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 Cracked Tooth Delays 
 Lil Wayne's Jail Start 

Rapper will undergo dental surgery on Friday

43 minutes ago

 Nancy Kerrigan's Dad's 
 Death a Homicide: DA  

Charges against Olympic figure skater's brother may be amended

3 hours, 14 minutes ago
won't give up 'busty blonds'

 Hef Sued for 
 Not Selling Playboy 

Shareholder claims Hugh Hefner sabotaged two deals

9 hours, 42 minutes ago

Man Charged With Holding, Raping Teen
for 6 Months 

Buffalo suspect blamed son's burn on runaway

11 hours, 22 minutes ago
WILLIAM MCGURN

 Look Who Says Bush 
 Was Right on Terror 

Obama invokes Bush policies as defense in Couric interview

11 hours, 52 minutes ago

 Cop: Baptists Tried to 
 Grab Haiti Kids Earlier 

Group caught with a busload of 40 kids last month

11 hours, 52 minutes ago
UPDATED

Michael Jackson's Doctor Pleads Not Guilty

Conrad Murray faces 4 years if convicted of felony manslaughter

Feb 8, 10 4:43 PM CST
UPDATED



 Charlie Sheen 
 Arraigned on 
 Felony Charge 

Actor appears in Colorado court to answer to domestic abuse allegations

Feb 8, 10 4:13 PM CST

 Brad and Angie 
 Sue Over Split Story 

Couple takes British tabloid to court over  'false' and 'intrusive' allegations

Feb 8, 10 3:35 PM CST

Judge Hearing Prop 8 Case
Is Gay

Not that there's anything wrong with that ... at least for now

Feb 8, 10 1:21 PM CST

 Courts Mull Restitution 
 for Victims of Child Porn 

Some argue that monetary damages are civil, not criminal matter

Feb 8, 10 11:14 AM CST

 Soldier Waterboards 
 Daughter, 4, Over ABCs 

He admits abuse, faces assault charges

Feb 8, 10 10:25 AM CST


 Michael Jackson's 
 Doc to Plead 
 Not Guilty Today 

Conrad Murray will be arraigned this afternoon

Feb 8, 10 6:18 AM CST

 Pal: Desperation Led Mom 
 to Kill Autistic Son 

Gig Jordan 'grasped at straws' at clinics

Feb 8, 10 4:39 AM CST

Chinese Police Bust
Hacker-Training Business

Cops accuse website of recruiting thousands of students

Feb 8, 10 4:19 AM CST

 China Recalls 
 170 Tons 
 of Poison 
 Milk Powder 

Tainted products from last scandal likely repackaged

Feb 8, 10 3:45 AM CST

 Warren Sapp 
 Charged With 
 Domestic Battery  

Former NFL great loses Super Bowl announcing gig after arrest

Feb 7, 10 3:30 PM CST
TAKE A TOUR

 Cabbage Patch CEO 
 Snags Madoff Pad 

Take a look at what $9M will get you in New York City

Feb 7, 10 8:06 AM CST

 Andrew Young 
 Forks Over 
 Edwards 
 Sex Tape 

Gives copy to FBI after landing in contempt of court

Feb 6, 10 11:32 AM CST
super bowl

All Over New Orleans, Saints Fans Go Marching Out

Side effects of Super Bowl madness include absenteeism

Feb 5, 10 5:20 PM CST

 Woman Kills Son, 8, 
 in Posh NYC Hotel: Cops 

Socialite's child apparently OD's in failed murder-suicide

Feb 5, 10 3:54 PM CST

 Charlie Sheen's 
 Stolen Car 
 Found in 
 Ravine 

Actor says Mercedes went missing overnight

Feb 5, 10 12:47 PM CST

Court Reprimands Young for Keeping Edwards Sex Tape

Former aide found in contempt of court, says he will comply

Feb 5, 10 11:55 AM CST

 Schoolgirl Handcuffed, 
 Suspended for Doodling  

NYC 12-year-old arrested over '2 little doodles' in erasable marker

Feb 5, 10 11:11 AM CST


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

It’s the Sex, Stupid   

8
Feb 9, 10 | 7:46 AM BY Michael Wolff

Stories about the sex lives of politicians are just about the hottest copy in the business. So hot, that the hottest story at the New York Times is the rumor of a story about the sex life of David Paterson, New York’s governor. We are all waiting for the great bombshell. Although it may be that we don’t even need an actual story, that having had so many stories about politicians' sex lives, we can all fill in the blanks. There are already reports... More »

For Me, Palin Scores

65
Feb 8, 10 | 7:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Andrew Sullivan , the journalist and blogger, who flirted for many years with conservatism and the Republican party, has become the... More »

Politics Has Lost Its Power. That’s Why There’s Gridlock

28
Feb 5, 10 | 8:39 AM BY Michael Wolff

Everybody’s beating their breasts about Washington gridlock. Let’s defend gridlock for a moment. The opposite of gridlock... More »

Rupert Murdoch Is Mad as Hell

8
Feb 4, 10 | 8:07 AM BY Michael Wolff

Rupert is off the reservation again. This is always a possibility when News Corp.’s quarterly earnings reports are issued and... More »

Sarah Palin, Inc. Has a Problem

16
Feb 3, 10 | 8:00 AM BY Michael Wolff

Before this gets out of hand, I want to try to save the word “retarded,” which seems robust and meaningful and evocative... More »

Obama’s Deficit Faux-Hawk

12
Feb 2, 10 | 12:14 PM BY Kevin Spak

During his State of the Union address, Barack Obama promised to freeze government spending , not this year, but soon, and not on defense,... More »

Jenny Sanford, Andrew Young, Gayle Haggard Tell Everything You Always Want to Know About Sex—Other People's

9
Feb 2, 10 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

Maybe the problem is not so much with sex but with books. The great thing (I mean the really great thing) about books (good books... More »

James O’Keefe: What Did Glenn Beck Know, and When Did He Know It?

18
Feb 1, 10 | 8:12 AM BY Michael Wolff

I can offer some reasonable speculation about where this O’Keefe business is going. There are the perpetrators, the four... More »

JD Salinger, and His Way, Are Dead

38
Jan 29, 10 | 7:02 AM BY Michael Wolff

A number of months ago, when he roused himself to file yet another law suit against another writer who came too close to him, I wrote... More »

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