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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Cheat Sheet - Obama’s Jewish Problem

The Cheat Sheet

Today: Feds File Charges in BP Oil Spill , Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul Cling To Their Delegate Dreams , James Murdoch Grilled on Emails
Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

April 24, 2012
IN TROUBLE

Despite the president’s moving words at the Holocaust Museum on Monday, his support among Jewish voters is down. The Daily Beast’s Michael Tomasky asks, can he turn things around by Election Day?

DISASTER

Criminal charges have been filed against a former BP engineer who is accused of destroying evidence in the disastrous oil spill two years ago, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. They are the first criminal charges in the disaster, which claimed 11 lives in the initial explosion on the oil rig and then spewed 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Kurt Mix, 50, has been charged with two counts of obstruction of justice, with the Justice Department claiming he deleted a string of 200 text messages with a BP supervisor in October 2010 that had internal information about how effort to cap the well were failing.

VOTING TIME

Sure, the Republican race is over, but don’t tell voters in Rhode Island, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Delaware just yet. The Daily Beast’s Ben Jacobs on Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul’s last chance to bring their delegate dreams to life.

NEWS CORP.

James Murdoch is sticking to his story that he never saw an incriminating email regarding phone hacking at News of the World until 2010. Speaking before the Leveson Inquiry into press standards, the former chairman of News Corp.’s British newspaper division insisted management told him the paper had a clean bill of health. Much of the questioning Tuesday focused on the relationship between Murdoch and Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who Murdoch denied acted as a "cheerleader" for News Corp. His father, Rupert, is scheduled to testify later Tuesday.

Gameplan

Both remaining candidates in the French presidential election are now pursuing the voters of Marine Le Pen, the far-right leader who took 20 percent of last Saturday's first-round presidential vote. Le Pen was a spoiler for center-right incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy, but challenger Francois Hollande also believes he can pursuade Le Pen's supporters to join him. Campaigning Tuesday, Sarkozy told Front National voters, "I have heard you," while Hollande urged them to express their "social anger" by voting for his socialist party. Hollande said that the Front National's support comes from left-wingers disillusioned with the mainstream parties' collaboration on European economic policy they oppose.


SABER RATTLING
N. Korea Preps Nuke Test
After failed missile launch.
Giving In?
Gingrich Might Reconsider Campaign
If he loses in Delaware tonight.
TWISTED
Patz Handyman Allegedly Raped Niece
Accusation led to basement search warrant.
FIGHTING FIT
Scarlett Johansson Fretted Over Body
While preparing for role in 'The Avengers.'
BABY NO
Bieber Pens Song About Alleged Baby
Mariah Yeater had falsely claimed pop star fathered her son.
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