Cheat Sheet - Gingrich, Perry Booted from Virginia Ballot

Today: Protesters Flood Moscow Streets, CIA Suspends Drone Strikes: Report, Cuba Releases 2,900 Prisoners December 24, 2011 OOPS 1. Gingrich, Perry Booted from VA Ballot The Virginia primary is looking pretty lonely. Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich failed to submit the required ten thousand signatures to get on the ballot, the Republican Party of Virginia announced last night. The Perry campaign claimed to have submitted 11,911 signatures and Gingrich said he submitted 11,050, but the state said it wasn't enough. They weren't the only ones left out in the cold: Jon Huntsman, Rick Santorum, and Michele Bachmann also failed to qualify. Read it at The New York Times RUSSIA 2. Protesters Flood Moscow Streets Protesters are back in the streets of Moscow to protest an allegedly rigged election that gave victory to Prime Minisdter Vladimir Putin's party. They're joined by Alexei Navalny, a blogger central to the protest who was recently released from prison. "I see enough people here to take the Kremlin and [Government House] right now but we are peaceful people and won't do that just yet," said Navalny. At least 28,000 people have turned out despite the sub-zero temperatures, according to government estimates, but activists expect 50,000 to appear. President Dmitry Medvedev announced intended political reforms this week but not the re-vote protesters are demanding. Read it at BBC CEASEFIRE 3. CIA Suspends Drone Strikes: Report Apparently the U.S. hasn't been launching drone strikes for the last six weeks, U.S. officials tell the Los Angeles Times. The U.S. has never officially acknowledged the strikes to begin with, so it's hard to say what the policy is, but several anonymous State Department and National Security Council officials say the strikes were suspended in an effort to ease tensions with Pakistan, which have been growing worse since the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound. Some officials also say the strikes were counterproductive and, despite killing militants, also increased support for al Qaeda. Read it at Los Angeles Times FREEDOM 4. Cuba Releases 2,900 Prisoners Merry Christmas to 2,900 prisoners in Cuba who have been granted amnesty by President Raul Castro. Castro said the release was partly prompted by an upcoming visit by Pope Benedict XVI and was "a demonstration of the generosity and strength of the revolution." The prisoners are mostly over 60 years old and ailing, or young with short criminal records. But Alan Gross, the 62-year-old U.S. contractor arrested for crimes against the state in 2009, will not be among those freed. Read it at Associated Press SCARE 5. Prince Philip Survives Surgery Doctors say the Duke of Edinburgh, 90, was successfully treated for a blocked artery Thursday, after what was likely a heart attack. The Queen visited him at the hospital Saturday along with the royal couple's children Edward, Andrew, and Anne. The Daily Beast's Tom Sykes says the dramatic day at Sandringham that will cast a long shadow over the kingdom's Christmas traditions. Read it at The Daily Beast TITLES Kim Jong-un Dubbed "Supreme Commander" Kim Jong Il's parting gift: lots of fish. ECONOMY Minimum Wage Increasing in 2012 In eight states. SPAT Turkey Accuses France of Genocide After France criminalized denial of Armenian genocide. CHRISTMAS Gift Wrap Sales Boom Sign of economic recovery. SAD Last Christmas for the Post Office? It's $5 billion in debt, but could still be saved. GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET The Yes List Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Jim Sensenbrenner Slurs First Lady Instead of Addressing Her Issues by Akiba Solomon Glen Maxey's Salacious Book: The Hot Rick Perry Story That Wasn't by Jacob Bernstein Best Holiday Cocktails by The Daily Beast

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Crucial advances in 'brain reading' demonstrated Posted: 21 Dec 2011 11:07 AM PST A new study demonstrates several crucial advances in "brain reading" or "brain decoding" using computerized machine learning methods. Researchers classified data taken from people being scanned while watching videos meant to induce nicotine cravings and detected whether people were watching and resisting cravings, indulging in them, or watching videos that were unrelated to smoking or cravings.

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Go to work on a Christmas card: UK's wrapping paper and festive cards could provide energy to send a bus to the moon more than 20 times Posted: 23 Dec 2011 06:13 AM PST If all the UK's discarded wrapping paper and Christmas cards were collected and fermented, they could make enough biofuel to run a double-decker bus to the moon and back more than 20 times, according to the researchers behind a new scientific study.

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• Shearing triggers odd behavior in microscopic particles
• New method for watching proteins fold
• Millipede border control better than ours
• Viagra against heart failure: Researchers throw light on the mechanism
• Noise-free spectroscopy: Reversing the problem clarifies molecular structure
• Multiple sclerosis linked to different area of brain

Shearing triggers odd behavior in microscopic particles Posted: 23 Dec 2011 06:15 AM PST Microscopic spheres form strings in surprising alignments when suspended in a viscous fluid and sheared between two plates, a finding that will affect the way scientists think about the properties of such wide-ranging substances as shampoo and futuristic computer chips.

New method for watching proteins fold Posted: 23 Dec 2011 06:14 AM PST A protein's function depends on both the chains of molecules it is made of and the way those chains are folded. And while figuring out the former is relatively easy, the latter represents a huge challenge with serious implications because many diseases are the result of misfolded proteins. Now, a team of chemists has devised a way to watch proteins fold in "real-time," which could lead to a better understanding of protein folding and misfolding in general.

Millipede border control better than ours Posted: 23 Dec 2011 06:14 AM PST An Australian zoologist has documented a remarkably sharp boundary between two species of millipede in northwest Tasmania. The boundary is more than 200 km long and apparently less than 100 m wide.

Viagra against heart failure: Researchers throw light on the mechanism Posted: 23 Dec 2011 06:14 AM PST Sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra, can alleviate heart problems, and now researchers can explain why. They studied dogs with diastolic heart failure, a condition in which the heart chamber does not sufficiently fill with blood. The scientists showed that sildenafil makes stiffened cardiac walls more elastic again. The drug activates an enzyme that causes the giant protein titin in the myocardial cells to relax.

Noise-free spectroscopy: Reversing the problem clarifies molecular structure Posted: 23 Dec 2011 06:13 AM PST Optical techniques enable us to examine single molecules, but do we really understand what we are seeing? After all, the fuzziness caused by effects such as light interference makes these images very difficult to interpret. Researchers have now adopted a "reverse" approach to spectroscopy which cleaned up images by eliminating background noise.

Multiple sclerosis linked to different area of brain Posted: 22 Dec 2011 04:50 PM PST Radiology researchers have found evidence that multiple sclerosis affects an area of the brain that controls cognitive, sensory and motor functioning apart from the disabling damage caused by the disease's visible lesions.

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