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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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 U2's Berlin Show Walled Off 

Ticketless fans will need to scale these city walls to peek

Nov 5, 09 7:06 AM CST

 Asterix, France's Favorite 
 Comic Gaul, Hits 50 

Paris awash with celebrations of the indomitable Gaul

Oct 25, 09 1:04 PM CDT

 Oktoberfest 
 Hikes Security 
 After al-Qaeda 
 Warnings 



Beer tents busy despite terror group's threats

Sep 30, 09 3:18 AM CDT
GERMAN VOTE


 Merkel Wins 
 Re-Election, 
 New Coalition 

Germany's chancellor will form new bloc with center-right

Sep 27, 09 12:28 PM CDT

 In Germany, Baby 
 Rhino Is the New Knut 

Baby rhinoceros rejected by its mother will be raised by humans

Sep 23, 09 9:19 AM CDT

German Officer May Have Misled US Fighters in Civilian Disaster

Gave false info to pilots in Afghan tanker strike

Sep 21, 09 7:08 AM CDT

 In Legal Gray Zone, 
 Europeans Harvest 
 Body Parts for US 

Ukrainian company accused of gutting bodies illegally

Aug 30, 09 6:09 PM CDT

 'Roo On the Lam in Germany 


Aug 26, 09 3:32 AM CDT

 High-Tech Mug Keeps 
 Coffee Just Right 

Mug absorbs heat, then releases it to maintain perfect temperature

Aug 20, 09 11:02 AM CDT

Climate Change Shrinks Fish in Europe

Smaller creatures reproduce less, provide less food for predators

Jul 21, 09 1:32 PM CDT

 German Thief Caught With 
 1,000 Pairs of Underwear 

Police suspect man may be behind string of undie thefts

Jul 21, 09 8:00 AM CDT

 Razors Snip Pubes 
 in Hair-Raising Trend 

More men opting for 'back, crack, and sack'

Jul 18, 09 5:52 PM CDT

 Knut Will Stay in Berlin 


Jul 8, 09 4:14 PM CDT
INTERVIEW

Obama Can Lead a Peaceful World: Kissinger

Former secretary of state admires president's early moves

Jul 7, 09 12:18 PM CDT

Poll: Half of East Germans Positive on Communism

Nostalgic Germans believe life was better before the Berlin Wall came down

Jul 4, 09 7:20 AM CDT
Interview

Aliens May Be Watching
Our Soaps: Expert 



Life 'definitely' out there, expert says, but very hard to find

Jun 13, 09 6:29 PM CDT

 This Woman 
 May Take Down 
 Ahmadinejad 

Wife of reformist candidate strikes a blow in Iran

Jun 11, 09 5:45 AM CDT

Berlin Corpse May Be Slain Leftist Hero

Doc thinks body in Berlin hospital cellar is 'Red Rosa' Luxemburg

May 29, 09 2:55 PM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar

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Nov 24, 09 | 10:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Microsoft is a company that Rupert Murdoch understands. When he talks about the technology business or about the Internet or Google, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call Gadget, he invariably reverts to talking about Microsoft, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call IBM. What is Microsoft going to do? he asks, oddly echoing—indeed anticipating—Jeff Jarvis’ book, What Would Google Do? Murdoch’s question... More »

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... 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

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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

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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 »

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