Cheat Sheet - Supreme Court to Gay-Marriage Foes: Get Lost

Read This, Skip That .... October 06, 2014 SILENCE SPEAKS VOLUMES 1. Supreme Court to Gay-Marriage Foes: Get Lost By turning down petitions asking for a decision on same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court on Monday added Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin to the number of states where gay marriage is legal. While the court is usually viewed as politically conservative, this time, says Jay Michaelson, the court showed its judicial conservatism. Read it at The Daily Beast GROUNDED 2. Wannabe ISIS Member Arrested in Chicago Federal officials said Monday that they arrested Mohammed Hamza Khan at O'Hare International Airport over the weekend because he was allegedly trying to go abroad to support terrorism and ISIS. Khan is accused of planning to meet his contact with the group in Istanbul, and then get taken to either Iraq or Syria. According to agents, Khan admitted to them that he thought his job there would be "some type of public service, a police force, humanitarian work, or a combat role." Read it at Chicago Tribune MUST-SEE TV 3. Bill Maher 1, Ben Affleck 0 Committed liberals Ben Affleck and Bill Maher got into it on Real Time about whether liberals can or should criticize Islam. Michael Tomasky writes it got to the heart of a major flaw with contemporary Western liberalism: an unwillingness to criticize the failures of other cultures. Read it at The Daily Beast IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN 4. 'Twin Peaks' Revival to Return in 2016 Twin Peaks is coming back to television. Creators David Lynch and Mark Frost confirmed Monday via Twitter that they're writing nine new episodes that will air on Showtime in 2016. Sources told Variety that the show will not be a remake, but rather a revival that reflects the passage of time and picks up on storylines from the show's final season that aired in 1991. It will air to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the show's ABC demise. Will we see The Giant, The Man From Another Place, the Log Lady, and Special Agent Dale Cooper again? No word on casting yet. Read it at Variety HOMEROOM 5. The Internet's First Abortion Class For the first time ever, an American university is offering a dedicated online course on abortion. In this case, it is the University of California, San Francisco, using the online course platform Coursera. The class will focus on abortion care during and after the first trimester, as well as abortion access issues worldwide. A course like this matters more now than ever, says Samantha Allen. Read it at The Daily Beast FUMBLE Adrian Peterson's Charity Paid for Orgy And not much else. FISHY 2 Dead After Mystery Tehran Explosion Complex was part of nuclear program. FINGERS CROSSED MH370 Search Resumes After Months Off Indian Ocean scoured for wreckage. RUNWAY Major Fashion House Hires John Galliano After Dior fired him for anti-Semitic rant. KA-CHING! Waldorf-Astoria Sold to Chinese Group Hiltons sell luxurious hotel for $1.95 billion. Huffington Post Reince Priebus Dodges Tough Questions About Texas Abortion Law Rolling Stone NFL Winners and Losers: Tom Brady Rises from the Dead The Cut I Survived a Weekend With the Cult of Oprah 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: The Truth About Movie Sex Scenes (NSFW) It's hard work for Brooklyn Decker and Patrick Wilson. More Videos The 'Hunted' Gays of Putin's Russia by Tim Teeman Congress, Big Tech Fight Over Sex Bill by Tim Mak The TV Superhero Guru Behind 'The Flash' by Jason Lynch

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