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First Major Financial Crisis Trial Begins

Bear Stearns execs accused of lying as funds imploded

Oct 15, 09 2:43 AM CDT
ART REVIEW

 Damien Hirst Paintings 
 'Shockingly Bad' 

British artist's exhibit got much hype, but only because he's famous, say critics

Oct 14, 09 1:09 PM CDT

Post for Sarko Son Sparks
Howls of Protest

Law student tapped to run huge, lucrative business district

Oct 13, 09 4:32 AM CDT

 Hadron Collider 
 Physicist Admits He 
 Was Al-Qaeda Mole 


Standford University Ph.D. was about to mount attack: officials

Oct 12, 09 2:43 AM CDT

French Minister Slammed Over Sex Tourism

Mitterand defended Polanski, admitted 'paying for boys' in book

Oct 8, 09 6:00 AM CDT

 Oil States Plot to Ditch Dollar 

Gulf Arabs in talks to replace greenback with mix of currencies

Oct 6, 09 1:20 AM CDT

 Facebook Fans 
 Win Release of 
 Sexy 'Weasley' Film 

Rupert Grint stars in edgy coming-of-age film about Belfast teen

Oct 5, 09 2:13 AM CDT
FILM REVIEW


 Autistic Surf Pro 
 'Becomes One 
 With the Wave'  

Documentary shows raves, and difficulties, for Clay Marzo, 20,

Oct 4, 09 4:56 AM CDT

Hackers Are After Your Smartphone

Mobile devices, stuffed with personal data, become juicy targets

Oct 2, 09 1:01 PM CDT

 Daily Sweets Linked to Violence 

Violent adults are more likely to have eaten candy as kids, study finds

Oct 1, 09 6:14 AM CDT

 24th Suicide 
 Hits France Telecom 

Stressed-out call center worker jumps from bridge, blames company

Sep 29, 09 4:10 AM CDT

 Barbie, He-Man Flicks 
 Launch Casting Rumors 

As two more toy franchises head to the big screen, speculation starts

Sep 25, 09 9:46 AM CDT

 Toxic Booze 
 Kills 40 Ugandans 

Victims of adulterated spirits include much-loved radio host

Sep 25, 09 3:54 AM CDT

 Massive Ancient 
 Gold Trove Likely 
 Battle Booty 

Experts compare record find to discovery of King Tut's tomb

Sep 25, 09 2:43 AM CDT

 S. African Gets Life 
 in Rape, Killing of 
 Lesbian Soccer Star 

Lesbians targeted by rapists who aim to 'correct' them, say activists

Sep 23, 09 3:54 AM CDT

Swiss Politicians Battle 'Suicide Tourism'

As Britain eases rules, Switzerland fears rush of ill bent on killing themselves

Sep 21, 09 5:10 AM CDT

 Rwanda 
 Gorilla King 
 Dies at 35 

Band cleans body of fallen leader, Titus

Sep 18, 09 2:22 AM CDT

Docs Demand Crackdown
on Pro-Anorexia Websites

Websites offer 'thinspiration' to anorexic, bulimic teens

Sep 18, 09 1:51 AM CDT

Oil Giant Tries to Settle Biggest- Ever UK Lawsuit

Trafigura offers deal
to Africans sickened
by toxic sludge

Sep 17, 09 8:49 AM CDT

 Google's New 
 UFO Mystery Solved 

Somebody's obsessed with HG Wells

Sep 16, 09 4:51 AM CDT

Maddy in 'Secret Lair' Like Jaycee: Detective

'She will emerge,' investigator believes

Sep 14, 09 4:38 AM CDT

 New Zealand Bird 
 Gobbled Up 
 Humans 

40-pound extinct bird was the 'lion' of the skies

Sep 14, 09 2:22 AM CDT

 Leno's Back: 'Prepare for War' 

Comedian's return comes at sensitive time for O'Brien, scripted drama

Sep 13, 09 11:10 AM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Galleon Scandal: Shocked, Shocked by Insider Trading

5
Nov 6, 09 | 9:26 AM BY Michael Wolff

How is it that we get a major insider trading scandal every two decades or so? The last big one, which ultimately ensnarled Michael Milken, the legendary junk bond king, happened in the late eighties. The current one, with a mass of arrests yesterday, threatens the hedge fund industry. It seems reasonable to assume from the intermittent decades of prosecution that this particular sort of financial larceny is quite a rare bird and when it rears its head the Feds pounce.... More »

Rupert Murdoch Is Mad but Cute

10
Nov 5, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

The Wall Street Journal was a great paper. It is still a pretty great paper but it is not the great Wall Street Journal.... More »

Skype Lives!

15
Nov 4, 09 | 8:33 AM BY Michael Wolff

I follow entrepreneurial dramas the way other people follow sports (did somebody win the World Series?). In these comedies, tragedies,... More »

Why the GOP Will Rise Again

25
Nov 3, 09 | 9:11 AM BY Michael Wolff

The strange business that is going on in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, which occupies some other universe than the one... More »

Sarah Palin and Levi Johnston: How They Took America

21
Nov 2, 09 | 8:40 AM BY Michael Wolff

Of all the outcomes of the 2008 presidential election, the strangest, beyond the rise of Sarah Palin herself, is the success of Levi Johnston.... More »

Why the Media Is Taking So Long to Die

17
Oct 30, 09 | 9:21 AM BY Michael Wolff

I participated the other night in an oddly formal, anglophilic, Oxford-style, for-and-against-the-proposition debate on the topic of (you... More »

How the Internet Got Lost and Why Google’s GPS Won’t Show Us the Way Out

11
Oct 29, 09 | 8:58 AM BY Michael Wolff

I had lunch yesterday with my old friend and former colleague, Chip Bayers, who, 15 years ago this week, after having left my fledgling... More »

Pot Will Save Us

39
Oct 28, 09 | 11:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Wow. Pot. Just like that, on its way to being legalized. Well, just like that after 50 years or so. In order to save itself from financial... More »

Is Obama a Sleaze?

31
Oct 27, 09 | 8:58 AM BY Michael Wolff

So it turns out there’s a reason the president hasn’t wrapped up health care or Iraq, figured out Afghanistan, closed Guantanamo,... More »

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