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SATURDAY, JULY 4, 2009

updated

Honduras Refuses OAS Order to Reinstate Prez Zelaya

'Now the OAS has to decide what it will do' says supreme court leader

Airline Uses Naked Staff for In-Flight Safety Vid

'Bare Essential of Safety' also a viral video hit

 Iraq Protesters 
 Burn US Flag 
 During Biden Visit 

Supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr mock veep's reconciliation tour

wimbledon
analysis

Paranoid Russia Poses
Big Test for Obama

President's trip to Moscow will be hard work, no fun

wimbledon

Federer Snags Spot in 7th Straight Final 

Makes quick work of Haas, awaits winner
of Murray-Roddick

ANALYSIS





 Mousavi's Options Dwindle 
 as Time Ticks Away 

Beaten on the streets, reformer takes uphill battle to the elite

Demjanjuk Fit
to Stand Trial, Germany Rules

Accused Nazi death-camp guard, 89, is officially stateless

 Global Warming 
 Shrinking Sheep 

Warmer winters make evolutionary drive to grow do a U-turn

UK Predicts 100,000 New Swine Flu Cases Every Day

Government instructs doctors to stop testing for H1N1

 Aussies 
 Dig Up 
 3 New 
 Dinosaurs 

Dinos from Down Under evolved separately from cousins elsewhere

UK Embassy Staff Will Face Trial in Iran

Leading cleric also accuses Britain of instigating protests

Armstrong Keeps Low Profile on Eve of Tour

7-time champ the talk of the town as he prepares to try for an 8th

UPDATED

 UN Chief Meets 
 Junta Leader in Burma 

Ban plans to press junta to release Suu Kyi and other political prisoners

Madoff May
Have Paid Off Austrian Banker

She's accused of sending him investors' cash, getting kickbacks

 Honduras Considers 
 Early Election 

Interim gov't may hold Zelaya-free election in effort to end political crisis

Sole Survivor of '71 Jungle Crash Recounts Ordeal

Teen girl fell 2 miles from sky, trekked 10 days out of Amazon

 Turkish Game Show 
 Tries to Convert Atheists 

Imams, priests, rabbis, and monks given chance to convert unbelievers live on TV



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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Jenny Sanford Is a Bummer

68
Jul 2, 09 | 9:03 AM BY Michael Wolff

How come Jenny Sanford has become a heroine for American women in the new sex wars? Ruth Marcus excitedly expressed the conventional wisdom on Mrs. Sanford in yesterday’s Washington Post, calling her a “model for the wronged political spouse.” Tina Brown, who, as I recall, stole her husband out from under another woman, detailed her keen satisfaction that Sanford had not stood shamefacedly by her husband’s side in the manner of Silda Spitzer... More »

Do You Use a Vibrator?

29
Jul 1, 09 | 9:29 AM BY Michael Wolff

Apparently half of adult Americans use vibrators, according to a new study. That does not mean that women use vibrators and men don’t.... More »

Madoff Sentence: Is It a Jewish Thing?

26
Jun 30, 09 | 9:23 AM BY Michael Wolff

How many more years in prison did Bernie Madoff get for being Jewish? We might as well get the question out there. It’s surfaced... More »

Michael Jackson Goes to Heaven

14
Jun 29, 09 | 9:24 AM BY Michael Wolff

The New York Post has run an almost unaccountable number of Wacko Jacko headlines during Michael Jackson’s peculiar... More »

Who Killed Michael Jackson?

21
Jun 26, 09 | 8:40 AM BY Michael Wolff

While his is an end long foretold, it will nevertheless receive and, by tabloid rules require, obsessive explanation and a search for both... More »

Disgraced Sanford as Romantic Hero

7
Jun 25, 09 | 9:11 PM BY Caroline Miller

Boy, the avalanche of blogs and columns about Mark Sanford’s confession of marital infidelity yesterday have been almost as weird... More »

Why Fox News Is Really Pleasant and Agreeable

32
Jun 25, 09 | 9:37 AM BY Michael Wolff

How does Fox News do it? In the face of an incredibly popular Democratic president, a Republican Party and conservative movement in vast... More »

Steve Jobs Lives (or Is Not Dead, Apparently)

7
Jun 24, 09 | 9:09 AM BY Michael Wolff

Well, is he in the building or not? Is he all better? Why won’t they tell us? And does it matter? Now, it very well may be that... More »

Iran: Media Loves a Revolution

16
Jun 23, 09 | 9:29 AM BY Michael Wolff

More than murder, corruption, war, scandal, it’s revolution that the media adores. Revolution’s the ultimate conflict and... More »

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