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Friday, March 21, 2014

Cheat Sheet - Was MH370 Carrying Killer Cargo?

Today: The WWII Hero America Abandoned , There's No Cold War in Space for Astronauts and Cosmonauts , Kimye Gets Vogue Cover
Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

March 21, 2014
BURNING QUESTION
Malaysian officials have confirmed that a consignment of lithium-ion batteries was in the cargo hold of Flight 370. Clive Irving reports on the batteries that have spontaneously exploded on previous flights and what this latest revelation might suggest about what happened to the missing plane.
GOING HOME
For more than 50 years, Army Pfc Lawrence S. Gordon was mistakenly interred as a German soldier in a cemetery in France. Despite exhaustive research by civilian investigators that pointed to the location of his remains, the U.S. military never corrected this mistake. Megan McCloskey of ProPublica reports.
FOR ALL MANKIND
As speculation grows about a renewed Cold War, an American astronaut plans to blast off aboard a Russian spacecraft with two Russian cosmonauts. Life on the International Space Station sounds more peaceful than what's happening back on Earth, writes Michael Daly.
DREAMS COME TRUE

Nearly two years after being explicitly banned from the Met Costume Institute Gala by Anna Wintour herself, Kim Kardashian has graced the cover of Vogue. Kim's fiancé, Kanye West, who is also posing on the front of the magazine's April 2014 issue, had been rumored to be courting Wintour to get his girl on the cover for months. Finally, the superstar couple got their wish: a series of photos by Annie Leibovitz in which Kardashian dons a variety of white gowns with West and their daughter, North, in tow.

MADNESS

The third-seeded Duke Blue Devils lost to No. 14-seed Mercer 76-71 in the biggest upset of the NCAA tournament so far. There goes your bracket.


LOONY TOON
Iran Leader: Holocaust 'Uncertain'
Ali Khamenei, folks.
TICKING CLOCK
MH370 Debris May Have Sunk
Teams can't find objects spotted in sea.
BAD TIMING
U.S. Cuts Military Aid to Ukraine
While Putin signs treaty annexing Crimea.
Five-O-Face
Hawaii Cops Want Hooker Exemption
So undercover police can have sex with prostitutes.
TERRIFYING
Abusive Dad Kidnaps Son
According to Virginia police.

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