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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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 US Recruits Allies 
 for Afghan Surge 

White House is quietly looking for 3K to 7K NATO troops

Nov 21, 09 8:39 AM CST
MARKETS

 Dow Dips 14; Energy, Tech Fall 

Dow gains 0.5% for the week, other indices fall

Nov 20, 09 3:10 PM CST

 Calif. Buffalo Go on 
 Birth Control  

State thins Santa Catalina Island herd humanely

Nov 20, 09 1:00 PM CST

 Goldman Bonuses 
 Irk Investors, Too 

Shareholders question need for $20B in bonuses

Nov 20, 09 7:35 AM CST
MARKETS

 Dow Drops 94, Tech Stalls 

Jobless claims come in flat for the week

Nov 19, 09 3:24 PM CST

Your Boss Can't Read Your Email, Courts Say

Judges start to sympathize with employees in privacy disputes

Nov 19, 09 11:42 AM CST
OPINION

 Time to 
 Crack Down 
 on Jihad 2.0 



Web indoctrination of terrorists on US soil poses major threat

Nov 19, 09 8:46 AM CST
MARKETS

 Dow Down 12 on Housing 

Tech sector drags on indices after weak earnings

Nov 18, 09 3:12 PM CST

Goldman Pumps $500M Into Small Businesses

Blankfein apologizes— but not for the $16B payout to employees

Nov 18, 09 9:20 AM CST

FCC Eyes Hiking Phone Bills to Expand Internet Access

Feds want to open networks, but would tax your phone bill to do it

Nov 18, 09 6:48 AM CST

 Senate Delays Climate Bill 

Cap-and-trade won't be debated at least until spring

Nov 18, 09 1:20 AM CST

Trump Drops Bid to Control Bankrupt Casinos

Donald, Ivanka allow creditors to control resort

Nov 17, 09 5:53 PM CST
MARKETS

 Dow Up 30 on Mixed Data  

Street ekes out gains in final hour

Nov 17, 09 3:11 PM CST

 Music Prompts 
 Memory in 
 Alzheimer's 
 Patients 

iPod therapy stimulates cognitive functions lost to disease

Nov 17, 09 1:26 PM CST
Analysis

Abortion Amendment Not a Big Deal, by the Numbers

Only 13% of abortions are billed to private insurers

Nov 17, 09 8:46 AM CST
Analysis

In Afghanistan Debate, Obama Focuses on Exit

White House wants
to make sure surge
will enable handover

Nov 17, 09 8:15 AM CST
MARKETS

 Dow Up 137; 
 Fed News Sparks Rally 

Bernanke predicts US GDP growth in 2010

Nov 16, 09 3:12 PM CST

 Men at 40 Face 
 1-in-8 Chance 
 of Cardiac Death 

Most causes preventable, many cases have warning signs

Nov 16, 09 6:58 AM CST
BOOK REVIEW

'Sarah's Not Retreating, She's Reloading'

Going Rogue shows Palin as smart feminist with eye on presidency

Nov 16, 09 5:37 AM CST
TO THE BIDDER GO THE SPOILS

 Madoff Auction Nabs $1M 

Yours for only $6K—schemer's college ring

Nov 15, 09 9:27 AM CST
MARKETS

 Earnings Drive Dow Up 73 

Dow Up 2.5% from week-ago close

Nov 13, 09 3:15 PM CST

 World Scrambles to Boost Buck 

Weak dollar doesn't help anyone—except the US

Nov 13, 09 3:43 AM CST
OPINION

 How Palin Can 
 Make a Comeback 

Get ready for moose burgers in the White House

Nov 13, 09 1:41 AM CST
WALT MOSSBERG

 Ultrathin Laptops 
 Solid Performers 

Walt Mossberg reviews 3 cutting-edge laptops

Nov 12, 09 4:08 PM CST


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

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, 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

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 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

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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