Cheat Sheet - Is Silicon Valley Sitting Out the Ebola Fight?

Read This, Skip That .... October 08, 2014 ANYBODY THERE? 1. Is Silicon Valley Sitting Out the Ebola Fight? Awash in cash, executives in Silicon Valley are fond of boasting they're changing the world for the better. However, reports Abby Haglage, when faced with one of the most complex public-health crises of the 21st century—the Ebola epidemic—the giants of Silicon Valley have been largely absent. Read it at The Daily Beast MOVE OVER 2. IMF: Chinese Economy Surpasses U.S. The debate about when China will oust the United States as the world's top economy has been all over the place, with recent estimates ranging from one to five years, as opposed to projections of one or two decades not that long ago. Now the International Monetary Fund says China has already zoomed ahead. The IMF, which in the spring calculated new exchange rates for comparing output of different economies, estimates the size of the U.S. economy in 2014 is $17.4 trillion, while China's comes in at $17.6 trillion. The speed of the transformation is breathtaking: As recently as 2005, China's economy was less than half the size of America's. Moreover, the IMF projects that China's economy will be 20 percent bigger than that of the U.S. by 2019.  Read it at Financial Times MIXUP 3. Spanish Nurse Followed All Protocols Teresa Romero Ramos, the Spanish nurse who is the first person to get Ebola in Europe, claims she followed all the protocols and does not know how she became infected. Ramos was part of the team that worked to try to save two Spanish missionaries who died from Ebola. "I really can't say, I haven't the slightest idea" she said, when asked by Spanish newspaper El Mundo how she may have gotten the virus. Read it at The Independent GET ON IT 4. Stopping the Next Campus Kidnapper The main suspect in the case of the missing UVA student has a dark history, with police alleging that he's linked to prior crimes including rape and grand larceny. Caitlin Dickson reports this story is far from rare. It's time for wider DNA testing. Read it at The Daily Beast MONSTROUS 5. Anatomy of a Mexican Student Massacre Mexico's ugly history of cooperation between authorities and cartels came to the forefront this week when the photo of a 19-year-old student found dead and horribly disfigured went viral. That student was killed along with two others by a combination of police and cartel members, officials say. At least 17 other students were wounded, and 44 were abducted. The massacre, reports Jason McGahan, was just the latest in a series of hits, including one in which a mayor is accused of personally killing an activist. Read it at The Daily Beast BOILING 12 Kurds Dead in Turkish Protests Angry about lack of action by Turkey. Sign Us Up Canada Approves ISIS Airstrikes in Iraq But rules out ground troops. Dark Side Ex-Headmaster Charged With Child Porn Delaware educator faces 50 years in prison. Deadly Mission Crash Kills Pilot Fighting Yosemite Fire Air tanker was trying to douse blaze. Really Nothing? Morrissey on Cancer Fight: 'Whatever' Pop singer divulges treatments. The Huffington Post 3 New Findings On ISIS Weapons That You Should Know About UsWeekly 7th Heaven's Stephen Collins Reportedly Confesses to Child Molestation BuzzFeed Facebook's Data Now Available For Advertisers To Use Across Apps 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. Nick Jonas's 'All Grown Up Tour' by Kevin Fallon How the French Do Detox by Brandon Presser Richard Blanco's Gay Latino Survival Kit by William O'Connor

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