Cheat Sheet - Inside the NYPD-Killer’s Final Hours

Read This, Skip That .... December 31, 2014 TICK TOCK 1. Inside a Cop-Killer's Final Hours With a painstaking search to trace Ismaaiyl Brinsley's final steps, detectives are hoping to come to find out why he killed two NYPD officers as they sat in their patrol car. Michael Daly reports on the detectives' tireless efforts, and the chilling reality of what they have found. Read it at The Daily Beast OOPS 2. New U.S. Stealth Jet Can't Fire Its Gun The Pentagon's newest stealth jet, the Joint Strike Fighter, or F-35, cost nearly $400 billion. Dave Majumdar reports that due to missing software, the jet won't be able to fire its gun during operational missions until 2019, three to four years after it joins fighter squadrons. Read it at The Daily Beast GRIM DISCOVERY 3. AirAsia Jet Found at Bottom of Sea Searchers used sonar equipment to locate the plane wreckage from AirAsia Flight 8501 at the bottom of the Java Sea, a search and rescue official told CNN on Wednesday. It's unclear whether the plane remains intact or is broken apart, according to Hernato, the official who goes by one name. As of Wednesday morning, 10 bodies have been recovered off the coast of Borneo as searchers battled strong currents and high winds in their recovery efforts. One of the bodies was a female wearing a flight attendant's uniform, Indonesia's Search and Rescue Chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo told the Associated Press. Investigators are still working to determine the cause of the crash and have yet to locate the plane's black boxes, or cockpit voice and flight data recorders, but have retrieved parts of the jet's interior, a life jacket, an emergency exit door, and a suitcase. Read it at CNN WHODUNIT 4. 9 Dead in Rampage in Canada On Tuesday, seven people, including two children, were found dead at two separate locations in Edmonton and Fort Saskatchewan, Canada. They were later linked to the murder of a middle-aged woman on Monday evening, when a man allegedly entered a private residence and fired a gun before fleeing. Six additional victims, including the two children, were found at another private residence Tuesday. The suspect was found dead hours later from an apparent suicide at a Vietnamese restaurant. "The investigation is complex and very fluid at this point. None of the victims have been identified at this time." No details on the crime scenes' connections have been released. Read it at Edmonton Journal RED-HANDED 5. 'Ethical' Hotel's Big Fat Wi-Fi Lie The Marriott hotel chain's policy of blocking personal Wi-Fi devices in order to charge guests to use its expensive, Wi-Fi connection was recently dubbed unlawful by the FCC. Kyle Chayka reports that the company that dubs itself "a 2014 World's Most Ethical Company" is now trying to claim that it's blocking the devices for cybersecurity reasons. Read it at The Daily Beast AWKWARD Ravens Security Chief Sex Crime Charge Not sexually violent. DENIED UN Fails to Pass Palestinian Resolution Fell one "yes" vote short. GOOD NEWS Cancer Dip Spares 1.5M Americans A 22 percent decrease over two decades. LONG TIME COMING U.S. Softens on Oil Export Ban After 40 years. BACK TO BASICS Lynton: Sony Used Phone Tree During Hack Used old BlackBerrys. HUFFINGTON POST Former Senator Mike Gravel To Run Marijuana Company US WEEKLY Jay Wilds, Key 'Serial Witness', Admits He Contemplated Suicide After Helping Adnan Syed Bury Hae Min Lee BUZZFEED Five Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Have Been Released And Sent To Kazakhstan 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. The Year Beyoncé Became Human by Kevin Fallon The Best Columns of 2014 by John Avlon and Errol Louis Downton's Real Million-Dollar Princesses by Tim Teeman

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