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Iraqi Prisoners Taunt Wis. Soldiers Over Favre Defection

Detainees get into the Packers-Vikings rivalry

Nov 20, 09 9:30 PM CST
movie review

 Bullock Shines in 
 Crowd-Pleasing Blind Side  

Football chick flick lacks suspense, delivers happy ending

Nov 20, 09 1:25 PM CST
GOODNIGHT, SWEET PRINCE

 Georgia Mourns 
 Football Mascot 

Bulldog, 4, served less than 2 full seasons in shortest reign ever

Nov 20, 09 12:24 PM CST

 IAAF Denies It 
 OK'd Gold 
 Medal for 
 Semenya 

Talks continuing in gender controversy

Nov 20, 09 3:54 AM CST
HAND OF GOD II

Furious, Irish Beg France for Rematch Over Handball

President will even take matter up with Sarkozy

Nov 19, 09 8:06 PM CST
men of the year

 Eastwood Is 
 Top 'Badass' 

Kobe Bryant, Chris Pine, Barack Obama make 2009's elite list

Nov 19, 09 7:33 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
OLYMPICS, ANYONE?

 Yoga Gets Competitive 

Proponents want the spiritual practice to be an Olympic sport

Nov 19, 09 11:07 AM CST
UPDATED

Semenya Will Keep Medals; Gender Test Confidential

Board rules in favor of South African runner

Nov 19, 09 7:01 AM CST

Soccer Stars' Fave New Cure: Horse Placenta Massage

It's injected into injured area, then massaged

Nov 18, 09 9:30 PM CST

LeBron in NFL? Browns Coach Says Suit Up

Woeful Cleveland willing to give NBA star a shot

Nov 18, 09 2:29 PM CST

 Less Racist Names for 
 That Washington Team 

Just in case the Redskins have had a change of heart

Nov 18, 09 12:22 PM CST
Olympics, anyone?

 Afghans Revive 
 Goat-Carcass Sport 

Buzkashi draws sponsors in post-Taliban economy

Nov 18, 09 11:49 AM CST

'I'm Like, That Is Not Me:'
Dirty Soccer Player

Elizabeth Lambert confused, remorseful about hair-pulling episode

Nov 18, 09 11:10 AM CST
octogenarians gone wild


 NFL Fines Titans 
 Owner $250K for 
 Flipping Bird 

Tennessee's Bud Adams dinged for 'detrimental' conduct

Nov 16, 09 6:25 PM CST
not-so-mean joe greene

Steelers Legend Cops Award for 30-Year-Old Coke Ad

'Mean' Joe Greene, child co-star receive Clios 30 years later

Nov 16, 09 5:37 PM CST

Supreme Court  Rejects Case Against Redskins Name

Dead end in 17-year-old battle against 'offensive' team name

Nov 16, 09 10:31 AM CST

 Pats Lose on Belichick Stunner 

Colts capitalize on fourth-down screw-up

Nov 16, 09 5:33 AM CST

 Tiger Wins 
 Masters 
 Down Under 

Pulls out win in first trip to Australia in 11 years

Nov 15, 09 8:18 AM CST

 Tiger Loses Lead— 
 and Club— Down Under 

3-shot lead dwindles to 3-way tie for frustrated Woods

Nov 14, 09 6:45 AM CST
paging janet jackson

 The Who Bound for 
 Super Bowl: Source 

British band will rock halftime show, says source, but NFL won't confirm

Nov 13, 09 12:02 PM CST

 Steve Phillips' 
 Galpal Talks 
 Affair 

Brooke Hundley says she sympathizes with ESPN analyst's wife

Nov 12, 09 10:47 AM CST

 Wife: Depression 
 Ate German Keeper 

Enke feared he'd lose adopted daughter before train suicide

Nov 11, 09 9:50 PM CST
UPDATED

 Tyson Arrested in Bloody 
 Run-In With Paparazzi 

Boxer in custody after incident at LAX

Nov 11, 09 8:52 PM 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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