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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Cheat Sheet - Blame Putin for Ukraine’s Horrific Crackdown

Today: Dem's the Breaks: GOP Investigation Gives the Left Another Reason to Point Fingers , Hate Crime Victimization Statistics Show Rise in Anti-Hispanic Crime , Legal Pot Rakes It In for States
Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

February 20, 2014
VLAD THE IMPALER
Corpses are piling up on the streets of Kiev and Vladimir Putin is paying to put them there. Michael Weiss writes that Russia's president has turned the leader of Ukraine into a warlord by making billions in aid dependent on Viktor Yanukovych's commitment to crushing skulls. It's part of Putin's grand plan to absorb Ukraine, even if it means starting a civil war.
HIS TURN
Thousands of pages linking the Wisconsin governor's campaign staff to derogatory statements, along with illegal campaign activity, may be just a minor election derailment for Scott Walker. But, David Freedlander reports, the Democrats are lapping up his near-Bridgegate fiasco.
BIGOTED
Attacks against the Hispanic community have more than tripled in a year. Abby Haglage reports on the alarming rise in hate crimes shown in the new Bureau of Justice Statistics report on hate crimes, and why many Hispanics living in the U.S. live in constant fear of attacks.
ROLLIN' IN THE GREEN

State economies are getting high off marijuana's legalization. Washington state's Economic and Revenue Forecast Council predicts recreational pot will bring $190 million. Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado said sales and excise taxes are expected to bring in $98 million in the next fiscal year, well exceeding expectations of $70 million. "Voters and state lawmakers around the country are watching how this system unfolds in Colorado, and the prospect of generating significant revenue while eliminating the underground marijuana market is increasingly appealing," said Matt Tvert, a legalization activist.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

Police raided nine homes of elderly men in southwest Germany on suspicions that they served as Nazi guards at the infamous Auschwitz death camp. The probes led to three arrests, all on allegations of accessory to murder. The move comes just five months after German authorities announced they would devote new efforts to finding former guards at Holocaust concentration camps. Authorities say they found "diverse papers and documents from the Nazi era" in the homes of the men, whose ages ranged 88-94. About 1.5 million people were killed at Auschwitz, mostly Jews.


UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS?
Ravens Player Dragged Fiancée
Allegedly knocked her unconscious.
STANDING UP
GOProud Leader Resigns Over CPAC
Won't bow to conservative restrictions.
IT'S BAACK
Polar Vortex Returns to Midwest
This weekend.
MONUMENTS MEN
U.S. Army Has Hitler's Watercolors
Who knew?
OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT
Hoffman: Keep Son Out of Hollywood
Stated in his will.

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