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Monday, September 24, 2012

Cheat Sheet - Inside the Secret Nazi Tapes

Today: Ahmadinejad: Iran ‘Ready to Defend’ , Why Women Should Stop Trying to Be Perfect , New SARS-Like Virus Detected
Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

September 24, 2012
REVEALED
How much did World War II German soldiers know about the Holocaust? Publicly many of them denied knowledge. But a long-lost cache of secret recordings that the British intelligence service made of German prisoners of war shows that, in private, they chatted openly and casually about mass-murdering Jews. Read some of the most chilling conversations, collected in Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing, and Dying: The Secret WWII Transcripts of German POWs by Sönke Neitzel and Harald Welzer, who rediscovered and analyzed the transcripts.
UNITED NATIONS

Another General Assembly means more crazy comments from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. While speaking to reporters in New York, Iran’s president laughed off the possibility of an Israeli attack on Iran, saying that Iran will not be damaged by “foreign bombs” and that “while we are ready to defend ourselves, we do not take such threats seriously.” Emphasizing that Iran has been around for thousands of years, Ahmadinejad added: “We don’t even count them as any part of the equation for Iran. During a historical phase, they represent minimal disturbances that come into the picture and are then eliminated.”

BIG MISTAKE

Sure, we have powerful jobs, well-run homes, and perfect children. But we're still not making it to the very top. There are things we can learn from the rest of the world. Debora Spar reports in this week's Newsweek.

CONTAGION

A new respiratory virus has killed one person in Saudi Arabia and left at least one other person in Britain in critical condition. The disease is a coronavirus, the same family of viruses that causes the common cold and SARS—the virus that killed nearly 800 people in 2003. But officials say it is not clear that this disease will spread similarly or cause as many deaths. A spokesman for the World Health Organization cautioned that the virus is “still (in the) very early days. At the moment, we have two sporadic cases and there are still a lot of holes to be filled in.”

I-POPULAR

Maybe Apple Maps aren’t so bad after all. The new iPhone 5 sold more than 5 million units over the weekend, easily topping the record set by the 4S last year. But the sales fell short of analysts’ expectations, some of whom had predicted sales as high as 10 million. Apple CEO Tim Cook remained upbeat, saying, “Demand for the iPhone 5 has been incredible ... While we have sold out of our initial supply, stores continue to receive iPhone 5 shipments regularly, and customers can continue to order online and receive an estimated delivery date.”


ON A ROLL
Google Shares Hit All-Time High
Surpass previous record in November 2007.
IT'S OFFICIAL
Ritz Crackers Are Favorite Snack
Lay’s and Doritos take second and third slots.
AMERICAN IDIOT
Green Day’s Armstrong Enters Rehab
Will still appear on “The Voice.”
CONFESSIONS
Couric: I Was Bulimic
While in college and early in career.
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