Cheat Sheet - Perry Reboots With Flat-Tax Plan

Today: Will Mississippi Ban IVF? , Gaddafi Buried in Secret Grave , News Corp. Shareholders: Ditch James October 25, 2011 2012 1. Rick Perry to Unveil Flat-Tax Plan It's a new day for Rick Perry: The Texas governor will endorse a national, optional flat-tax rate of 20 percent in a speech on South Carolina on Tuesday, one day after he announced several new hires to his flagging presidential campaign. The hires include senior adviser Joe Allbaugh, who was George W. Bush's 2000 campaign manager and a close associate of Karl Rove. Perry's campaign will also begin to run television ads in Iowa this week. Read it at The Washington Post PERSONHOOD 2. Will Mississippi Ban IVF? A ballot initiative to define embryos as persons in Mississippi's state constitution—part of a radical new anti-abortion legal strategy—could also outlaw some in-vitro practices, and many women with fertility problems are panicking ahead of the November vote. The Daily Beast's Michelle Goldberg reports. Read it at The Daily Beast At Last 3. Gaddafi Buried in Secret Grave The new Libyan government took the body of Muammar Gaddafi into the desert and buried it in a secret location at dawn on Tuesday. Gaddafi's tribe, the Qaddafa, had asked for his corpse so he could be buried in his hometown of Sirte; the government, however, refused the request out of fear that the grave might become a shrine. Gaddafi's corpse had begun to decompose after four days in a meat locker, which was ineffective due to the constant opening of the door. Meanwhile, the Global Post claims that a frame-by-frame video analysis shows that Gaddafi was sodomized by a knife or stick in the moments leading up to his death. Read it at Al Jazeera Scandal 4. News Corp. Shareholders: Ditch James James Murdoch had a rough start to the week on Monday. First, Parliament called him back to testify about phone hacking at News International. Then, a majority of News Corp independent shareholders voted to remove him from the company's board. That wasn't enough to boot him, as the Murdoch family and the supportive Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal control at least 47 percent of all shares. Still 35 percent of all shareholders—and 67 percent of independent shareholders—voted against his reelection. His brother Lachlan, hardly fared better, with 34 percent of all shareholders and 64 percent of independent shareholders voting against his reelection. Rupert Murdoch, however, was better off than his sons: 86 percent of shareholders voted to reelect him to the board. Read it at The Guardian Human Rights 5. Syria 'Using Hospitals for Torture' The Syrian government is torturing patients in state-run hospitals in order to squelch dissent, according to a new report by Amnesty International. The government has "given security forces a free rein in hospitals," according to Amnesty researcher Cilina Nasser, and medical personnel are sometimes participating in the abuse. Security forces routinely remove people from hospitals, and doctors and nurses face a "dilemma" when patients need blood: The government controls the blood bank, so any request alerts it to the patient's presence. According to the report, many people are choosing to forgo medical treatment, even for serious wounds. Read it at BBC Gizmos Apple Working on Television Set Team being led by iTunes engineer. EXCLUSIVE Haiti's Deadly Cholera Fiasco Growing evidence that U.N. peacekeepers were source of outbreak. REAL? Cain Unveils Bizarre Campaign Ad Shows chief of staff smoking a cigarette. Television Dr. Phil to Exhume Rebecca Zahau's Grave Death was rules a suicide but family is suspicious. NAKED Lohan to Pose for Playboy: Report Joins "community service" as her other gig. 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. CIA's Covert Iraq Mission by Eli Lake Who's Afraid of Elizabeth Warren? by Samuel P. Jacobs 15 Signs You'll Raise a Genius by Anneli Rufus

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