Cheat Sheet - Bradley Manning: 'I Am a Female'

Today: Chemical Massacre Suspected in Syria , The 15 Worst Cities to Have A Baby, from New York to Miami , FISA Court: NSA Had Pattern of Lies August 22, 2013 CALL ME CHELSEA 1. Bradley Manning: 'I Am a Female' A day after he was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking classified military information, Pfc. Bradley Manning announced he plans to begin a gender transition and live the rest of his life as a woman. "I want everyone to know the real me," he said in a statement read on NBC's Today Show Thursday. "I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female. Given the way I feel and have felt since childhood, I plan to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible." Manning requested that the media use his new female name. Read it at The Daily Beast RECOVERY 2. Eurozone Economy Picks Up Steam A private-sector study revealed Thursday shows that manufacturing output is driving the European currency zone to its highest level of economic activity in two years. The news comes shortly after the Euro zone officially pulled itself out of recession with a positive growth report in the second quarter of this year, helped by German and French household spending. Still, there is little sign that the tepid growth will do much for the currency zone's biggest problems, which include historic unemployment rates and a lack of confidence in public finances. Read it at The New York Times PARENT TRAPS 3. The 15 Worst Cities to Have a Child From the cost of diapers to the number of available obstetricians, these are the cities where new parents are likely to pay top dollar for lower quality of life. Read it at The Daily Beast SPYING ON YOU 4. FISA Court: NSA Had Pattern of Lies The National Security Agency had a history of misleading about their activities, a secret surveillance court said in an 85-page opinion from 2011 that was declassified Wednesday. The FISA court's strongly worded opinion also suggested that the agency may have broken the law in spying on Americans. "The government has now advised the court that the volume and nature of the information it has been collecting is fundamentally different from what the court had been led to believe," Judge John Bates wrote. The decision reveals that the NSA collected 56,000 "wholly domestic" communications each year, thus refusing to comply with laws that limit surveillance to foreign citizens. Read it at The Washington Post DICK STRIKES AGAIN 5. Nixon Tapes Reveal Anti-Semitic, Racist Comments The Nixon Presidential Library has released the last set of Nixon tapes, and boy are they doozies. The former president is caught making anti-Semitic comments and stating that black people are incapable of running a country. On a phone call with Henry Kissinger, Nixon was concerned that the Jews would sabotage an upcoming U.S.-Soviet summit—and if they did, he said, "it's gonna be the worst thing that happened to Jews in American history." On another call, Nixon says he wants to fire his then-aide and lawyer, Leonard Garment, yelling "God damn his Jewish soul!" And in an Oval Office meeting, Nixon said that black people couldn't run Jamaica. "Blacks can't run it. Nowhere, and they won't be able to for a hundred years, and maybe not for a thousand ... Do you know, maybe one black country that's well run?" What sort of appointees would Nixon prefer, you ask? "No Jews. We are adamant when I say no Jews." The tapes were recorded between April 9 and July 12, 1973. Read it at The Atlantic Wire HORRIFIC Chemical Massacre Suspected in Syria Difficult to prove weapons use. CHILLING Government Worker Urges Race War Calls for mass murder of whites, gays, black leaders. WTF Indian Baby Spontaneously Combusts Doctors think it has extremely rare disease. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME Sharapova Withdraws From U.S. Open Because of bursitis in her right shoulder. BOLD 'Prison Break' Star Comes Out as Gay Wentworth Miller: "As a gay man, I must decline." 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. Twitter Weeps for Bradley Manning The public has spoken out about the leaker's 35-year prison sentence, and they're mostly angry, disappointed, and disillusioned. More Videos Can We Prevent Alzheimer's? by David Perlmutter, MD Behind #SlaneGirl: Young Girl Hospitalized After Photographed Having Oral Sex by Caroline Linton Kerri Washington's Favorite 'Scandal' Moments by Kerry Washington

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