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Monday, July 1, 2013

Cheat Sheet - Behind the Michael Jackson Bombshell

Today: Egyptians Want Morsi Out. Will the Military Intervene? , Serena Williams Loses at Wimbledon , Putin: Stop Leaking Secrets, Snowden
Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

July 01, 2013
SHOCKER

Michael Jackson spent some $34 million to buy silence from alleged abuse victims, according to supposed FBI files obtained by a British paper. The Daily Beast's Diane Dimond has the inside story of the shocking report. Plus, how the revelations could throw a wrench into the Jackson family's billion-dollar negligent death lawsuit.

48 HOURS

On Monday afternoon, a photograph of Egypt's top Army chief, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, appeared on television sets across Egypt as the general delivered remarks that presented an ominous warning to President Mohamed Morsi: resolve the crisis gripping the country in two days, or the Army will intervene. The Daily Beast's Mike Giglio reports.

WHAT?!?!

And down goes another one. Top-seeded Serena Williams lost to Germany's Sabine Lisicki in three sets Monday. Serena, the defending champion at Wimbledon, is the latest high-ranking player to fall at England's grand slam. Rafael Nadal fell in the first round, while Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova also bowed out early. Next to fall could be Novak Djokovic, who faces Tommy Haas Monday in the fourth round—a player whom he's struggled with in the past.

LIMBO

Edward Snowden's perch at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport is looking more precarious today. Russian President Vladimir Putin says the former NSA contractor must stop leaking U.S. secrets if he wants asylum in Russia, something Putin says he doesn't want to grant. Meanwhile Snowden reportedly gave Russian officials a list of 15 countries he wants to seek asylum in after Ecuador's president expressed reservations about sheltering him. He said Ecuador could only accept Snowden if he were already there, or if he approached an embassy. The names of the countries on Snowden's list have not been released. Let the sweepstakes begin!

TOO LITTLE TOO LATE

A judge has thrown out three sex suits against former Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash, who won three Daytime Emmy Awards just last month for his performance as the voice of the beloved Muppet. Clash was exonerated on Monday after a judge said his three male accusers, who claim they suffered psychological damage from having sex with Clash while they were underage, waited too long to sue. The ruling was filed under a statute of limitations that requires legal action within "six years after the cause of action accrues, or three years after the plaintiff turns 21, whichever is longer." All three suits, which the judge noted were nearly "identical" in language, were filed between eight and 16 years after the men say they had sexual relations with Clash.


ORGANIZED LABOR
San Francisco Transit Workers Go on Strike
Shut down commuter rail, BART.
JOINING FORCES
Penguin and Random House Merge
Controls more than a quarter of publishing industry.
CHICKEN LITTLE
Sequester Effects Not So Dire
Despite ominous Obama warnings.
BROOKE KNOWS BEST
Brooke Hogan Gets Engaged
To football player Phil Costa.
REST IN PEACE
Martial-Arts Legend Jim Kelly Dies
The "Enter the Dragon" actor was 67.
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