Quran in Florida.

SKELETONS

A comment Rick Santorum made four years ago may come back to haunt him during tomorrow night's GOP debate in Arizona. A headline reading "Santorum's Satan Warning" posted on the Drudge Report Tuesday morning is making the rounds in the media, as the aggregator quoted Santorum referring to the devil in a speech the former Pennsylvania senator gave at Florida's Ave Maria University in 2008. "This is the spiritual war. And the Father of Lies has his sights on what you think [he] would have his sights on: a good, decent, powerful, influential country—the United States of America." Rush Limbaugh weighed in on the speech on his radio show Tuesday, saying it's "not the kind of stuff you hear a presidential candidate talk about" and that he expected Santorum would have to address the comments. Santorum, who's currently tied with Romney in polls for Arizona, said Tuesday night that he'll defend everything he's ever said, and that's what separates him from "robotic" candidates.


TENSE
U.N.'s Iran Visit Ends in Failure
Inspectors blocked from nuke sites.
THE FUTURE
Google to Sell Display Glasses
By year's end.
EXCLUSIVE
Ailes Defends Beck Against Rabbis
Letter backs up former host on Nazi comments.
BULLY BANDSTAND
Obama Sings Again
With B.B. King and Buddy Guy.
FLIPPED OFF
Adele Flashes Middle Finger at Brit Awards
After producers cut off her acceptance speech.
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