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 Taiwan Panda 
 Keepers Seek 
 Love Doc's Advice  

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, expert counsels

3 hours, 40 minutes ago

 Questions Remain as DC Sniper's End Looms 

Number of victims a mystery; Muhammed slated to die Tuesday

4 hours, 57 minutes ago
SUPREME COURT DOCKET

 Teens Sentenced to Life: 
 Cruel and Unusual? 

High court will address sentences for kid convicts who didn't kill

7 hours, 27 minutes ago

China Offers Africa Billions
in Aid, Debt Forgiveness

Beijing gives back
amid flak over greed

10 hours, 22 minutes ago

 House Passes Landmark 
 Health Care Reform 

Measure passes 220-215, with only one Republican in favor

Nov 7, 09 10:24 PM CST
slideshow


 Army Lists the 13 Victims 

They range in age from 19 to 62

Nov 7, 09 5:06 PM CST

Mosque Leader: 'There's Something Wrong With You'

Hasan struggled with how to counsel soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan

Nov 7, 09 3:16 PM CST

 NATO Airstrike Kills 
 7 Afghan Soldiers 

Mistaken assault on joint NATO, Afghan base

Nov 7, 09 8:30 AM CST

 Joe Jackson Asks 
 Estate for Allowance 

Michael left dad out of the will, but supported him for years

Nov 7, 09 8:04 AM CST
SIT, STAY, KNEEL

 LA Church Adds Dogs to Flock 

First service attracts quite a pack

Nov 7, 09 6:56 AM CST

 Fla. Shooter Was Broke, 
 Angry at Company 

Engineer, now working at Subway, says firm 'left me to rot'

Nov 7, 09 6:44 AM CST
FORT HOOD SHOOTING

 At Vigil, A Reminder 
 'to Keep Breathing' 

Hundreds attend Fort Hood's first gathering since shooting

Nov 6, 09 8:58 PM CST

Census Worker May Have Hanged Himself

Investigators consider suicide in naked 'fed' case

Nov 6, 09 6:32 AM CST

 Honduras Unity Deal Fails 

Plan to reinstate Zelaya falls apart as deadline passes

Nov 6, 09 5:31 AM CST
FORT HOOD SHOOTING

'Death Is Not Imminent' for Hasan Despite Multiple Shots

Plus, a report that he was yelling in Arabic

Nov 5, 09 9:23 PM CST
FORT HOOD SHOOTING

 Shooter Alive, in Custody 

Army had said Nidal Malik Hasan was killed after spree

Nov 5, 09 8:29 PM CST
FORT HOOD SHOOTING

Shooter Drew Attention With Internet Posts

Hasan equated suicide bombers with heroes: federal sources

Nov 5, 09 7:54 PM CST

Polygamist Sect Member Guilty of Sex Assault

Texas court convicts FLDS man married
to underage girl

Nov 5, 09 7:14 PM CST
updated

 12 Dead, 31 Wounded 
 in Fort Hood Shootings 

Soldier gunman is dead; two other suspects are in custody

Nov 5, 09 4:09 PM CST

 Kerik Pleads 
 Guilty in 
 Corruption 
 Case 

Plea bargain carries suggested sentence of 2-3 years

Nov 5, 09 11:43 AM CST

Missing Baby Found Alive Under Bed

Babysitter, parents to
be charged in Fla.
girl's disappearance

Nov 5, 09 4:06 AM CST

Mexican Mayor Trumpets Foe's Death—Before
Body Found

Faces tough questions in drug lord's slaying

Nov 5, 09 3:20 AM CST

Most Replaced Clunker With ... Another Guzzler Like This

Most common trade was old pickup (15-17 mpg) for new (1-3 better)

Nov 4, 09 8:50 PM CST


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Galleon Scandal: Shocked, Shocked by Insider Trading

5
Nov 6, 09 | 9:26 AM BY Michael Wolff

How is it that we get a major insider trading scandal every two decades or so? The last big one, which ultimately ensnarled Michael Milken, the legendary junk bond king, happened in the late eighties. The current one, with a mass of arrests yesterday, threatens the hedge fund industry. It seems reasonable to assume from the intermittent decades of prosecution that this particular sort of financial larceny is quite a rare bird and when it rears its head the Feds pounce.... More »

Rupert Murdoch Is Mad but Cute

10
Nov 5, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

The Wall Street Journal was a great paper. It is still a pretty great paper but it is not the great Wall Street Journal.... More »

Skype Lives!

15
Nov 4, 09 | 8:33 AM BY Michael Wolff

I follow entrepreneurial dramas the way other people follow sports (did somebody win the World Series?). In these comedies, tragedies,... More »

Why the GOP Will Rise Again

25
Nov 3, 09 | 9:11 AM BY Michael Wolff

The strange business that is going on in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, which occupies some other universe than the one... More »

Sarah Palin and Levi Johnston: How They Took America

21
Nov 2, 09 | 8:40 AM BY Michael Wolff

Of all the outcomes of the 2008 presidential election, the strangest, beyond the rise of Sarah Palin herself, is the success of Levi Johnston.... More »

Why the Media Is Taking So Long to Die

17
Oct 30, 09 | 9:21 AM BY Michael Wolff

I participated the other night in an oddly formal, anglophilic, Oxford-style, for-and-against-the-proposition debate on the topic of (you... More »

How the Internet Got Lost and Why Google’s GPS Won’t Show Us the Way Out

11
Oct 29, 09 | 8:58 AM BY Michael Wolff

I had lunch yesterday with my old friend and former colleague, Chip Bayers, who, 15 years ago this week, after having left my fledgling... More »

Pot Will Save Us

39
Oct 28, 09 | 11:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Wow. Pot. Just like that, on its way to being legalized. Well, just like that after 50 years or so. In order to save itself from financial... More »

Is Obama a Sleaze?

31
Oct 27, 09 | 8:58 AM BY Michael Wolff

So it turns out there’s a reason the president hasn’t wrapped up health care or Iraq, figured out Afghanistan, closed Guantanamo,... More »

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