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Monday, March 11, 2013

Cheat Sheet - The Church’s Greatest Criminal

Today: North Korea Nullifies War Truce , An Auschwitz Survivor Searches for His Twin on Facebook , Former Detroit Mayor Convicted
Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

March 11, 2013
Notes on a Scandal

Father Marcial Maciel was the postwar Catholic Church's greatest fundraiser—and its greatest criminal. In Newsweek, Jason Berry examines how the priest's rise to power and late-life crash into scandal stained the campaign for John Paul II's sainthood and became a quagmire for Benedict XVI.

ESCALATION

No visit from Dennis Rodman could solve the problems between North and South Korea. South Korea has a heightened sense of anxiety as the U.S. and South Korea conducted joint military drills Monday. Some South Koreans called for the development of nuclear weapons. Despite increased tensions, no skirmishes have been reported along the border. In a recent poll, two thirds of South Koreans advocated that the country develop its own nuclear arsenal. The new South Korean president, Park Geun-hye, is the daughter of a military strongman who made a name for himself by standing tough against North Korea—and Park's very election reflects the changing attitudes of the country.

Long Lost

Menachem Bodner last saw his twin at age 4, when he was liberated from the infamous Auschwitz laboratory of Dr. Josef Mengele. Now, he's searching for Jeno, a man who probably looks just like him and has a distinctive "A-7734" tattoo on his forearm. And 1 million Facebook users are helping him look. Nina Strochlic reports.

Dirty Politics

From City Hall to the clink. Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted Monday on a raft of corruption charges, ensuring a trip back to prison for the notoriously scandal-ridden politician. Jurors convicted Kilpatrick on charges including racketeering and conspiracy, following a five-month trial that detailed how he accepted bribes, rigged contracts, and ran a "private profit machine" while in office until fall 2008. Among the most damning allegations: he used a nonprofit fund that was supposed to benefit Detroit's most in-need residents to pay for his own yoga lessons, golf clubs, and camp for his children.

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