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The Daily Beast - The Morning Scoop - April 20, 2011
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CHEAT SHEET
MUST READS FROM ALL OVER
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1. Facebook Woos Washington
President Obama hosts a town-hall at Facebook headquarters today, a sign
of the social media giant's growing political power and its oddly
symbiotic relationship with the president: he needs Facebook for
reelection, the company needs him to stay in Congress' good graces. The
Daily Beast's Dan Lyons says that what TV was to John Kennedy, Facebook
is to Obama.
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LETTING UP
2. Gaddafi: Free Elections After Conflict
Do you trust him? Muammar Gaddafi's foreign minister, Abdul Ati
al-Obeidi, tells the Guardian that the Libya could hold free,
U.N.-supervised elections six months after the current conflict ends -
and that Gaddafi might even accept an interim government. Obeidi said
Gaddafi is considering retirement, and also that the regime wants a
ceasefire. However, Gaddafi's troops continued their assault in Misrata,
where rebel leaders said they cannot hold much longer.
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DISASTERS
3. Japan Could Ban Access to Nuke Zone
Japan is expected to legally ban people from a 12-mile radius
surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, a change from the
current evacuation zone which is technically voluntary. In recent days,
some families have begun returning to the zone to recover belongings,
while some 200 households - mostly elderly people and livestock farmers
- never left. Nuclear experts worry the increasing traffic will make it
difficult to decontaminate the area.
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GIZMOS
4. Apple Readies New iPhone for September
Another day, another Apple rumor, but this one seems well-sourced: Apple
will release a new iPhone with a faster processor in September, three
sources tell Reuters. One source says production will begin in July or
August, and the new phone will look similar to the current iPhone 4.
MacRumors suggests the new processor will be a dual-core A5, to match
the new processor in the iPad 2.
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http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNrtDtB7SwhTB8adH4NsjV9oRr/dail4
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SCANDAL
5. 'Three Cups of Tea' Probe Launched
Montana's attorney general is looking into 'Three Cups of Tea' author
Greg Mortenson's charity, the Central Asia Institute, after author Jon
Krakauer and '60 Minutes' raised questions about its spending. In the
recently published 'Three Cups of Deceit,' Krakauer accuses Mortenson of
spending millions of CAI cash on private jets and advertising for his
books. One former board member tells Krakauer that Mortenson "regards
CAI as his personal ATM." The charity, based in Bozeman, Montana, told
the press Tuesday that Mortenson was being treated in the local hospital
for a heart ailment.
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JUDGMENT
Mortgage Lender Guilty of $2.9B Fraud
Lee B. Farkas faces decades in prison.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNrtDtB7SwhTB8adH4NsjV9oRr/cht6
ART
Salman Rushdie: Free Ai Weiwei
"We can perhaps bet on art to win over tyrant."
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNrtDtB7SwhTB8adH4NsjV9oRr/cht7
CRIME
Russian 'Rambo' Escapes Country
After alleged murders in Brooklyn.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNrtDtB7SwhTB8adH4NsjV9oRr/cht8
NOT SO ITSY BITSY
Largest Fossil Spider Found
165 million-year-old golden orb-weaver.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNrtDtB7SwhTB8adH4NsjV9oRr/cht9
CASTING COUCH
Gordon-Levitt Confirmed for 'Dark Knight Rises'
Will play cop John Blake.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNrtDtB7SwhTB8adH4NsjV9oRr/cht10
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BLOGS & STORIES
FROM OUR CONTRIBUTORS
Gov. Jan Brewer's Sanity Attack in Arizona
by Terry Greene Sterling
The Republican governor's startling vetoes of "birther" and gun bills
backed by the Tea Party have not upset her conservative base, and
Democrats say it's all part of a plan to appease extremist voters. Terry
Greene Sterling reports.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNrtDtB7SwhTB8adH4NsjV9oRr/fea1
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Murder Charge Latest Twist for Duke Lacrosse Accuser
by David A. Graham
Former exotic dancer Crystal Mangum has been charged with murder five
years after falsely claiming three Duke lacrosse players raped her. The
latest twist in her case forces the district attorney to walk a legal
tightrope, writes David A. Graham.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNrtDtB7SwhTB8adH4NsjV9oRr/fea2
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Stars Who Get Stoned
by The Daily Beast
Just in time for 4/20, Natalie Portman, Whoopi Goldberg, and Lady Gaga
revealed they've lived the high life. From Jennifer Aniston to Prince
Harry, see 25 celebrities who light up! Plus, America's pot-smoking
capitals.
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBNrtDtB7SwhTB8adH4NsjV9oRr/fea3
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