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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009
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 At Last, Collider Gets 
 Atoms Smashing 

First proton beams collide in huge contraption

 Pain-Relieving 
 Morphine May 
 Spread Cancer 

But drug to counter harmful effect exists

 Zoo Lions Kill White Tigress 

Czech zoo staff unable to stop attack on Isabella

 Peru Gang Accused 
 of Killing to Harvest Fat 

Cosmetics firms said to pay $60K/gallon; experts skeptical

Kate Moss Slammed for Anorexic Motto

'Nothing tastes as
good as skinny feels,'
says supermodel

Twitter Founder:
Murdoch Will 'Fail Fast'

Biz Stone thinks plan to put up online paywalls is folly

cheers

 Alcohol Good  
 for Men's Hearts 

Daily drinking reduces disease risk by more than a third, says study

 Lincoln Letter to 
 Boy on Sale for $60K 

1861 note was sent to schoolboy to confirm their meeting

 Mutant Genes 
 Linked to Long Life 

DNA-protecting enzyme may be key to living to 100

 Aussies 'Sorry' 
 for Abused 
 Children 

Children forced to migrate to Australia neglected, beaten

RIP, dear cat

 'Thatcher Has Died' 
 —But Not That 
 
Thatcher 

Canadian official's cat dies, setting off a diplomatic snafu

Koalas Face Extinction by Climate, Chlamydia? 

Changing world strips diet-staple eucalyptus of nutrients

 Eyeless Chimp Victim 
 Recounts Ordeal on Oprah 

'I want the nightmares to stop,' says Charla Nash

 Scientists Disarm 
 Cancer Protein 

New technique neutralizes 'undruggable' factor

 Noisy-Sex Woman 
 Loses Appeal 

Loud lovemaking called nuisance; recording played in court

 Shark Babies Born in Bite 

Aquarium stunned by surprise birth

 Want a Beer From the 
 Hindenburg? $8K, Please 

Burnt, undrinkable 1937 bottle could be most expensive ever sold

Teen Survives Night Stranded With Polar Bears

Canadian youth rescued from Arctic ice floe



 'Singer Worm' Hits iPhones 

Wallpaper switched in first virus to hit popular phones

SLIDESHOW


 Germany Celebrates 
 Fall of the Wall  

Twenty years later, unified country celebrates togetherness

 China Executes 9 
 Over Uighur Riots 

Executed were convicted of murder during Xinjiang province unrest

party like it's 1989

 Germany Hails 
 Anniversary of  
 Berlin Wall's Fall  

Dominoes, fireworks, music help mark 20 years

 2 American NATO Troops 
 Missing in Afghanistan 

Western region has seen a recent uptick in violence

 Israel Captures Alleged 
 Iranian Arms Ship 

Smuggled weapons were headed for Hezbollah, Israel says



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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Books Are Bad for You

16
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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