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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009
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h1n1 outbreak

Swine Flu Mutation Worries Norway Scientists

CDC official says it's no cause for alarm

2 hours, 4 minutes ago
PALEONTOLOGISTS SAY

 100M Years Ago, Africa 
 Was Crocodile Central 

3 new species unearthed from Sahara include DogCroc

2 hours, 29 minutes ago

 Calif. Buffalo Go on 
 Birth Control  

State thins Santa Catalina Island herd humanely

2 hours, 41 minutes ago

 Fla. Man to Smoke 
 115,000th Joint 

Feat earns him world record for cannabis consumption

5 hours, 9 minutes ago

 P&G Recalls 
 Contaminated 
 Vicks Nasal Spray 

Lots affected by bacteria were sold in US, UK, Germany

5 hours, 22 minutes ago

Now Panel Urges Delay
in Pap Test

Docs' group advises later start, every 2 years for cervical cancer test

7 hours, 55 minutes ago

Blindness Cure Could Be 1st Human Stem Cell Trial

Biotech firm aims to reverse macular degeneration

10 hours, 0 minutes ago

 This Bud's for You: 
 Pot Cafe Makes 
 the Grade 

Marijuana mist, croissants on tap in 1st legal establishment

11 hours, 15 minutes ago
OPINION

Mammogram Backdown
Hurts Health Reform

Sebelius played politics, missed chance to show leadership

13 hours, 52 minutes ago

 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

 Movie Popcorn = 
 3 Quarter Pounders, 
 Plus Butter 

It's as unhealthy as it was 15 years ago

Nov 19, 09 4:10 PM CST

Fort Hood Suspect
Feared He 
Had HIV 

Hasan was worried about recent test

Nov 19, 09 1:37 PM CST
cheers

 Alcohol Good  
 for Men's Hearts 

Daily drinking reduces disease risk by more than a third, says study

Nov 19, 09 10:59 AM CST
NATE SILVER & CO.

Senators See Upcoming Vote on Obama—Not Health

Eye constituents' votes in 2008, not polls on health care

Nov 19, 09 10:18 AM CST
OPINION


 GOP Traffic-Jam Ploy 
 Is Snarling Senate 

Stalling tactics are making Democrats turn on each other

Nov 19, 09 9:43 AM CST
Gail Collins

Welcome to
the Conspiracy
to Ration Mammograms

Don't you dare deny us unnecessary tests!

Nov 19, 09 9:28 AM CST

 40% Bare Is 
 How Women 
 Best Attract Men 

But too much flesh smacks of infidelity

Nov 19, 09 4:36 AM CST

 Live Fish Dinner 
 on YouTube 
 Sparks 
 Uproar 

PETA rips cruel food video

Nov 19, 09 4:34 AM CST

 'Complacency' Faulted in 
 US Nuke Sub Crash 

'Weak' command, lax standards prevailed aboard USS Hartford

Nov 18, 09 10:00 PM CST

Soccer Stars' Fave New Cure: Horse Placenta Massage

It's injected into injured area, then massaged

Nov 18, 09 9:30 PM CST

Army Corps' Negligence Led to Katrina Flooding: Judge

Feds could be on the hook for billions in damages

Nov 18, 09 8:30 PM CST

New Mammogram Advice
Not US Policy: Sebelius

'These recommendations are not ours,' HHS Secretary asserts

Nov 18, 09 5:22 PM CST
STUDY SAYS

Transcendental Meditation Slashes Heart Attack Risk

Listen to Maharishi, cut risk of heart disease ills 50%

Nov 18, 09 1:17 PM CST


RSS

Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

2
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

14
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

5
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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