Cheat Sheet - Christie and the Sex Slave Ring

Today: Putin: Crimea Is Ours , The Tripwire on Flight 370 , Exclusive: Russia Will Sanction U.S. Senators March 18, 2014 JUSTICE DENIED 1. Christie and the Sex Slave Ring Chris Christie built a reputation as U.S. Attorney for being tough on crime in New Jersey, but he went soft on a disturbing prostitution ring of undocumented immigrants, Olivia Nuzzi reports. Instead of nailing a restaurant owner who had girls as young as 14 forced into servicing men, Christie let her off with six months' house arrest in exchange for information on a local Democratic politician. Read it at The Daily Beast DEAL WITH IT 2. Putin: Crimea Is Ours Vladimir Putin declared Tuesday before the Russian parliament that Moscow will be undeterred in its plan to annex Crimea, despite the backlash from the West. "Crimea has always been an integral part of Russia in the hearts and minds of people," he said in a speech at the Grand Kremlin Palace. Putin signed an order "to approve the draft treaty between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Crimea on adopting the Republic of Crimea into the Russian Federation." Read it at The New York Times LAST WORDS 3. The Tripwire on Flight 370 The moment the transponder turned off on Flight 370 means everything to the investigation, Clive Irving writes. Malaysian officials changed their timeline Monday, saying pilots last spoke to the ground before the transponder went silent. The fate of the 239 people aboard could have been decided in three minutes. Read it at The Daily Beast STRIKING BACK 4. Russia Will Sanction U.S. Senators On Monday, the Obama administration announced sanctions against seven Russian and four Ukrainian officials, but Putin will counter with his own list of U.S. officials, including Sen. Dick Durbin, reports Josh Rogin. Durbin recently co-authored a resolution criticizing Russia's invasion of Crimea, but other names expected–though not confirmed–to be on the list include Sens. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ), as well as Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who joked "I guess I'm going to have to try to withdraw my money from my secret account in St. Petersburg." Read it at The Daily Beast BUTTERING UP 5. Saturated Fat Not So Dangerous A new study suggests that fretting over the oft-maligned saturated fats may not be doing much good for your heart. Findings published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine show that saturated fats do not increase the risk for heart attacks or other cardiac events. Nor did researchers find any benefit from consuming polyunsaturated fats, such as the fish oil supplements that are often promoted as health measures. The work is part of a shift in nutritional guidelines questioning whether fat is inherently bad for you and whether certain kinds of fats are better or worse. Still, the study did find a link between trans fats—the hydrogenated oil added to many processed foods—and heart disease. Read it at The New York Times TRAGIC Third Person Dies in SXSW Accident Driver charged with murder. COMMERCIAL BREAK TV Pitchman Trudeau Gets 10 Years After a decade bilking people. TIGHT-LIPPED Abbas Won't Budge on Israel Issue Still refuses to say it's a Jewish state. WEEDS Illegal Pot Hurts Mother Nature Rat poison, deforestation. SING IT Pussy Riot To Join WITW Summit In New York City, April 3-5. Vulture MIA's Multi-Million Dollar Middle Finger The Wrap Lena Dunham Takes on Woody Allen Esquire The Life and Times of Comedian David Brenner 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. Johnny Weir's Fabulous Spring Fashion Picks by Johnny Weir Miss Teen's 'Sextortionist' Jailed by Lizzie Crocker Johnny Cash's Lost LP by Andrew Romano

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