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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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SHUT THE HELL UP, SARAH

Beck Won't 
Run for VP With 
'Yapping' Palin 

Alaskan belongs 'in the kitchen,' Beck tells listeners

37 minutes ago

 Hungarian Med Student 
 Opens Fire in School 

1 killed, 3 injured in campus shooting

1 hour, 4 minutes ago

Berlusconi Wife Seeks $25M-a-Year Divorce

Veronica vows to 'make things messy' if demands not met

1 hour, 28 minutes ago

 Bulgarian Scientists: 
 Aliens Have Landed! 

Researchers claim they deciphered crop circles

1 hour, 54 minutes ago
OPINION

 How Obama Screwed Up 



Lack of bipartisanship undercuts campaign promises

2 hours, 15 minutes ago

Gatecrashers Named
In 16 Lawsuits

Salahis engaged in numerous court battles

2 hours, 42 minutes ago

 Team Counts 
 on Birds to Sing 
 Their Population 

Recordings + math equations = accurate numbers

3 hours, 11 minutes ago

Lobbyists See Advisory Roles Clipped by New Obama Rule

Feds aim to cut special-interest access; K Streeters demur

Nov 26, 09 11:06 PM CST

 Taliban Makes Surprise 
 Return in N. Afghanistan 

Kunduz thought secure enough to move troops elsewhere

Nov 26, 09 10:00 PM CST

Sleep in Tomorrow; Better Bargains Begin Sunday

Cyber Sunday joins Cyber Monday as deals shift online

Nov 26, 09 9:10 PM CST

Crisis at Dubai Flagship Roils World Markets

In surprise, government takes over Dubai World; bank stocks pounded

Nov 26, 09 8:22 PM CST

 Brazil: 'Gringos' Must Pay 
 to Keep Rainforests 

Industrialized nations have done most damage to Amazon

Nov 26, 09 8:00 PM CST
FACEBOOK DOESN'T LIE, RIGHT?

Party-Crashers Got Close
to Obamas Before

Photos show them in inaugural box; Secret Service admits mistake

Nov 26, 09 7:28 PM CST

 Aussies Will Kill 
 6K Thirsty Camels 
 Besieging Town 

Officials to shoot 6K thirsty, marauding camels

Nov 26, 09 7:00 PM CST

In Meteor, NASA Sees Best Evidence Yet of Life on Mars

Martian meteorite shows fossilized bacteria

Nov 26, 09 6:17 PM CST

 UN Nuclear Agency Blasts 
 Iran Stonewalling 

ElBaradei sees investigation at 'dead end'

Nov 26, 09 5:22 PM CST
TRAVEL

 Climb the Golden Gate 
 Bridge? Maybe Soon 

Officials seek revenue streams beyond ever-rising tolls

Nov 26, 09 4:00 PM CST

 Banish Men From 
 Childbirth: Doc 

He says male presence leads to more stress and more C-sections

Nov 26, 09 2:41 PM CST
happy thanksgiving

 A Great Day for Parades 

Shrek, SpongeBob, Snoopy soar through Manhattan

Nov 26, 09 2:17 PM CST

 iPhone Hacker 
 Gets Job 
 Writing Apps 

21-year-old is hired by an Australian tech company

Nov 26, 09 2:05 PM CST
shhh


 Gabby Katie 
 Ruins 
 New Moon 
 for Fans 

She and two friends talked all through the movie

Nov 26, 09 1:30 PM CST

Iran Takes
Nobel Winner's Peace Prize

It's never happened before, say outraged officials in Norway

Nov 26, 09 1:06 PM CST
PROFILE

 Biden the 
 Second Most 
 Powerful 
 Vice Prez 

He's scaling back from Cheney, but a major player in his own right

Nov 26, 09 12:47 PM CST
hope for copenhagen

 China Pledges to Cut 
 Greenhouse Gases 

Beijing will peg its reductions to GDP

Nov 26, 09 12:25 PM CST


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar

10
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, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call Gadget, he invariably reverts to talking about Microsoft, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call IBM. What is Microsoft going to do? he asks, oddly echoing—indeed anticipating—Jeff Jarvis’ book, What Would Google Do? Murdoch’s question... More »

Books Are Bad for You

29
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

11
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

17
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 »

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 »

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