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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Cheat Sheet - Meet Dzhokhar's Defender: Judy Clarke

Today: Syrian Rebels: Hezbollah Threatened Us , Joe Manchin's Crusade to Get Gun Bill a Second Shot , Colo. Approves Civil Unions
Cheat Sheet: Morning

May 01, 2013
QUIET SUPERSTAR

She saved the Unabomber, Jared Loughner, and Susan Smith from execution. Michael Daly on the quiet defender who sees the humanity in monsters—and will now have to find it in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

CONFLICT

The Syrian opposition said on Wednesday that Lebanon's Hezbollah had "threatened" them after the leader of the Islamic militant group backed the government of Bashar al-Assad. Syria's comments came after Hassen Nasrallah, Hezbollah's leader, said on Tuesday that the rebels would not be able to overpower Assad's military—claiming that he still had "real friends in the region." The Syrian rebels also warned against any intervention by Iran—a key friend of both Hezbollah and Assad. The infighting in the region comes just one day after U.S. President Obama said that although Assad's government had crossed the so-called red line with the use of chemical weapons against his citizens, more information is needed before the U.S. will intervene.

NRA CHAMPION

As the public turns on Republican senators who opposed the legislation, supporters aim to line up a second shot for it, and a new result. Eleanor Clift reports.

I DO

Nothing like some midnight parties to kick off May Day. Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples held midnight civil-union ceremonies in Denver on Wednesday after a new law allowing the unions went into effect at 12:01 a.m. As the clock struck midnight, cheers broke out at Denver's Wellington E. Webb government building, and the celebration wasn't dampened by the reality that Colorado has a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock performed many of the first ceremonies, along with U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette and municipal judges and religious officiates. The first couple to wed were Fran and Anna Simon, who have spent years campaigning for same-sex marriage and civil unions. "I didn't know what to expect," Fran said. "I just expected being with Anna."

'ANGEL-FACED KILLER'

Diane Sawyer wasn't skirting the drama Tuesday night as she conducted the first sit-down interview with Amanda Knox since the young woman was tried in Italy for the murder of her roommate. "Did you kill Meredith Kercher?" Sawyer asked. "No," Knox replied. The interview was emotional at times, with Knox tearing up, speaking about her parents and reliving her police interrogations, which she says broke her. "What happened to me, hit me like a train, and there was nothing I could to do stop it," she said. "For all intents and purposes I was a murderer, whether I was or not." Of her acquittal's recent overthrow by the Supreme Court of Italy, Knox says: "I can't be afraid right now. I have to be ready to fight and defend myself."


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Daily Beast Wins Webby for News
For the second year in a row.
MAMA GRIZZLY
Senator Ayotte Confronted on Gun Vote
By daughter of Newtown victim.
UM WHAT?
GM Pulls 'Offensive' Ads
Had 1938 recording saying Chinese say "ching ching, chop suey."
CORRECTION NEEDED
'Bag Men' Dad May Sue NY Post
Son incorrectly ID'd as Boston bomber.
AMERICAN DREAM
Schwarzenegger Backs Immigration Bill
Cites his own experience as an immigrant.
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