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 Rare Pink Diamond 
 Scores Dazzling 
 $2.2M a Carat 

$10.8M sale is miles above previous record for 'vivid pink' stone

18 minutes ago

South Africa
Will Expand AIDS Fight

In policy shift, country will ramp up testing and drugs for babies

32 minutes ago
Interview

 Cheney: Obama Looks Weak 

Ex-VP says Afghan decisions made for 'small 'p' political reasons'

41 minutes ago
Richard Cohen

Right Should Stop Slandering Gay Marriage

It's not recipe for promiscuity, it's
a vote for family

49 minutes ago
TIGER WOODS SCANDAL


 Get to Know 
 Rachel Uchitel 

Tiger Woods' rumored galpal has famous exes, likes to party

1 hour, 5 minutes ago
100 POUNDS OF GLITTER

 Inside  
 Tonight's 
 Victoria's 
 Secret Show 

Show features Liu Wen, the first-ever Asian Angel

1 hour, 17 minutes ago
HARD TIMES IN BIG OIL

 Oil Giants 
 Bend to 
 Iraq's Terms 



War for oil hasn't been too lucrative for American companies

1 hour, 21 minutes ago
FOOL ME ONCE...

 Salahis Crashed 
 Black Caucus Event 

No, we didn't, they say, but had no tickets and were booted

1 hour, 41 minutes ago

 Chinese Weddings
 Fuel Real Estate Boom 

Newlyweds help boost property prices by 80%

1 hour, 52 minutes ago

Dubai Crash
Will Test Murky
Sharia Finance

Unclear how default will affect Islamic lenders, who earn no interest

2 hours, 8 minutes ago
'TODAY' SHOW INTERVIEW

 Tareq Salahi: 'We 
 Did Not Party Crash' 

Scandal is 'devastating' to him, wife Michaele, he tells Today

2 hours, 28 minutes ago
DOUBLE TROUBLE

 Last Twilight Film 
 Will Likely Split in 2 

Summit considers splitting Breaking Dawn into two films, a la Harry

2 hours, 31 minutes ago

Next Hurdle for Afghan Surge: Paying for It

Dems don't want to pony up for Obama's plan

2 hours, 40 minutes ago

 Obama Talks Afghan 
 Strategy With Karzai 

Morning videoconference pleased Afghan president, sources say

2 hours, 48 minutes ago

 7 Crazy Celebrity Prenups 

Khloe's $500K a year is nothing compared to some

3 hours, 26 minutes ago
7 MORE THINGS

 White House 
 Fires Back 
 at Politico 

But don't be fooled, good relationship is maintained

3 hours, 36 minutes ago
UPDATED

 Cop-Killer 
 Suspect 
 Shot Dead 

Police find, shoot Maurice Clemmons in south Seattle neighborhood

4 hours, 10 minutes ago

CBO: Most Premiums Won't Rise Under Health Bill

People under employer plans will see rates fall or remain steady

4 hours, 16 minutes ago
AFGHAN strategy

 Troop Surge Number? 34K 

With NATO troops, total close to McChrystal request

4 hours, 20 minutes ago
Joe Conason

Clemmons Not Huckabee's 1st Freed Killer

Ex-gov said to be a sucker for cons who
got religion

4 hours, 28 minutes ago

 Judge Blocks Latin 
 America's 1st Gay Wedding 

Argentine couple's case sent to supreme court at last minute

4 hours, 51 minutes ago
Cop Killer Blame Game

 O'Reilly to Huckabee: 
 Clemmons 'Not Your Fault'

But other conservatives are less understanding

5 hours, 19 minutes ago
DAVID BROOKS

Obama's Afghan Plan Won't Please Anybody

Which means that
the president may have gotten it right

5 hours, 24 minutes ago


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Old Newsmen Never Die…And the White House Party Crashers Weren’t Working Alone

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Dec 1, 09 | 9:39 AM BY Michael Wolff

There is a club in the West 40s in Manhattan which includes among its members many old newsmen who, curiously, have sworn, on pain of expulsion, never to utter its name in the press—a quaintness by which I will abide. I had lunch yesterday, in the members’ dining room, with one of my favorites, back in New York for the holidays from his retirement home in Florida. This is what old newsmen talk about: The world will be in sorry, sorry shape when newspapers die,... More »

Should Google Worry?

3
Nov 30, 09 | 9:12 AM BY Michael Wolff

Google is under media attack. Rupert Murdoch is the most outspoken anti-Googlist, but his fulminations are now followed by a new book,... More »

Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar

11
Nov 24, 09 | 10:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Microsoft is a company that Rupert Murdoch understands. When he talks about the technology business or about the Internet or Google, which,... More »

Books Are Bad for You

47
Nov 23, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell... More »

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

14
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,... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

19
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

8
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... 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

7
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 »

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