Cheat Sheet - Margaret Thatcher Dies: Remembering the Iron Lady

Today: Is It Time to Forgive Greg Mortenson? , Car Bomb Explodes by Damascus School , U.S. Preps Response to North Korea --> April 08, 2013 1925-2013 1. Remembering the Iron Lady Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has died. Her spokesman, Lord Bell, confirmed that the 87-year-old groundbreaking politician passed away after suffering a stroke Monday morning. Thatcher became Britain's first female prime minister in 1979, leading the country and its Conservative Party for 11 years with a notorious fierceness that earned her the nickname the "Iron Lady." See photos of her life, plus Meryl Streep on playing the Iron Lady. Read it at The Daily Beast 'THREE CUPS OF TEA' 2. Is It Time to Forgive Greg Mortenson? Two years after Jon Krakauer revealed that Greg Mortenson's book Three Cups of Tea was riddled with lies and his charity was being mismanaged, many questions remain unanswered. In a new report, Krakauer reveals that the charity continues to waste donated dollars and Mortenson is still dodging accountability. Read it at The Daily Beast NEVER-ENDING 3. Car Bomb Explodes by Damascus School Children are believed to be among those killed and wounded by a car bomb that exploded near a school and central bank in a bustling and residential part of the Syrian capital Monday. Loud gunfire was heard in Damascus as a cloud of thick smoke rose from the blast, which blew windows out of several nearby buildings and set a number of cars on fire. Syria has been embroiled in violence for two years now, and at least 70,000 people have died in that time. Read it at BBC READY FOR ANYTHING 4. U.S. Preps Response to North Korea There is a good chance that North Korea's threats to begin nuclear testing and ignite war are all talk. But just in case, the United States and South Korea are prepared with a "counterprovocation" plan to respond proportionally to any attack from Pyongang while simultaneously keeping tensions from escalating into a full-out war. Meanwhile, back on the Korean Peninsula, the North has decided to destroy any last semblance of cooperation with the South. Pyongyang has been preventing South Korean workers from entering the Kaesong Industrial Complex, an economic zone that the two countries share, and has now announced that it will be pulling all of its own workers out, possibly shutting down the zone completely. Read it at The New York Times GANGS OF D.C. 5. Immigration Bill Ready for Debate The Senate's so-called Gang of Eight is hopeful that this will finally be the week that they finish putting together the highly anticipated immigration reform bill, but only then will the most grueling part of the process—the public debate—begin. "There will be a great deal of unhappiness about this proposal because everybody didn't get what they wanted," Arizona Sen. John McCain said Sunday. His fellow gang member Chuck Schumer of New York agreed, predicting that "there are people on both sides who are against this bill, and they will be able to shoot at it." Read it at Associated Press COLLAPSED Crews Recover Bodies of Trapped Kids Buried under collapsed construction site Sunday evening. on the lam Clinton Office Hostage Taker Escapes Had held people at a Hillary Clinton campaign office in 2007. FAMILY FEUD Kardashians Sue Former Stepmom For using possessions left by their late father. HEALTH-CODE VIOLATION Hepatitis A Scare at NYC Restaurant 239 people rush to get vaccination. AGGRESSIVE Jenna Jameson Arrested for Battery The person she reportedly assaulted made citizen's arrest. 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. Mad Men's Creator Dissects the Season Premiere by Jace Lacob Yes, the Sequester Is Actually Bad by Jon Favreau How to End North Korea by Peter Beinart

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