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 Give These Gifts 
 and Get Lucky 

Presents for the materialistic lady in your life

1 hour, 12 minutes ago

 Pre-Scandal 
 Fergie Spills 
 to Cosmo 

Before Josh Duhamel's stripper fiasco, singer applauded him in mag

Nov 6, 09 11:09 AM CST
GLOSSIES

 A Sex Predator Speaks 

Pa. man, convicted of soliciting child sex, says he was set up

Nov 4, 09 12:41 PM CST
KINKY INTERVIEW

 Nicole Kidman: 
 I've Explored 
 Fetish Sex 

She admits to sexual experimentation, talks 'danger' of marriage

Nov 4, 09 10:55 AM CST
INTERVIEW

 Winona 
 Talks Jolie, 
 Comeback 



After 9 years, Ryder is back—and setting the Jolie record straight

Nov 4, 09 9:36 AM CST

 Accelerated Aging 
 Tied to HIV/AIDS 

Middle-aged sufferers have symptoms of HIV-negative 80-year-olds

Nov 2, 09 3:25 PM CST
Interview

Life Inside Nancy Pelosi's Bubble

For feisty speaker, there are only Dems, donors and vote counts

Nov 2, 09 12:33 PM CST
GLOSSIES

 Twilight's Pattinson: 
 'I Look Like an Idiot' 

Twilight star tells mag he looks 'like an idiot,' denies romancing Stewart

Nov 2, 09 10:56 AM CST
life imitates art

 Most of 
 Manhattan 
 Is Single 

Census shows 50.3% live alone

Oct 30, 09 1:38 PM CDT

Teens Busted for Rapping Fast-Food Order

Utah McDonald's doesn't appreciate YouTube-inspired stunt

Oct 30, 09 10:21 AM CDT

 Barack and Michelle: 
 The First Romantics 

Pair redefine president-first lady relationship

Oct 29, 09 9:03 AM CDT

 San Fran Is Best US 
 Vacation Destination 

Charleston, Santa Fe, New York, and Chicago round out top 5

Oct 29, 09 9:00 AM CDT
Book Excerpt

 Omar bin Laden: Dad Beat Me 

Terrorist's fourth son describes his childhood in Growing Up bin Laden

Oct 28, 09 11:26 AM CDT
NELL SCOVELL

 Ex-Staffer: 
 Letterman 
 Environment 
 'Demeaning' 

But not just because of sexual politics: It's time to hire female writers

Oct 27, 09 9:50 AM CDT
INTERVIEW

 Inside Gaga's 'Delicious' Tour 

Lady Gaga talks new album The Fame Monster and The Monster Ball concerts

Oct 22, 09 10:18 AM CDT

 Rogue Anti-Palin Book Coming 

Essay collection uses similar art, title

Oct 21, 09 1:20 PM CDT

 John, Jen Back Together: Tab 

Aniston, Mayer finally make our dreams come true. Plus: baby news, of course!

Oct 21, 09 10:52 AM CDT
the imperial mayor

 In New York, No One 
 Matters But Bloomberg 

Political foes gone, power elite diminished, moneyed mayor calls all the shots

Oct 19, 09 11:14 AM CDT
GLOSSIES

 Cameron's 
 Avatar 
 May Be a 
 Revolution 

Director recalls drama of earlier films, inspiration for return to the big screen

Oct 19, 09 11:00 AM CDT
THEY AREN'T GOING AWAY

 Why Jon and Kate 
 Are Everywhere 

You might not want to read about the Gosselins—but tabloid lovers do. Why?

Oct 19, 09 8:16 AM CDT
OPINION

Demjanjuk Farce Is
a Funny Kind of Justice

Prosecution seems to be more about German guilt than alleged war criminal's

Oct 18, 09 5:19 AM CDT
GLOSSIES

Point of Vampire Craze:
No Sex Is Deviant Anymore

Bloodsuckers of today just want to fit in

Oct 14, 09 6:56 PM CDT
INTERVIEW


 Madonna: I Was 
 'Provocative' at 13 

Material Girl looks back on success, talks Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga

Oct 14, 09 10:40 AM CDT

 Celebs' Fave 
 Smartphone 
 Apps 

Katie Couric, Ivanka Trump share the best apps for iPhone, Blackberry, Palm

Oct 13, 09 10:58 AM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Galleon Scandal: Shocked, Shocked by Insider Trading

5
Nov 6, 09 | 9:26 AM BY Michael Wolff

How is it that we get a major insider trading scandal every two decades or so? The last big one, which ultimately ensnarled Michael Milken, the legendary junk bond king, happened in the late eighties. The current one, with a mass of arrests yesterday, threatens the hedge fund industry. It seems reasonable to assume from the intermittent decades of prosecution that this particular sort of financial larceny is quite a rare bird and when it rears its head the Feds pounce.... More »

Rupert Murdoch Is Mad but Cute

10
Nov 5, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

The Wall Street Journal was a great paper. It is still a pretty great paper but it is not the great Wall Street Journal.... More »

Skype Lives!

15
Nov 4, 09 | 8:33 AM BY Michael Wolff

I follow entrepreneurial dramas the way other people follow sports (did somebody win the World Series?). In these comedies, tragedies,... More »

Why the GOP Will Rise Again

25
Nov 3, 09 | 9:11 AM BY Michael Wolff

The strange business that is going on in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, which occupies some other universe than the one... More »

Sarah Palin and Levi Johnston: How They Took America

21
Nov 2, 09 | 8:40 AM BY Michael Wolff

Of all the outcomes of the 2008 presidential election, the strangest, beyond the rise of Sarah Palin herself, is the success of Levi Johnston.... More »

Why the Media Is Taking So Long to Die

17
Oct 30, 09 | 9:21 AM BY Michael Wolff

I participated the other night in an oddly formal, anglophilic, Oxford-style, for-and-against-the-proposition debate on the topic of (you... More »

How the Internet Got Lost and Why Google’s GPS Won’t Show Us the Way Out

11
Oct 29, 09 | 8:58 AM BY Michael Wolff

I had lunch yesterday with my old friend and former colleague, Chip Bayers, who, 15 years ago this week, after having left my fledgling... More »

Pot Will Save Us

39
Oct 28, 09 | 11:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Wow. Pot. Just like that, on its way to being legalized. Well, just like that after 50 years or so. In order to save itself from financial... More »

Is Obama a Sleaze?

31
Oct 27, 09 | 8:58 AM BY Michael Wolff

So it turns out there’s a reason the president hasn’t wrapped up health care or Iraq, figured out Afghanistan, closed Guantanamo,... More »

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