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Federal Study Tries to Derail Train Suicides

Railroad Administration looks into ways to block tracks

4 hours, 34 minutes ago

 Green Nail Salons 
 Smell a Trend  

Workers suffer through long exposure to toxic chemicals, carcinogens

5 hours, 11 minutes ago

 East Braces for 
 Another Big Snowstorm 

Mid-Atlantic, still reeling from last storm, could get 20 inches

5 hours, 44 minutes ago
Analysis

Actually, There Are Seven Americas

Facebook data reveal a map of close regional ties

6 hours, 55 minutes ago
initiative launches today


 First Lady: 
 Let's Eliminate 
 Childhood Obesity 

Michelle Obama talks to GMA in advance of launching initiative

7 hours, 40 minutes ago

Man Charged With Holding, Raping Teen
for 6 Months 

Buffalo suspect blamed son's burn on runaway

11 hours, 56 minutes ago
WILLIAM MCGURN

 Look Who Says Bush 
 Was Right on Terror 

Obama invokes Bush policies as defense in Couric interview

12 hours, 26 minutes ago
ANALYSIS

Murtha Leaves Huge Shoes ... and Big Chance for GOP

Republicans have long eyed the Pa. seat for takeover

Feb 8, 10 6:53 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

 Official: No One Trapped 
 in Conn. Power Plant Rubble 

Everyone accounted for after explosion

Feb 8, 10 12:53 PM CST

 America's Top 
 Philanthropists 

Annual list tracks most generous of 2009; Bill and Melinda Gates are 3rd

Feb 8, 10 12:39 PM CST

 Soldier Waterboards 
 Daughter, 4, Over ABCs 

He admits abuse, faces assault charges

Feb 8, 10 10:25 AM CST

 Scandals Force Out 
 Illinois Lt. Gov. Candidate 

Chicago pawnbroker was abusive steroid addict, deadbeat dad

Feb 8, 10 8:07 AM CST

 Pal: Desperation Led Mom 
 to Kill Autistic Son 

Gig Jordan 'grasped at straws' at clinics

Feb 8, 10 4:39 AM CST

 Indian Tribes Fight 
 Obama-Backed Wind Farm 

Battle continues to block 130 turbines off Martha's Vineyard

Feb 8, 10 4:15 AM CST
super bowl XLIV

 Saints Fans Start 
 Mardi Gras Early 

Streets of New Orleans fill with celebrating fans

Feb 7, 10 10:44 PM CST
UPDATED

 Conn. Power Plant Blast 
 Death Toll Climbs to 5 

About 50 people were working at Middletown facility before explosion

Feb 7, 10 5:20 PM CST

 Deadly Power Plant 
 Explosion Rocks 
 Conn. Town  

At least 2 dead, dozens injured in Middletown blast

Feb 7, 10 2:27 PM CST

Coin in This Year's Super Bowl Is Out
of This World

Literally—it was on Atlantis spaceflight

Feb 7, 10 12:33 PM CST
ASK THE SPIN DOCTORS

 Assessing John Edwards' 
 Comeback Chances 

Atlantic polls image-makers on how to repair the damage

Feb 7, 10 9:59 AM CST

 As DC Digs Out, a Surreal Feel 

Snowball fights, skiers roam deserted streets of 'Epcot Center version' of city

Feb 7, 10 7:32 AM CST
opinion

 Here Come Electric Cars— 
 But Cities Aren't Ready 

People without driveways or garages have nowhere to charge

Feb 7, 10 6:44 AM CST

 Clouds Delay 
 Last Nighttime 
 Shuttle Launch 


Endeavour now looks for liftoff early Monday

Feb 7, 10 6:00 AM CST
COLLECTION HAS OWN APARTMENT

Playboy's No. 1 Fan? This 44-Year-Old Chicago Woman

Peggy Wilkins moderates fan list, and even has Hef's ear

Feb 7, 10 5:04 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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