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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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STUDY SAYS

 Txting Sunscreen 
 Rmnders Werx :) 

Digital prodding pays off with increased usage: researchers

Suck it, Plymouth

 Provincetown: Pilgrims 
 Landed Here First 

Plymouth rivalry heats up as P-town seeks rightful place in history

Movie Reviews

 New Moon So Bad It's Funny  

Sequel lacks thrills, sense of humor of first 'Twilight'

OPINION

 Obama's Ego Needs 
 Its Own ZIP Code 

President has switched tone from 'we' to 'I'

opinion

Call Lieberman's Bluff—Make Him Filibuster

Senate rules make delay tactic too easy for fence-sitters

THAT %#*&! SMARTS

 Swearing Reduces Pain 

Coarse words help us deal with painful stimuli

Credit Cards Rates Jump Ahead of New Regulations

Companies add fees and cut limits in blind cash grab

Gay Marriage Backers Say Fight Not Over in Maine 

Defeated advocates say they'll find new strategy

 $534M Paid to Madoff 
 Victims; $4.5B to Go 

Trustee has recovered $1.4 billion in clawbacks, with more to come

 Multitasking Causes 
 Serious Brain Drain 

Constant switching of focus is inefficient, can lead to trouble

 Obama to MIT: 
 Win the Green Race 

President pushes climate change legislation

 Mass. Man 
 Busted on 
 Terror Charges 

Feds say 27-year-old was plotting attacks inside and outside US

OH BROTHER


 Big Brother
 
 Winner 
 Nabbed for 
 Peddling Oxy 

Jasinski says he used $500K prize to buy, sell painkillers

Deadly Carbon Monoxide May Also Be Good For You

Small doses have medical benefits, researchers have found

School Volunteering
Stresses Parents Out

Pressure to help out a source of anxiety for moms and dads

 Times Co. Takes 
 Globe Off Market 

Boston paper's finances have 'significantly improved'

Robot-Assisted Prostate Surgery Linked to Problems

Study finds potential issue with non-invasive surgery option

 Obama Haters 
 Carve  Swastika 
 on 18th Hole 

Link to President Obama on country club green stumps police

OPINION

 Columbus 
 the Crusader's 
 Legacy Endures 

Americans forget religious fervor drove the 1492 expedition

OPINION

Iran Not Nearly as Crazy as Neocons Claim

Its leaders aren't stupid—and deterrence can work: Greenway

 'Ig Nobels' Laud Goofy Science 

Bra gas masks and the benefits of naming cows among the discoveries honored

 McCain Warms to Romney 2012 

Former rival lends his name to big fundraiser

 Christmas in September 
 Leaves Shoppers Cold 

No, you're not crazy, it is still September

Dukakis Is Gracious on Senate Snub

But allies say he was passed over due to Kennedy pressure



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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Books Are Bad for You

15
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

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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

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

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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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