Cheat Sheet - Putin Is Fracking Furious

February 26, 2014 MAD VLAD 1. Why Putin Hates Fracking Russia's president is really worried about what hydraulic fracturing will do to the environment. Yeah, right. Christopher Dickey writes the real reason Vladimir Putin hates fracking is because it would allow Ukraine to become energy independent (read: Moscow independent) by 2020. Read it at The Daily Beast BYE, BIG BROTHER? 2. NSA Domestic Spying May End White House lawyers have given President Obama four options for reining in the National Security Agency's controversial surveillance operations, sources close to the discussions told The Wall Street Journal. The options range from abolishing the domestic-spying program altogether to running it through telephone companies, who would keep the data and only turn it over to the NSA if a specific investigation was underway. Obama advisers have not come to an agreement on which of the four options to recommend, but the options of having Americans' phone data held by private phone companies or another government agency seem the most technically feasible, short of abolishing the program. Read it at The Wall Street Journal SLIM-FAST? 3. Babies Are Having a Skinny Moment Over the last decade, obesity in children age 2 to 5 has dropped 43 percent, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control. While the precise reason for the significant drop was not given, Brandy Zadrozny reports that obesity prevention programs in places like Philadelphia and Anchorage may be behind the step in the right direction. Read it at The Daily Beast free for all 4. House Passes Phone-Unlocking Bill Rejoice, those who spend their days scouring eBay for unlocked phones. On Tuesday, the House passed a bill to legalize cellphone unlocking, allowing customers to switch between providers without changing devices. The legislation has a clause that will still ban bulk unlocking. Meanwhile, Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy has introduced a similar bill, which might not include a ban on bulk unlocking. Since 2012, a rule from the Library of Congress—as part of a federal digital copyright decision—has required customers to get permission from service providers to unlock their phones. Read it at The National Journal OH GREAT 5. Employers Want Your SAT Scores Talk about never escaping your past. It turns out that years of hard work, a good college GPA, and internships may be moot if you did not ace the math section. A report by The Wall Street Journal found that major companies, from Goldman Sachs to Boston Consulting Group, still use SAT scores to gauge the quality of various applicants. However, while companies may find there is a need to use the scores to whittle down potential employees, there is little proof that high SAT scores translate to a good worker, and the College Board says the test is mainly designed in order to ascertain the first-year college aptitude of a student. Read it at The Wall Street Journal GONE Missouri Executes Murderer of Teenager Kidnapped, raped, and killed freshman girl in 1989. WOMAN SCORNED? Divorce Led to Knick's Gun Charges After wife turns weapon over to police. CRINGE Biden: 'White Man Can Jump' At Black History Month event. open-source road Google: Don't Ban Glass in Cars Lobbyists hired in three states. Déjà Vu Katy Perry and John Mayer Split Despite engagement rumors last week. POPSUGAR The Year in Royalty GQ The Year in Babes POPSUGAR Winter Reading List: 25 MUST READS! 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. Abs, Steel, and Statistics King Leonidas' 300 Spartans may be famous, but there's much more to the Greco-Persian conflict. These facts about '300: Rise of an Empire' will have you saying 'By the beard of Zeus!' More Videos The Skunk at the Oscar Party by David Freedlander Texas: Where Crazy Gets Elected by Michael Tomasky The Best Spy Show on TV by Andrew Romano

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