Cheat Sheet - The Death Benefit Scandal

Today: Get Ready for Live Coverage of The Daily Beast's Hero Summit , Alice Munro Wins Literature Nobel , GOP May Make Debt-Limit Offer October 10, 2013 LEFT UNPAID 1. Death Benefit Scandal Is the Government Shutdown's Ultimate Insult The $100,000 payment to families of fallen service members, meant as a first and immediate installment on an unpayable debt, is frozen in the shutdown. Michael Daly on the outrage. Read it at The Daily Beast WATCH HERE 2. Live Coverage of The Daily Beast's Hero Summit The Daily Beast's second annual summit begins today with Gen. John Allen, Wole Soyinka, and others converging in Washington, D.C. Stay tuned for live coverage. Read it at The Daily Beast We Have a Winner 3. Alice Munro Wins Literature Nobel The Swedish Academy announced Thursday that Alice Munro, the Canadian author known for her short stories about life in southwestern Ontario, is the 2013 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. The academy said it had not been able to reach the 82-year-old author, but had left a message. Munro won the Man Booker International Prize in 2009 and has twice won Canada's Governor General's Award for fiction. Munro has published 13 short-story collections, including her debut, Dance of the Happy Shades (1968), which won her first Governor award, and The Progress of Love, which won the award exactly three decades later. Read it at Twitter Sign of Thaw 4. GOP May Make Debt-Limit Offer A short-term solution is better than no solution at all, right? GOP leaders might be on board with a short-term increase in the country's borrowing limit, a plan that Rep. Paul Ryan presented Wednesday that would extend the limit for four to six weeks. Though the White House has been firm in not negotiating its debt ceiling terms, top House Republicans will have the opportunity to bring up the offer with President Obama Thursday—their first meeting since the government shutdown began.  Read it at Wall Street Journal Blowback 5. Libyan PM Freed After Kidnapping Prime Minister Ali Zidan was abducted—then set free—Thursday by an armed gang in Tripoli who claim he collaborated with a U.S. raid against al Qaeda on Libyan soil. Jamie Dettmer reports. Read it at The Daily Beast YOU GO, GIRL Malala Wins EU Human-Rights Prize Beat Edward Snowden. FAIL AP Retracts McAuliffe Story Claimed he lied to a federal official. LONG TRIP Snowden's Father Arrives in Russia Hopes to visit son in secret location. AMAZING Roman Skulls Found Beneath London During digging for new rail line. Sibling Rivalry Jonas Brothers Cancel Tour The cause? A "deep rift within the band." 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. The Bully Waging War Against Bullies by Lizzie Crocker Kanye West vs. Jimmy Kimmel by Marlow Stern 21 Things You Didn't Know About 'Finding Nemo' by Anna Klassen

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