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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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music REVIEW

 Boyle's I Dreamed 
 Great for Fans, But... 

Her voice is serviceable, some gripe, but why are we listening?

 Boy Beaten 
 on Facebook 
 'Kick a Ginger' Day 

Site inspired by South Park episode

 P&G Recalls 
 Contaminated 
 Vicks Nasal Spray 

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

New Mammogram Advice
Not US Policy: Sebelius

'These recommendations are not ours,' HHS Secretary asserts

 Doc Busted in Death of Son, 9 

Oklahoma physician's wife injured trying to protect her son

UPDATED

 Obama Nudges 
 China on 
 Internet Freedom 

Openness makes nations stronger, president tells students

 Prejean Tantrum Stumps Trump  

'Inappropriate' means something different to The Donald

Ark. Man Gets Life
for TV Anchor's Murder

Killer spared death penalty in Pressly's slaying

 MIA Dog A-OK 
 After Year in 
 Afghanistan 


Bomb-sniffer Sabi gone for a year after 2008 firefight

 Fort Hood Hero: 
 It Was 'Confusing 
 and Chaotic' 

Cop in good condition despite three gunshot wounds

Privacy Advocates Hijack
300 Facebook Groups

Protesters say it's too easy to gain access to personal information

 NY Gunman 
 Surrenders in 
 School Standoff 

SWAT and local police negotiating with hostage-taker in Pine Plains

 Ida Churns Toward Gulf Coast 

Oil companies shutting down rigs, evacuating workers

JACK CAFFERTY

Obama Can, Should Lock Congress In Until Health Vote

Constitution would allow it, so let's get a yea or nay

fort hood shooting

 Hero Cop 
 Took Down 
 Shooter in 
 'Amazing  
 Performance' 

Swiftly responding officer shot once as she put 4 in Hasan

 Fort Hood Death Toll Hits 13 

 SWAT teams, FBI scour suspect's home

 Inmates Rescue Guard 
 in Jailhouse Brawl 

'These inmates likely saved deputy Moon's life,' says police commander

US Airman Shot Dead
in Mexican Strip Bar

Sergeant among 6 killed by suspected drug cartel hitmen

3 ND College Softball Players Found in Pond

Bodies in submerged vehicle, foul play
not suspected

election 2009

 Robo-Palin Gets Into 
 Va. Gov's Race 

We didn't know about robocalls: McDonnell campaign

Singer Wouldn't Have Wanted Coyotes Killed: Mom

Taylor Mitchell was huge nature lover

 Rape Victim's Pals 
 Rip Cops, Guards 

Six now arrested in two-hour attack

 NY Declares 
 Swine Flu 
 Emergency 

Measure allows dentists, pharmacists to help vaccinate



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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Books Are Bad for You

9
Nov 23, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell and then not selling—I wrote the line “books suck,” subjecting me to much middlebrow opprobrium. I’d like to revise that line: Books are evil. They’re pernicious. They represent themselves as being one thing, when they’re insidiously the opposite. Sarah Palin, for instance, did not write her... More »

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

11
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,... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

17
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

8
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... 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

7
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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