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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Cheat Sheet - Malala Goes Back to School

Today: Francis Holds Inauguration Mass , The FBI's Art Heist Flimflam , Seven Marines Killed in Explosion
Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

March 19, 2013
Survivor

The 15-year-old Pakistani heroine, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban in October, visited her new school in Britain on Tuesday. But millions of girls like her are still denied an education, writes former U.K. prime minister Gordon Brown.

VIVA IL PAPA

It's official: we have a pope! Pope Francis held his inaugural Mass on Tuesday with up to 1 million pilgrims—including Joe Biden and Robert Mugabe—in the Vatican. Francis, the first Jesuit pope, received spontaneous applause as he was giving a homily about how "hatred, envy, and pride defile our lives"—and ended by asking people to pray for him. Francis received his papal palladium made of lamb's wool and the "fisherman's ring" bearing the image of St. Peter—officially making him the 266th pope. Francis then received the obedience of the cardinals and the Mass officially began. He proved his dedication to the masses was no joke as he exited the popemobile and kissed a disabled man as part of his trip around through the crowd.

Big Break?

The bureau says it has "new information" concerning the biggest art heist on record—a $500 million job 23 years ago in which 13 masterpieces were lifted from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. But is the FBI pulling a fast one? The Daily Beast's Christopher Dickey reports.

Developing

A training exercise turned tragic Monday night when seven U.S. Marines were killed and at least seven more injured after a mortar exploded at an Army munitions depot in Nevada. It's still unclear exactly what happened. One account says that the mortar shell exploded in a tube while the Marines were preparing to fire it, while another says the shell exploded while they were preparing to load it. The training facility where the disaster took place is for Special Operations Forces preparing to head to the Middle East.

Guns

Score one for the NRA. Senate Democrats won't include a ban on assault weapons in their gun-control bill, says Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the chief sponsor of the ban. "Obviously I was disappointed," Feinstein said, though she may still introduce the ban as an amendment. The bill would have banned almost 160 types of semiautomatic weapons and limited ammo clips to 10 rounds. The ban was the most ambitious gun-control measure backed by the White House, but it was unlikely to pass the Senate.


Crisis
Chemical Attack Reported in Syria
Regime and rebels accuse each other.
TURNAROUND
Rand Paul Backs Path to Citizenship
For illegal immigrants.
TERRIFYING
Tourist in India Jumps Off Balcony
To escape sexual assault.
Stay Classy
School Shooter Flicks Off Victims' Families
At sentencing hearing in Ohio.
JURASSIC PARK 4?
Extinct Animals Could Come Back
Through cloning.
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