Cheat Sheet - ‘Katy,’ the Bomber’s Widow

Today: It's the End of the World Unless We All Start Cooking , France Legalizes Gay Marriage , Max Baucus to Retire From Senate April 23, 2013 'She Knew Nothing' 1. Raising the Bomber's Daughter Katherine "Katy" Russell shocked her Rhode Island hometown when she returned from college in full Muslim gear with a husband and baby in tow. The Daily Beast's Lizzie Crocker visits the small community where Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow is left to raise their 3-year-old daughter alone. Read it at The Daily Beast APOCALYPSE 2. Start Cooking—or Die Re-imagining the way we cook is the only way we'll survive, says Michael Pollan. In an excerpt from Lucky Peach magazine's "Apocalypse," Pollan talks to Rachel Khong about our unsustainable diets—and how food went wrong. Read it at The Daily Beast C'EST LA VIE 3. France Legalizes Gay Marriage France approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage and gay adoptions—and Socialist President François Holland is expected to sign it—despite many in the country remaining fiercely opposed to it and attacks against gays rising as the debate has raged. Polls show a majority of the French favor equal rights for same-sex couples, but center-right politicians have embraced the protests as a way of opposing Hollande. Anti–gay marriage protesters have begun calling their movement the "French spring," with about 45,000 marching in Paris in a mostly peaceful protest that included some wrapping themselves in the French flag and others carrying children or pushing baby carriages with the sign "All born of a mom and dad." Meanwhile, there have been several high-profile attacks against gays in the country, including the beating earlier this month of a Dutch man who was walking hand-in-hand with another man in Paris. Read it at The New York Times 2014 4. Max Baucus to Retire From Senate Another longtime Democratic Senate seat will be up for grabs in 2014. Senior Democratic strategists tell The Washington Post that Max Baucus, first elected in 1978, will retire rather than seek reelection. Baucus, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is the sixth Senate Democrat to announce retirement this election cycle. Sources say the likely Democrat to succeed him is former governor Brian Schweitzer. Baucus voted against the gun background-check bill last week. When asked why, he answered, "Montana." Read it at The Washington Post Regretful 5. CNN's John King Embarrassed by Boston Reporting CNN's John King admitted, Tuesday, that the network's shoddy reporting on the Boston Marathon bombing was both "embarrassing" and "a double kick in the head" because he's a Boston native. During an interview with a D.C.-based radio station about CNN's mistakes, King said, "I've been at this for nearly 30 years, gentlemen. I've covered a couple of wars and a lot of breaking news and a lot of cops-and-robbers situations. I've got a pretty good track record, but when you do something like this, it's embarrassing." Read it at Politico Reproductive Rights Blue States Push for Abortion Access California legislation would allow midwives, nurses to perform the procedure. TOUGH LOVE NY Times Slams Stelter's New Book Does not go easy on its media reporter. DEFIANT Dancer Who Lost Foot in Marathon Bombing Vows Recovery "I absolutely want to dance again." Red Line? Israel: Syria Used Chemical Weapons Repeatedly. 'House of Cards' Netflix Soars On strong earnings report. 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 Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Stewart Rips CNN 'It was a noble effort,' Jon Stewart said of CNN's Watertownn coverage, but it was still pretty atrocious. More Videos Speed Read: The Morning TV Wars by The Daily Beast Bush Out of the Shadows by Eleanor Clift The Oxy Wars by Marlow Stern

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