Cheat Sheet - Did Bad Weather Bring Down AirAsia 8501?

Read This, Skip That .... December 29, 2014 AVIATION MYSTERIES 1. Did Bad Weather Bring Down AirAsia 8501? As officials speculate that the missing airliner is at the "bottom of the sea," Clive Irving reports experts are questioning whether the Airbus 320 ran into similar problems as a doomed Air France flight in 2009. Read it at The Daily Beast ADRIATIC INFERNO 2. Survivors Recount Greek Ferry Horror Passengers say they spent 30 hours of living hell aboard a burning ferry stranded between Greece and Italy, in a disaster that's left eight dead. Barbie Latza Nadeau writes about the tragic saga of Teodora Douli, who watched for four hours as her husband bobbed in the water and then drowned. Read it at The Daily Beast CRUEL TWIST 3. Her Gender Reassignment Double-Cross An insurance company promised Thea Shaheen a gender reassignment. She had waited her whole life for the body she was supposed to be in, she tells James Joiner. But days away from her dream being fulfilled, they made a mistake and it all fell apart. Read it at The Daily Beast REACHING OUT 4. De Blasio to New NYPD Class: We Need You Mayor Bill de Blasio attempted to mend fences when he spoke Monday at the NYPD graduation ceremony. Boos were audible when the New York City mayor took the stage, but he quickly reached out to the graduating class. "You will confront all manners of problems. Problems you didn't create," he told the audience. "You will confront poverty. You will confront mental illness. And a still too divided society. You didn't create these problems, but you can help our city overcome them." De Blasio also acknowledged the loss of two NYPD officers, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, describing them as "two peacemakers" and said they "stood up for all that is good and right." The mayor is notably unpopular with the police force, and cops turned their back on him over the weekend at Ramos's funeral. Read it at The New York Times RAPID RESPONSE 5. FDA OKs Emergency Ebola Test The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new rapid Ebola test that can determine a case of the deadly virus within about three hours. Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche designed the LightMix Ebola Zaire rRT-PCR Test, which works by detecting signs of the virus on a genetic level by looking for a specific mRNA chunk. The FDA's approval is for emergency use, so it is cleared for regions with especially bad outbreaks. Other tests have also received emergency approval to cope with the current epidemic, in which more than 7,500 people have died. Read it at The Washington Post MULTITASKING Suspected Masturbating Robber Shot He also allegedly stole a woman's dog. CLEANING HOUSE Jets Fire Rex Ryan and GM John Idzik After only four wins this season. HORRIBLE Mauritania Journo Sentenced to Death For apostasy. PARTING WAYS Chris Rock Files for Divorce Married 19 years. HINDSIGHT AirAsia Was Denied Request to Climb Disappeared from radar minutes later. HUFFINGTON POST Charles Koch Wants To Change America's Criminal Justice System ROLLING STONE Ferguson Activists Call Out Black Celebrities for 'Saying Nothing' BUZZFEED 'The Comeback' Completes Its Perfect Comeback 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. 'TODAY! The Musical' Hosts and crew of Today put on NBC's best musical of the year—by default. More Videos The Year in Death by The Daily Beast Pope-Shooter's Very Weird Vatican Visit by Barbie Latza Nadeau Limbaugh's Fear of a Black James Bond by Dean Obeidallah

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