By Lauren Weber
Monday March 28th, 2016
TOP STORIES
THE AFTERMATH OF THE EASTER BLAST "A suicide bomber killed at least 65 people, mostly women and children, at a park in Lahore on Sunday in an attack claimed by a Pakistani Taliban faction which said it had targeted Christians." The group is attempting to "raise its profile" among the various Pakistani militant factions. [Reuters]
'TERROR NETWORKS SPRAWL BEYOND BRUSSELS AND PARIS' "A pan-European effort to crack the Islamic State network behind the Paris and Brussels attacks is yielding an unsettling discovery -- a web of interlocking terror cells whose dimensions authorities say they are still trying to grasp." And authorities confirmed that two more Americans were killed in the Brussels attacks. [WSJ | Paywall]
EVERYBODY'S BRACKETS ARE BUSTED But Oklahoma, Villanova, UNC and Syracuse are headed to the Final Four. This ACC dominance could be around for a while. [Sports Illustrated]
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE EMAIL SCANDAL "Hillary Clinton’s email problems began in her first days as secretary of state. She insisted on using her personal BlackBerry for all her email communications, but she wasn’t allowed to take the device into her seventh-floor suite of offices, a secure space known as Mahogany Row." [WaPo]
11 WILD SCENARIOS FOR THE GOP CONVENTION Shenanigans are about to ensue. [Howard Fineman and Lauren Weber, HuffPost]
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WHAT’S BREWING
'NETFLIX'S PLAN TO CONQUER THE WORLD' "For Netflix, becoming a truly global network presents a path for steady growth over the next decade and beyond. It has 75 million subscribers today; there are seven billion more out there. For the world, Netflix’s aspiration could mean much more: the first glimpse at what happens when every part of an online entertainment empire, from interface to content to delivery, is engineered to be everything to everyone, all of the time." [Wired]
DESPITE BAD REVIEWS, BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN CRUSHED THE BOX OFFICE Maybe it'll cheer Ben Affleck up. [HuffPost]
WHEN YOU GIVE AN UBER DRIVER A CAMERA On a Friday night, this is what happens. [Vice]
THIS NINE-YEAR-OLD COMPLETED A COURSE THAT BEATS NAVY SEALS Put down the candy. [Cosmopolitan]
WHEN A BOXING MATCH ENDS WITH SOMEONE NEVER PUTTING GLOVES ON AGAIN The aftermath, and what got them there. [NYT]
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WHAT'S WORKING
THESE MAMMOGRAMS ALSO REVEAL HEART DISEASE RISK "The amount of calcium in the arteries of the breast, which can be seen on a digital mammogram, seems to reflect the amount of calcium in the coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart." [HuffPost]
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BEFORE YOU GO
~ Across Mexico, effigies of Donald Trump were burned in an Easter ritual.
~ What makes a terrorist?
~ North Korea released a video depicting a nuclear attack on Washington, D.C.
~ Why prisons are the new extremism breeding ground.
~ California may have locked down a $15 minimum wage.
~ Of course Chrissy Tiegen served McDonald's at her baby shower.
~ Twitter isn't a friendly place, even for Pope Francis.
~ How to peel all those leftover hardboiled eggs.
~ Happy new "Game of Thrones" teaser.
~ This woman paid off $67,000 in debt in two years.
~ What can we say: "Friends" will always be there for you.
~ And you think you ate a lot of candy this weekend? Watch this guy down 200 peeps in one sitting.
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