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September 28, 2012 | | SUSPECT The body of 28-year-old Sons of Anarchy actor Johnny Lewis was found on the driveway of his L.A. home, and his landlady, 81, was discovered strangled and beaten in her bedroom. Police are not sure if Lewis jumped or fell to his death—and don’t know why he apparently killed the woman. The Daily Beast’s Christine Pelisek reports on the bizarre investigation. DEAR USERS Even Apple thinks its new maps app sucks. Apple CEO Tim Cook released a statement to customers Friday admitting that the company “fell short” on its commitment to making superior products with its new map system. “We are extremely sorry for the frustration this has caused our customers and we are doing everything we can to make Maps better,” the letter reads. Cook explains that the company initially launched the application with the first version of iOS and had to “create a new version of Maps from the ground up” in order to add improvements to the product. Cook suggested users try alternative map apps while the company works on getting Apple Maps up to speed. EXPELLED China’s ruling Communist Party has ousted the disgraced politician, who now faces criminal prosecution on accusations of abusing power, bribery, and other crimes. The Daily Beast’s Dan Levin reports from Beijing on the fall of one of the party’s rising stars—and how it could affect the upcoming power transition. LONG TIME COMING Bank of America announced on Friday that it will pay $2.43 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit with shareholders following its acquisition of Merrill Lynch in 2008. The $50 billion deal came within days of Merrill Lynch’s collapse, effectively preventing the bank from going bankrupt. Bank of America denied the lawsuit’s allegations that its executives made misleading statements about both firms’ financial health at the time, but has said it will institute new corporate governance policies as part of the settlement. The costly suit will result in a $1.6 billion blow to the bank’s third-quarter earnings, the results of which will be reported on Oct. 17. SHOCKING In the least-surprising development to come out of the news of a papyrus fragment suggesting a Holy Spouse, the Vatican said on Friday that the text is a fake. In a long analysis of the artifact published in L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's newspaper, Alberto Camplani, a professor at Rome's La Sapienza university, details his doubts about the text's authenticity. In the same issue, the paper's editor voices his concerns that "the papyrus is indeed a clumsy forgery." | | 
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