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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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At One Clinic,
Two Standards
of Care

Separate entrance, faster service for those who pay out of pocket

Teens Cop to Texting and Driving—But Say Dad's Worse

No age limit for bad behavior behind wheel

 Balloon Parents 
 Will Plead Guilty 

Guilty pleas for Heenes will likely carry sentence of probation

Poll Numbers

Public Backs Afghan Troop Surge 47%-43%

....and majority support holding off on decision until after runoff

secret weapon

 Michelle Pushes 
 for Health Reform 

First lady makes case for overhaul in  personal terms

Missing Girl's Body Found
in Ga. Landfill

7-year-old Somer Thompson vanished
on Monday

WATCH IT

 Balloon Boy  
 Throws Up 
 on Today, 
 GMA
, as Dad 
 Denies Hoax 

Falcon Heene vomits twice on-air during morning show rounds



 Sperm Bank 
 Offers Celeb 
 Lookalikes 

Calif. firm features donors who look like Ben Affleck, Seth Rogen

INTERVIEW



 I'm Not 
 Marginalized, 
 I Delegate: 
 Clinton 

Obama's Peace Prize is deserved, but won't sway war policy, she says

Interview

 Rush: I'm Not a 
 Right-Wing 
 Monster 

Limbaugh says he's mostly kidding, screwing with media

 Ahmadinejad 
 Rips Israel, 
 US, as Usual, 
 in UN Speech 

American, other delegations walk out of Iranian president's speech

UPDATED

Student Named as Suspect in Yale Homicide

Has defensive wounds, failed polygraph test; may not be fellow Yalie

In War on STDs, NC Tries New Weapon: Bribery

Syphilis outbreak sparks offer of gift card in exchange for test

 More Sex and the City 2 
 Secrets Spill 

Gay wedding, minor role for Miley

 Script Slip 
 Allows Peek at 
 Sex and the City 2 

Page carried by Kim Cattrall photographed

 Levi Johnston's 
 New Gig: Vanity Fair Writer 

No word on what it's about, but Sarah Palin will likely not be pleased

 Coroner Confirms 
 Jackson's Death 
 Was Homicide 

Two sedatives blamed for entertainer's demise

 Crist Names Aide to Senate 

LeMieux is the Florida governor's former chief of staff

 'Real' Model: I 
 Didn't Like the Pic 

But even though it's
'not the most flattering,' it is 'real'

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Fiore Beau 
 'Happy' Jenkins Is Dead 

Plus, Fergie and the Prince are together again, sorta

4 GIs Charged With Hazing Suicide Soldier

Ashamed private
later shot himself
in portable toilet



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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Books Are Bad for You

11
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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