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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Cheat Sheet - Is Pope Francis Rewriting Easter?

Today: Stuffy Old Men: Region, Religion, Race and Class Define and Buffet GOP , Texas DA, Wife Shot Dead in Home , Kenya Court Upholds Election Results
Cheat Sheet: Morning

March 31, 2013
HOLY DAY

The new pontiff urged pilgrims to reach out to nonbelievers and lapsed Catholics in his Easter Sunday mass. From washing women's feet to eschewing the gilded throne, Pope Francis is shaking up Easter traditions and Vatican protocol. The Daily Beast's Barbie Latza Nadeau on why not everyone's a fan of the changes. Plus, Joshua DuBois on some small things we all can do to follow Francis's lead, Candida Moss on the Christian persecution myth, and Megan McArdle on Easter's awful Facebook meme.

STUFFY OLD MEN

The Republican stronghold is starting to look like a blue-and-red checkerboard, writes Lloyd Green.

TRAGEDY

The district attorney of Kaufman, Texas, Mike McLelland, 63, and his wife, Cynthia Woodward McLelland, 65, were found shot and killed on Saturday in their home, just weeks after his deputy was killed. One law enforcement officer said it appeared the door had been kicked in and "there were shell casings everywhere." Authorities in Kaufman county said they believed all other employees in the district attorney's office have been accounted for, and police are investigating whether the McLellands' deaths are related to the killing of Mark Hasse, a Kaufman county prosecutor who was killed on Jan. 31 while walking to his car. The FBI had also been investigating in Hasse's death was linked to the murder of Colorado prison chief Tom Clements.

TENSION

The Kenyan courts on Saturday confirmed Uhuru Kenyatta's victory in the March 4 election, despite a challenge by Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Police clashed with a few dozen protesters on Sunday after the verdict in Kisumu, where Odinga still holds popular support. Two people were killed and another 11 injured in Kisumu, while all the shops were looted on Saturday. But in the Nairobi slums of Kibera and Mathare, where Odinga is popular, most people did not want to return to the devastating violence of 2007, when more than 1,200 people were killed after the election. After Saturday's verdict, Odinga urged his followers to find "peaceful ways" to protest the outcome.

NOT SO INCREDIBLE

India's foreign tourism has dropped 25 percent—and female tourists have dropped 35 percent—in the past three months since the Delhi gang rape, according to a report by the industry body Assocham. The most cancellations are coming from the U.S., Britain, Canada –whose tourists are apparently opting for Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines. As a result, many Indian hotels have instituted new measures to help women feel safe, including allowing them to stay near elevators, dedicated women's wing or floor, allowing women to check right in their rooms rather than wait in the lobby, and an increase in female staff, including butlers.


CIVIL WAR
Syrian Rebels Close In on Aleppo
Storm strategic neighborhood.
BAD INVESTMENT
Ponzi Scheme Devastates N.C. Town
ZeekRewards is $600 million scam.
EGYPT'S JON STEWART
Egyptian Satirist Turns Himself In
Faces charges of insulting Islam and the president.
SHOCKERS
Wichita State Advances to Final Four
While Syracuse dumps Marquette.
NEVER LET YOU GO
Justin Bieber's Monkey Confiscated
Mally taken by German airport customs.
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