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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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MOVIE REVIEWs

 Broken Embraces  
 'Gorgeous and 
 Seductive' 

Almodovar's latest mixes noir with melodrama

 Aussie 
 Scientologists 
 Accused of Torture 

Oz senator alleges violence, embezzlement, forced abortions

 'Night Stalker' 
 Charged 
 in Elderly 
 Rapes 

'Gerontophile' attacked women as old as 93

 Ex-Hooker Blogger 
 Is Cancer Researcher 

London's 'Belle du Jour' finally spills identity

Wife Poses as Schoolgirl to Nab Husband

Sets up her own web sting after growing suspicious

 Team to Launch Tests 
 to Regrow Breasts 

Research offers hope to breast cancer victims

Iran Blasts Oxford Tribute
to Dead Protester

Regime lodges protest against Neda Soltan scholarship

masters of the universe

 Goldman's 
 Blankfein 
 Is 'Doing 
 God's Work' 

A look behind the scenes at the omnipresent bank

YES, THOSE ARE UDDERS

 The World's 10 Weirdest Eats 

From chicken knees to grub guts, someone considers them a delicacy

fort hood shooting

Hasan Felt Discriminated Against, Wanted Out of Army

Suspect moved to
San Antonio hospital

 Rogue Afghan Cop 
 Kills 5 Brit Soldiers 

Culprit escapes after turning weapon on training team

 Video Appeal 
 Renews 
 Maddy 
 Search 

Message accompanies interviews by Kate McCann

Karadzic Caught Discussing Genocide on Wiretap

Prosecutors reveal tape as Bosnian leader's trial goes on without him



 Pirates Hijack Yacht, 
 Kidnap UK Couple 

Brits reportedly safe after yacht seized off Somalia

 Karadzic Refuses to 
 Leave Cell for Trial 

Proceedings halted as alleged war criminal boycotts

Scientists Move Closer to Womb Transplant

Successful rabbit test means human test could be 2 years away

 China To Scour 
 Museums for 
 Looted Art 

Artifact team will hunt for Imperial Gardens booty

Dad Busted for Kidnapping Daughter's Killer

German was trussed up, dumped at French courthouse

Web Surfing
Can Help Slow Dementia

Brain scans show Google is more stimulating than books

 Clinton 'Misspeaks' Again 
 on Belfast Bombing 

Northern Ireland wasn't the warzone secretary claimed

 Taliban: Italy Paid Us
 Protection Money

Italian government denies bribing insurgents to leave its troops alone

Men More Likely to Abandon
Sick Partners

Seven times as many women stay when serious illness strikes

slideshow

 Thousands Marry in 
 Mass Moonie Wedding 

40,000 gather for blessing of Sun Myung Moon in Korea

Polanski Finishing Film Behind Bars

Filmmaker puts final touches on The Ghost  as he fights extradition



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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Books Are Bad for You

12
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

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... 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

19
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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