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 Amanda Knox: 
 Murder Charges 
 'Pure Fantasy' 

Prosecutors ask for life sentence; defense prepares final arguments

8 hours, 42 minutes ago
demagogue alert

Lawmaker Paints Target on Barack Obama's Back

Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert panders to dangerous paranoids

12 hours, 38 minutes ago

Shaniya Raped, Killed on Day of Abduction: Cops

NC 5-year-old was asphyxiated, arrest warrant says

Nov 20, 09 5:04 PM CST

Ohio Sues Credit Rating Agencies for Role in Crisis

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

Nov 20, 09 3:29 PM CST
kercher murder trial


 Knox Acted Out of 
 'Hatred': Prosecutor 

Closing argument speaks of 'crescendo of violence'

Nov 20, 09 2:57 PM CST

Hasan Asked Cleric When Jihad Was Okay

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

Nov 20, 09 12:36 PM CST
CASEY ANTHONY TRIAL

Defense Accuses Man Who Found Caylee's Body

Cops have already cleared utility worker

Nov 20, 09 12:12 PM CST

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

No skipping gratuity, restaurant says

Nov 20, 09 11:14 AM CST

 John Kerry: 
 My Daughter Wasn't 
 Legally Drunk 

Says Alexandra was busted for expired tags, but passed test

Nov 20, 09 8:33 AM CST
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER

 KSM Trial 
 Will Be a 
 Perverse Farce 

It will be like rereleasing '9/11—the Director's Cut'

Nov 20, 09 5:13 AM CST

 Russia Blocks Autopsy
 on Jailed Lawyer

Authorities accused of denying activist attorney care

Nov 20, 09 4:54 AM CST

 NYC Targets Subway Gropers 

Officials want offenders' photos on 'wall on shame'

Nov 20, 09 3:11 AM CST

 Peru Gang Accused 
 of Killing to Harvest Fat 

Cosmetics firms said to pay $60K/gallon; experts skeptical

Nov 19, 09 10:00 PM CST

Fla. Jury: Philip Morris Must Pay Ex-Smoker $300M

Tobacco company found negligent in state's largest verdict

Nov 19, 09 9:21 PM CST
BIG BROTHER

Cops Use Facebook to Bust Underage Drinkers

Phony 'friend' gains access to drinking photos

Nov 19, 09 6:19 PM CST

Martha Stewart:
I Lost a Billion Bucks in Prison

She laments loss to 'mankind,' smack talks Rachael Ray

Nov 19, 09 2:31 PM CST
whose law applies?

Tribal Casino Defaults
May Sink Creditors  

Foxwood failure sparks debate over  'sovereign nation' status

Nov 19, 09 2:17 PM CST

Fort Hood Suspect
Feared He 
Had HIV 

Hasan was worried about recent test

Nov 19, 09 1:37 PM CST

 Ex-NBA Star Cops Plea 
 in 2002 Shooting 

Jayson Williams averts retrial, expected to serve 18 months

Nov 19, 09 12:09 PM CST

Your Boss Can't Read Your Email, Courts Say

Judges start to sympathize with employees in privacy disputes

Nov 19, 09 11:42 AM CST

 Man Fleeing Cops Jumps 
 From Geo. Washington Bridge 

Traffic gridlocked after plunge into Hudson

Nov 19, 09 11:30 AM CST
WOULD-BE FIRST KIDS

 Alexandra Kerry 
 Charged With DUI 

Alexandra Kerry booked and released, was under legal limit

Nov 19, 09 10:27 AM CST
CELEB LAWSUITS


 Manager: I 
 Warned Nic 
 Not to Buy 
 That Castle... 

Broke Nicolas Cage countersued by business manager

Nov 19, 09 9:33 AM CST
Nixon's missing 18 1/2 minutes

 Notes Scoured 
 for Watergate Key 

Hope to fill in gaps with cutting-edge forensics

Nov 19, 09 8:47 AM CST


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

8
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

16
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

6
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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