Cheat Sheet - Could You Make It to America Alive?

Read This, Skip That .... September 04, 2014 INTERACTIVE 1. Could You Make It to America Alive? This year, the U.S. Border Patrol saw an unprecedented number of minors—most of them from Central America—crossing the border alone. In an interactive map, Caitlin Dickson lays out the long, dangerous path many immigrants take through Mexico into America, involving thieves, cartels, street gangs, and extortion. Read it at The Daily Beast COUNTER-TERROR 2. Airstrikes Kill ISIS Leaders The right-hand man of ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was killed by an airstrike in Mosul, along with at least one other member of the group. But a Pentagon official tells Jake Siegel that rumors of Al-Baghdadi's death have "no validity." Read it at The Daily Beast FLIPPED OFF 3. Fast-Food Workers Strike Coast to Coast Workers fed up with flipping burgers for what they consider peanuts launched a nationwide strike Thursday in a bid to have their wages doubled to $15 per hour and to be granted the right to form a union. Workers from McDonalds, Wendy's, Burger King, and KFC among others left their deep fryers to picket on the streets of New York, Detroit, and more than 100 cities across America. Many fast-food workers say they can't live on the minimum wage, which has been stuck on the federal level at $7.25 per hour since 2009. Their action includes civil disobedience as well as work stoppages. Police reportedly arrested about 20 workers at a McDonalds in New York City's Times Square, and several other workers were handcuffed in Detroit. Read it at The Associated Press SHOCK 4. London Woman Beheaded by Machete-Wielding 'Madman' A 25-year-old man was arrested in connection with a decapitated body found in a suburban garden Thursday. Nico Hines reports from the grisly scene, where Scotland Yard is working to determine the motive for the crime and alarmed members of the public recount seeing a "madman on the loose" with a machete. Read it at The Daily Beast MON DIEU 5. France's Jilted First Lady Tells All Seven months after France's philandering president broke up with her, Valerie Trierweiler is back with a vengeance, publishing her top-secret memoir. Spoiler: She's not happy. Tracy McNicoll on what the erstwhile first lady has to say about her ex-husband—and his flailing presidency. Read it at The Daily Beast Double-Barreled Obama, Cameron Slam Russia in Op-Ed Putin "ripped up the rulebook." ACCOUNTABILITY Joan Rivers's Clinic Under Investigation Where she stopped breathing. TOO AWFUL Murder Charges for Dad in Hot-Car Death Faces death penalty. Say What? L.A. Artist Will Display Nude JLaw Pics Full-size on canvas. OOPS HuffPo Hires NFL Playing 9/11 Truther Donte Stallworth to cover national security. Huffington Post Justice Department To Investigate Ferguson Police Force Rolling Stone Class Acts: The 20 Best School TV Shows Ever Made Refinery 29 Addicted to Crack Pie? You Can Thank This Woman. 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: A Little 'Lebowski' Influence in Kahlua Ad Jeff Bridges nods to his iconic role in 'The White Russian.' More Videos The World Would Go to Hell Without Nuns by William O'Connor The Woman Stuck in a Navy SEAL's Body by Nina Strochlic Ebola Might Be Sexually Transmitted by Kent Sepkowitz

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