Cheat Sheet - Was MH370 Carrying Killer Cargo?

Today: The WWII Hero America Abandoned , There's No Cold War in Space for Astronauts and Cosmonauts , Kimye Gets Vogue Cover March 21, 2014 BURNING QUESTION 1. Was MH370 Carrying Killer Cargo? Malaysian officials have confirmed that a consignment of lithium-ion batteries was in the cargo hold of Flight 370. Clive Irving reports on the batteries that have spontaneously exploded on previous flights and what this latest revelation might suggest about what happened to the missing plane. Read it at The Daily Beast GOING HOME 2. The WWII Hero America Abandoned For more than 50 years, Army Pfc Lawrence S. Gordon was mistakenly interred as a German soldier in a cemetery in France. Despite exhaustive research by civilian investigators that pointed to the location of his remains, the U.S. military never corrected this mistake. Megan McCloskey of ProPublica reports. Read it at The Daily Beast FOR ALL MANKIND 3. There's No Cold War in Space As speculation grows about a renewed Cold War, an American astronaut plans to blast off aboard a Russian spacecraft with two Russian cosmonauts. Life on the International Space Station sounds more peaceful than what's happening back on Earth, writes Michael Daly. Read it at The Daily Beast DREAMS COME TRUE 4. Kimye Gets Vogue Cover Nearly two years after being explicitly banned from the Met Costume Institute Gala by Anna Wintour herself, Kim Kardashian has graced the cover of Vogue. Kim's fiancé, Kanye West, who is also posing on the front of the magazine's April 2014 issue, had been rumored to be courting Wintour to get his girl on the cover for months. Finally, the superstar couple got their wish: a series of photos by Annie Leibovitz in which Kardashian dons a variety of white gowns with West and their daughter, North, in tow. Read it at The Daily Beast MADNESS 5. No. 3 Duke Loses in Stunning Upset The third-seeded Duke Blue Devils lost to No. 14-seed Mercer 76-71 in the biggest upset of the NCAA tournament so far. There goes your bracket. Read it at The New York Times LOONY TOON Iran Leader: Holocaust 'Uncertain' Ali Khamenei, folks. TICKING CLOCK MH370 Debris May Have Sunk Teams can't find objects spotted in sea. BAD TIMING U.S. Cuts Military Aid to Ukraine While Putin signs treaty annexing Crimea. Five-O-Face Hawaii Cops Want Hooker Exemption So undercover police can have sex with prostitutes. TERRIFYING Abusive Dad Kidnaps Son According to Virginia police. CNBC Starbooze? Starbucks Expanding Its Menu POPSUGAR Is Naya Rivera Turning Into Kim Kardashian? GQ Will Brad Pitt Be in HBO's 'True Detective' Season Two? 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. Broadway's First Black 'Phantom' by Tim Teeman 'Nymphomaniac' Is Not Just About the Sex by Jimmy So 'Game of Thrones' Invades Brooklyn by Scott Bixby

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