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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010
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 Haiti Relief 
 Puts Few Dents 
 in 'Massive' Need 

Food, shelter, medicine in short supply with government invisible

42 minutes ago

 Iran Says Nuclear 
 Enrichment Has Begun 

IAEA inspectors are there, but agency cannot confirm announcement

4 hours, 25 minutes ago

 Paper Mistakes 
 'Pedobear' for 
 Olympic Mascot 

Cartoon bear is associated with pedophilia, not sports

5 hours, 27 minutes ago

 Angelina Jolie Heads to Haiti 

UN goodwill ambassador visited survivors yesterday

6 hours, 33 minutes ago

 Toyota 
 Announces 
 Worldwide 
 Prius Recall 

Braking issues force recall of nearly 500K hybrids

8 hours, 24 minutes ago

 Afghan Avalanches 
 Kill 28, Strand 1,500 

Heavy snow complicates rescue effort north of Kabul

9 hours, 20 minutes ago

 Cop: Baptists Tried to 
 Grab Haiti Kids Earlier 

Group caught with a busload of 40 kids last month

9 hours, 42 minutes ago
WILLIAM MCGURN

 Look Who Says Bush 
 Was Right on Terror 

Obama invokes Bush policies as defense in Couric interview

9 hours, 42 minutes ago

Saudi Preteen Seeks Divorce From 80-Year-old Husband

Human Rights Commission backing girl

10 hours, 7 minutes ago

 China Buys 
 Stakes in 
 Coke, Apple 

But avoids major US holdings in hunt for healthy returns

10 hours, 32 minutes ago

 Eurozone Mulls Greece Bailout 

Officials avoid B-word while planning 'rescue package' 

12 hours, 9 minutes ago

 Samba Queen, 7, Sparks Uproar 

Critics say child shouldn't be used for sex symbol's role

12 hours, 57 minutes ago

 Brakes Force 
 Prius Recall 
 in Japan 

Toyota's action affects new model, two other hybrids

Feb 8, 10 9:25 PM CST
TRAVEL

 Skiing: One Boom 
 China Can't Sustain 

Investors bet big that sport would take off; still waiting

Feb 8, 10 8:07 PM CST
ONE MONTH IN

 Power Woes 
 Shut World's 
 Tallest Building 

Dubai's Burj Khalifa has only been open a month

Feb 8, 10 6:29 PM CST
HAITI EARTHQUAKE

 4 Weeks Later, 
 Man Pulled 
 From Rubble 

28-year-old dehydrated, malnourished

Feb 8, 10 6:11 PM CST
ANALYSIS

Iran Seethes Ahead of Revolution Anniversary

February 11 will test regime, international community

Feb 8, 10 5:51 PM CST

 13-Foot Alligator Kills 
 11-Year-Old Girl 

Victim was swimming in shallow water of Brazilian river

Feb 8, 10 5:36 PM CST
Analysis

Ahmadinejad Sends Obama
a Wake-Up Call

Iran crosses another red line with 20% enrichment boost

Feb 8, 10 11:28 AM CST

 Orcas Storm 
 Beach to 
 Grab Seals 

Killer whales surf ashore for dinner

Feb 8, 10 5:43 AM CST

 My Way Killings 
 Plague Filipino 
 Karaoke Bars 

Bad singers face the final curtain

Feb 8, 10 5:38 AM CST

 Costa Rica Elects 
 First Female President 

'Today we are making history': Laura Chinchilla

Feb 8, 10 4:40 AM CST

 Kashmir Avalanche Kills 
 6 Soldiers, Traps 60 

Snow, rain hinder rescue efforts

Feb 8, 10 4:25 AM CST

Chinese Police Bust
Hacker-Training Business

Cops accuse website of recruiting thousands of students

Feb 8, 10 4:19 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

64
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

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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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