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Today: U.S. Embassy Employee Killed , Brett O’Donnell’s Guide to Tonight’s Veep Debate , Mo Yan Wins Nobel Literature Prize
Cheat Sheet: Morning

October 11, 2012
SHAPE SHIFTER

Is it pandering or pragmatism? Either way, the GOP candidate's rebranding shows no sign of letting up. The Daily Beast’s Michelle Cottle on the candidate's abortion flip flop.

Yemen

A Yemeni man was shot and killed by gunman on his way to work at the U.S. embassy in Sanaa early Thursday morning. The car carrying Qassem Aqlan, who headed an embassy security team, was shot at by masked attackers on a motorcycle. “This (assassination) operation has the fingerprints of al Qaeda which carried out similar operations before,” a source told Reuters. Assassination attempts have been frequent since Yemen’s army cleared Islamist fighters out of many towns earlier this year, while the U.S. has been high alert for its embassy staff overseas since the ambassador to Libya was killed with three others on Sept. 11 in Benghazi.

GET READY

Joe Biden needs to attack, but not get out over his skis. Paul Ryan needs to bash President Obama without splitting with Mitt Romney. Ace debate coach Brett O’Donnell’s viewers’ guide to the veep showdown. Plus, tune in to The Daily Beast's homepage  tonight  for a live roundtable during the debate. Tweet your questions to #newsbeastlive @DailyBeastTV.

Fiction

Chinese novelist Mo Yan, "one of the most famous, oft-banned and widely pirated of all Chinese writers," has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in literature. He is known for authoring the book which is the basis for the film Red Sorghum by Zhang Yimou. The Nobel committee said Mo is a writer "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary." He was a nominee for the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2007 for Big Breasts and Wide Hips. Bookmakers had Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami as the favorite to win.

Tragic

The Pakistani teen activist who was shot by the Taliban is now in “critical” condition, her family said on Thursday. On Wednesday, doctors had said that 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai’s condition was “satisfactory,” but she is suffering from severe edema and doctors now plan to move her from the military hospital in Peshawar to one in Rawalpindi. Her uncle said that Yousufzai had not been conscious since she had surgery to remove the bullet over 24 hours ago, adding that the family is “very worried.” After claiming responsibility for the shooting, the Taliban warned, “If she survives this time, she won’t next time. We will certainly kill her.”


Downward Spiral
S&P Downgrades Spain
Rating lowered from BBB+ to BBB-.
Denied
State Dept. Rejected Security Requests
Ahead of embassy attack in Benghazi.
ESCALATION
Turkey-Syria Tensions Escalate
Over passenger plane in Ankara.
‘Billions of Dollars’
Stan Lee Media Sues Disney
Claims it owns rights to Marvel characters.
Bailout
Lohan Loaned Her Mother $40,000
To help get her out of foreclosure.
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