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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009
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Ohio Sues Credit Rating Agencies for Role in Crisis

Moody's, S&P, Fitch lied about risk of toxic securities, AG charges

13 minutes ago
MARKETS

 Dow Dips 14; Energy, Tech Fall 

Dow gains 0.5% for the week, other indices fall

32 minutes ago
kercher murder trial


 Knox Acted Out of 
 'Hatred': Prosecutor 

Closing argument speaks of 'crescendo of violence'

45 minutes ago
TRAVEL

Anonymous Posters Bedevil TripAdvisor

Hotel ranking site shows dangers of crowdsourcing

1 hour, 7 minutes ago
tv review

 Project Runway 
 Limps to Season's End 

Like the rest of Season 6, finale was a bore

1 hour, 23 minutes ago

Limbaugh's Wrong: Gallup's Obama Approval Below 50%

New survey is latest disappointment for President

1 hour, 39 minutes ago
OPRAH VACUUM

 6 Candidates
 to Rule Daytime Talk 

Rachael Ray, Sarah Palin, and other potential Oprah replacements

1 hour, 53 minutes ago
h1n1 outbreak

Swine Flu Mutation Worries Norway Scientists

CDC official says it's no cause for alarm

2 hours, 5 minutes ago
movie review

 Bullock Shines in 
 Crowd-Pleasing Blind Side  

Football chick flick lacks suspense, delivers happy ending

2 hours, 17 minutes ago
PALEONTOLOGISTS SAY

 100M Years Ago, Africa 
 Was Crocodile Central 

3 new species unearthed from Sahara include DogCroc

2 hours, 30 minutes ago

 Calif. Buffalo Go on 
 Birth Control  

State thins Santa Catalina Island herd humanely

2 hours, 42 minutes ago
Movie Review

 Don't Land On Planet 51 

Laugh-free sci-fi satire mediocre at best

2 hours, 54 minutes ago

Hasan Asked Cleric When Jihad Was Okay

'I can't wait to join you' in the afterlife, accused shooter wrote in e-mail

3 hours, 6 minutes ago
GOODNIGHT, SWEET PRINCE

 Georgia Mourns 
 Football Mascot 

Bulldog, 4, served less than 2 full seasons in shortest reign ever

3 hours, 18 minutes ago
CASEY ANTHONY TRIAL

Defense Accuses Man Who Found Caylee's Body

Cops have already cleared utility worker

3 hours, 30 minutes ago
MOVIE REVIEW

 Bad Lieutenant Is 
 Terribly Fantastic 

Cage's unhinged performance dazzles, and Herzog keeps up

3 hours, 40 minutes ago
BLAGO FALLOUT


 Ethics Panel 
 Slaps Burris 
 on the Wrist 

'Letter of admonition' cites fibs surrounding Blagojevich

3 hours, 55 minutes ago
bloodthirsty

 How Twilight 
 Rescued Hot Topic 

Goth retail mainstay is relevant again thanks to books, films

4 hours, 8 minutes ago

 Vatican Historian: 
 Shroud of Turin 
 Is Authentic 

Barely visible writing has Jesus' name, she says

4 hours, 18 minutes ago

Pub's Bad Service Leads
to Arrest—of Irate Patrons

No skipping gratuity, restaurant says

4 hours, 28 minutes ago
20 WHITE KITTENS

 Mariah's Latest Diva Demands 

Carey's latest appearance marked by more ridiculous requests

4 hours, 38 minutes ago
UPDATED

 Suicide Suspected 
 in Death of 
 Model Daul Kim 


20-year-old South Korean beauty had popular blog, video diary

4 hours, 45 minutes ago

 Emotional Oprah: 'It's Time' 

Winfrey tells fans 25 seasons the 'perfect number' to end on

4 hours, 48 minutes ago


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

2
Nov 20, 09 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

My 84-year-old mother was full of venomous indignation at dinner last night over the great mammogram take-back. Bureaucrats, in her view, will happily kill women to save money. My colleague, Caroline Miller, Newser’s editor in chief, took umbrage in this space the other day about the new guidelines. She noted the obvious cold efficiencies involved with discouraging younger women from having a yearly mammogram, as well as the “patronizing” justification for... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

14
Nov 19, 09 | 10:14 AM BY Michael Wolff

This is a phenomenon that just keeps giving. Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it. There... More »

And We Thought We Hated Mammograms

7
Nov 18, 09 | 2:40 PM BY Caroline Miller

No one likes to get a mammogram. Still, it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who was pleased to hear the new ruling that women in their 40s don’t need to endure the annual indignity of baring their breasts to the radiologist after all. That’s because it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who believes that the federal panel changed its recommendation for her benefit. It’s not that the decision doesn’t make sense: It costs a lot to... More »

China and the Obese: The President Meets His Greatest Problems

12
Nov 18, 09 | 8:43 AM BY Michael Wolff

For all sorts of obvious reasons, it seems like a greatly unacceptable and possibly discriminatory thing to say that the obese are a lot... More »

Rupert Murdoch’s Guy Gets It

5
Nov 17, 09 | 6:50 AM BY Michael Wolff

If Arthur Miller were at it again, he’d call the play Death of a PR Guy. Gary Ginsberg, Murdoch’s PR guy who got... More »

Obama's Secret Weapon: The Hug

4
Nov 16, 09 | 12:30 PM BY Lewis Grossberger

President Obama needs to get the hell out of China as fast as he can, rush back to America and start hugging Republicans. This will... More »

The President Wants You to Know He’s Too Dopey to Use Twitter

19
Nov 16, 09 | 8:01 AM BY Michael Wolff

“First of all, let me say that I have never used Twitter. I notice that young people—you know, they’re very busy with... More »

Does Warren Buffett Know What He’s Talking About?

10
Nov 13, 09 | 6:55 AM BY Michael Wolff

Nobody I know who is smart and rich (albeit much less rich than they used to be) thinks the economy is patched up and ready to roll—except,... More »

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