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Monday, February 24, 2014

Cheat Sheet - Every Gay in Uganda Just Became a Criminal

Today: Jihadist Vendetta Takes Out Qaeda Leader , Here's What It's Like to Fight Vitali Klitschko, Ukraine's Revolutionary Champ , Venezuela's Useful Idiots
Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

February 24, 2014
PERSECUTED
Today, Frank K. became a criminal without committing a crime. That's because Uganda's president signed into law a bill that criminalizes homosexuality. Caelainn Hogan reports from Uganda on the case of gay man who says he's been evicted and threatened with death. "Even if they take me to prison, or kill me, they cannot change who I am."
DOG EAT DOG
Al Qaeda's top leader in Syria was killed in a suicide bombing on Sunday, the latest evidence of an increasingly vicious rift between jihadist rebel forces. Jamie Dettmer reports that this latest attack could light a spark in the already volatile infighting plaguing insurgents in northern Syria.
CAREER SWAP
In 2012, he stunned the world by beating a defending heavyweight champion at age 41. Now, he's throwing his punches at Ukraine's crumbling government. Michael Daly interviews Vitali Klitschko, the boxer that would become a revolutionary.
OBLIVIOUS
Defenders of the Venezuelan regime would never allow the White House to arrest opposition leaders and shut down unfriendly media outlets. To those who care so deeply for the poor and destitute in Latin America, Michael Moynihan asks, why the double standard?
TRUE MAVERICK

Sen. John McCain is speaking out against his state's controversial bill to allow business owners to discriminate against gay customers. McCain tweeted "I hope Governor Brewer will veto #SB1062," which has passed both houses of the state legislature. The junior Republican senator from Arizona, Jeff Flake, tweeted out a similar message this weekend.


GAME OF THRONES
Baby Kim Jong-un on the Way
North Korea needs a male heir.
HAPPY TRAILS
Longest-Serving U.S. Rep. Retiring
John Dingell has served since 1955.
END OF AN ERA
Goodbye, "Got Milk?"
Slogan dropped for "Milk Life."
CLEANUP
Oil Spill Closes Mississippi Ports
Some 65 river miles affected.
EARNED HIS STRIPES
Comedy Great Harold Ramis Dies
After a four-decade career in movies.

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