Cheat Sheet - Florida’s Execution Expressway

March 27, 2014 JUST LIKE US 1. Florida's Execution Expressway The Sunshine State has joined Iran and North Korea as major concerns for Amnesty International's death penalty campaigners. At the launch of its annual report on global execution rates, Nico Hines reports that the group declared the state's law putting an express lane on death row was deeply troubling. Read it at The Daily Beast REALLY BAD 2. Cali Pol Charged With Gunrunning California State Sen. Leland Yee is accused of conspiracy to deal firearms and wire fraud, according to allegations outlined in an FBI affidavit. Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow, the reported former leader of a Chinese criminal gang with ties to Hong Kong, was also named in the affidavit and is accused of money laundering, conspiracy to receive and transport stolen property, and conspiracy to traffic contraband cigarettes. He and Yee were arrested Wednesday. Read it at Associated Press AUTOPHOBIA 3. Ukraine's Separation Anxiety Ukraine is becoming a political hotbed of recriminations, as a public backlash over the country's loss of Crimea heightens concerns about whatever failures by the new Kiev government. There is also growing fear, reports Jamie Dettmer, that the Maidan Revolution of 2014 could end like the Orange Revolution of 2004—with an orgy of looting, graft, and manipulation by the powerful and privileged. Read it at The Daily Beast HOLY MOLY 4. Obama, Francis Meet for First Time Pope Francis and President Obama met for the first time on Thursday at the Vatican, and greeted each other with smiles and a handshake. The two are expected to discuss shared priorities such as poverty, conflict, and religious freedom. The president is also expected to invite Pope Francis for his first visit to the U.S. next year as pontiff. However, the visit was preceded by a story on Vatican Radio, the Holy See's official mouthpiece, which said the visit was taking place amid "a complex phase" of the relationship between the Vatican and the United States, marked by "controversy on the implementation of health-care reform having to do with the rules on mandatory health-care coverage of sterilization, contraception, and abortion; and on other issues at the center of the public debate in the United States, such as the legalization of homosexual marriages." Every U.S. president has met with the reigning pope since 1959. Read it at USA Today TOUCHDOWN 5. NCAA Football Team Can Unionize The National Labor Relations Board ruled Wednesday that college football players at Northwestern University can unionize because they are employees under federal law. The group, led by former Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter, seeks safety and academic reforms for players, many of whom are spending up to 50 hours a week on football. (They are not seeking a pay-for-play agreement.) If upheld by courts, the decision would only apply to private schools like Northwestern, since public universities are subject to state labor laws. Read it at SB Nation GO GET 'EM Obama Calls Out E.U. On Sanctions For holding back from hitting Russia. GUESS WHO? S. Korea Prez 'Blabbering' Peasant Says North Korea. MH 370 Official: Pilot Bears Sole Blame Investigator says anonymously to USA Today. Horrible Landslide Deaths Jump to 24 First victim identified. OH CRAP Many Small Meals Diets Ineffective Study says it fails to boost metabolism or lose weight. Political Wire What the Bush and Obama Administrations Have in Common Esquire NCAA: Was It Ever About Education? The Cut North Korea's Haircut Decree: Men Must Get the "Kim Jong-un" 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. Can Vogue Survive Kimye? The Daily Beast's Keli Goff joins 'Access Hollywood' to discuss whether the latest fashion world firestorm—Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's Vogue spread—means trouble for Anna Wintour. More Videos 'Psych' Loved Me, Then Went Away by Chancellor Agard WTF Is 'Conscious Uncoupling'? by Tim Teeman Foursquare for Sex by Emily Shire

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