Cheat Sheet - Got Mumps? Thank Anti-Vaxxers

Today: Mysterious Debris Near Australia Looks like MH370's Wing , Fred Phelps, Friend of the Gays , The Pentagon Isn't Ready for a New Cold War March 20, 2014 IT'S BAAACK 1. Got Mumps? Thank Anti-Vaxxers For decades, mumps was found only in medical textbooks, but thanks to a new anti-vaccination movement, it's returning along with measles, whooping cough, diphtheria, and other deadly childhood illnesses that were believed to be extinct, Russell Saunders writes. More parents seem to forget that vaccines are the best protection we have against the spread of devastating and once-common illnesses. If people stop using them, those illnesses will leave the history textbooks and start appearing on the front pages. Read it at The Daily Beast GETTING CLOSER? 2. Mysterious Debris Looks Like MH370 Wing Today's announcement from Australian officials of two objects that appear to be from Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 could be the first real breakthrough in the two-week investigation, Clive Irving writes. Most of the Boeing 777 would sink but a wing would float, and one piece of debris appears to be it. Read it at The Daily Beast R.I.P. 3. Fred Phelps, Friend of the Gays It's easy to think of Fred Phelps, the former head of the Westboro Baptist Church who died today, as an enemy of the gays but his extreme vitriol helped their cause, writes Jay Michaelson. Phelps made it excruciatingly clear what hate really looked like, and being anti-gay started to look more like a prejudice than a personal opinion. Read it at The Daily Beast SURPRISE 4. The Pentagon Is Not Ready for a New Cold War No one in Washington is calling for the U.S. to go to war over Crimea and there are plenty of reasons why, at this point, military intervention would be futile anyway, Jacob Siegel reports. If circumstances change, America would find itself ill-equipped to fight Russia. Read it at The Daily Beast SHALOM 5. Hillary Woos the Jews Hillary Clinton was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the American Jewish Congress last night, and she used the occassion to offer more support of Israel than her old boss did, reports David Freedlander. Clinton left little doubt that she would create distance between herself and President Obama in foreign policy should she seek the White House, vocalizing strong pro-Israel sentiments. Read it at The Daily Beast KEEP 'EM COMING U.S. Sanctions Russian Economy Obama announces move against officials and a bank. STOP SNOOPIN' Gmail Gets Protection From NSA Everything will be encrypted. OUCH Line Drive Strikes Pitcher's Face Bones fractured for Cincinnati Reds' Aroldis Chapman. CLOSE QUARTERS 110 People Found in Stash House All presumed to be illegal immigrants. DARING Teen Sneaks to Top of WTC Tower Slipped past sleeping guard. CNBC Why the Rich Are Fleeing New Jersey Art News The Evil-Looking Women Drug Addicts of French Belle Époque Art Esquire The Case for Looking Like Scum 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. Too White for Tiger Lily? by Kevin Fallon The Little Boy Mowed Down by the Mafia by Barbie Latza Nadeau She Kills Zombies—And Sings, Too by Melissa Leon

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