Cheat Sheet - Bob McDonnell, Religious Right ‘Nice Guy’ Who Sacrificed His Wife

Read This, Skip That .... September 05, 2014 Fallen Angel 1. Bob McDonnell, Religious Right 'Nice Guy' Who Sacrificed His Wife When he burst onto the national scene in 2009, Bob McDonnell was a GOP godsend. But Virginia's then-governor quickly went from avatar of family values to throwing his "nut bag" wife under the bus during his corruption trial. Patricia Murphy laments that the Rolex-taking "Mr. Honest" never even acknowledged his own shameful behavior. Read it at The Daily Beast GOOD START 2. U.S. Kills Somalia's Bin Laden A U.S. airstrike this past Monday killed the Osama bin Laden of the al Shabab terrorist group in Somalia, the Pentagon announced Friday. The status of Ahmed Godane was unclear for the past several days, with different sources saying he was dead or alive following the attack. Godane and Shabab publicly claimed responsibility for a September 2013 attack on a mall in Nairobi, Kenya, that killed dozens. The terrorist group is considered the largest al Qaeda affiliate in Africa by the U.S. Read it at Associated Press KNOWN UNKNOWNS 3. How Many Americans Are There in ISIS? No One Knows Senior officials have been giving wildly disparate estimates of how many Americans are fighting for ISIS—because U.S. intelligence doesn't really know the answer to the question. Eli Lake on why the government that secretly collected everyone's cellphone records can't even find out which Americans have joined ISIS. Read it at The Daily Beast CHECKMATE 4. NATO Approves Force to Check Russia Leaders of NATO agreed to build a rapid-response team that can quickly assemble if an aggressor crosses an allied country's border—namely, Russia. "Should you even think of attacking one ally, you will be facing the whole alliance," Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Friday. The force will be based in Eastern Europe. British Prime Minister David Cameron offered 3,500 personnel to the team and suggested its headquarters be in Poland with equipment stockpiled in the most eastern member countries. Rasmussen also noted that NATO is prepared to help fight back militants in Iraq, but there has not been a request from the Iraqi government. Read it at The Associated Press THE BIG TIME 5. D.C.'s Lesbian Power Wedding The marriage of two high-powered women in the national-security establishment shows how far we've come, and gives us what is perhaps Washington's first wedded lesbian power couple. Eleanor Clift introduces Ann Bridgeman, who is joining the National Security Council as deputy legal adviser, and her spouse, Elizabeth Lynn George, a legal counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Read it at The Daily Beast HIKE Rape Inquiry of Heisman Winner Begins Florida State QB Jameis Winston. WHO'S IN? U.S. Forming Coalition to Fight ISIS But not putting troops on the ground. JOB FAIR FAIL New Hires Plunge in August Lowest job figures in eight months. DUCK! Asteroid Flying 'Very Close' to Earth Won't hit. Too Late Apple Boosts Security After Nude Hack Will alert customers of break-in attempts. Huffington Post Glenn Beck: 'The Good Has Far Out-Shadowed The Bad' In Ferguson UsWeekly Joan Rivers' Cause of Death Yet to Be Determined Rolling Stone 10 'Farewell' Tours That Weren't the End 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. Viral Video of the Day: Joan Rivers Returns to 'The Tonight Show' The mercurial comedienne returned to late night on NBC after a long hiatus. More Videos Something Pretty, Something Twee by Melissa Leon 'True Detective's' Scene-Stealer by Marlow Stern Meet America's Favorite Dancer by Kevin Fallon

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