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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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Going Rogue: What Reviewers Are Saying 

Same old Sarah: 'ever optimistic, weirdly ungrammatical'

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 This Year's 
 Thanksgiving 
 Dinner: $42.91 

Price of turkey with all the trimmings drops the most since 2000

'Women's Viagra' Targets Her ... Brain

Potential market huge for new drug that unleashes libido

FBI Arrests
Two More
Madoff Aides

Pair of computer programmers helped hide scheme, feds say

 Gorbachev: 
 Take It From Me, 
 Leave Afghanistan 

'No prospect' for military victory, says former Soviet president

 Big Pharma Flouts Laws 
 on Off-Label Uses 

Billions in fines don't stop illegal promotion

$250K APIECE

Bonuses at Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Goldman Hit $30B

Average payout will be five times median household income in US

 Cantor: 
 Limbaugh's 
 Hitler Rhetoric 
 Not 'Helpful' 

House Republican whip makes rare criticism of mighty Rush

 Unemployment Jumps to 10.2% 

Companies cut 190,000 jobs last month

Congress Extends Credit for First-Time Home Buyers

Also adds 20 weeks
of jobless benefits

 Funding for 
 Independent 
 Films Dries Up 

We need government help, say small-budget movie-makers

 Nissan Leaf Wins Name Game 

Not dirty, sexy, or violent, brand is 'a minor miracle'

 Ford Looks to Sell 
 Volvo to China 

Geely is only bidder remaining for Swedish subsidiary

 Iceland Too Poor 
 for McDonald's 

With currency off 80%, golden arches fall

Russian Banks Foreclose
on Pigs, Lingerie

As defaults soar, banks stuck with weird collateral

ONLINE GAMING

 Facebook Sees Big 
 Bucks in Virtual Goods 

Social networking site wants a cut of gaming transactions

food critic's lament

 70-Year-Old Lobster 
 Deserves Freedom 

Larry's plight stirs conscience of restaurant writer

Goldman Exec: Pay Inequality Is Good for All

Soaring Wall Street bonuses should be tolerated for economy's sake

Look Out, Wall Street:
Feds Using Wiretaps Now

Insider trading case against Galleon is first to use the tactic

 29-Year-Old SEC Honcho 
 Came From Goldman 

New COO Adam Storch did 'business intelligence' at connected Wall Street bank

Limbaugh Blames 'Race Hustlers' for Failed Bid

Accuses NFL players' union of dirty politics

Obama Vows Not to Repeat Katrina Mistakes

He makes his first visit as president to New Orleans

Q3 EARNINGS

Goldman Tops $3B in Profit, Blows By Estimates

Bank triples profit last year, sets $5.3B aside for pay, bonuses

Soros to Invest
$1B to Develop Clean Energy

He's also creating
advisory group
for policy-makers



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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Books Are Bad for You

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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