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Monday, April 15, 2013

Cheat Sheet - In Defense of Secret Videotaping

Today: Chávez Heir Ekes Out Win , How Chess Saves Lives , BBC Sneaks Into North Korea
Cheat Sheet: Morning

April 15, 2013
PROVOCATEUR

David Corn is under fire for a "secret tape" of Mitch McConnell, but provocateur James O'Keefe says anti-taping laws hurt democracy by shielding the powers that be from accountability.

NAIL-BITER

Everyone expected Hugo Chávez's handpicked heir, Nicolás Maduro, to win Venezuela's presidential election by a landslide. Instead he eked out a narrow victory: 50.7 percent to 29.1 percent for the opposition candidate Henrique Capriles. That's just 235,000 ballots, and Capriles is refusing to recognize the result, citing a list of 3,000 irregularities, including gunshots and poll centers that were illegally reopened. "I didn't fight against a candidate today, but against the whole abuse of power," said Capriles. Maduro said he would accept a recount. Regardless of the outcome, the narrow victory shows that Maduro could face challenges from within his leftist coalition.

WIW13

From the slums of Uganda to chess phenom, Phiona Mutesi is a testament to what great things can happen when talent is given the opportunity to thrive. Garry Kasparov on the power of education.

FIELD TRIP

Maybe Dennis Rodman was taken? In an effort to get into North Korea, the BBC sent three journalists to tag along with a group of students from the London School of Economics, a decision that they're now defending against accusations that they endangered the students. The school says the BBC "deliberately misled" the group and demanded that it pull the film and apologize. The BBC, which is going ahead with the broadcast, says the students had been informed of the risks, and the North Korean government was the only one that was deceived.

TASTEFUL

This is what happens when you let Justin Bieber into your museum.

"We think that what's special is that a 19-year-old comes to the Anne Frank House and spends an hour visiting on a Friday night," said the spokeswoman for the Anne Frank House, defending the pop star, who wrote in the museum's guest book that it was "truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber." The museum posted the message on Facebook, eliciting a storm of criticism and mockery. "He could be doing other things in Amsterdam. He was very interested," said the spokeswoman. "That's more important than the commotion that we're now seeing."


BREAKING RANKS
Gun-Rights Group Endorses Checks
Bill's fate far from assured.
DNA
SCOTUS Debate: Can Genes Be Patented?
Obama administration says no.
DEATH ON THE TRACK
Man Shoots Himself at NRA 500
After argument with other camper.
WHERE'S TIGER?
Adam Scott Wins the Masters
In sudden-death playoff.
CAN'T LOOK AWAY
Giant Rat-Size Snails Invade Florida
They eat plaster. And breed fast.
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