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Now Panel Urges Delay
in Pap Test

Docs' group advises later start, every 2 years for cervical cancer test

Nov 20, 09 7:46 AM CST
updated

University of California Imposes 32% Tuition Hike

Students demonstrate as regents vote at UCLA

Nov 19, 09 5:04 PM CST

 Movie Popcorn = 
 3 Quarter Pounders, 
 Plus Butter 

It's as unhealthy as it was 15 years ago

Nov 19, 09 4:10 PM CST
OBAMA'S FREE RIDE

 Latest Undeserved 
 Honor: Black Belt 

Obama is now a master of tae kwon do, with 0 years practice

Nov 19, 09 2:07 PM CST
OPINION


 Levi, You're 
 the Buffoon 
 of My Dreams 

Meghan Daum on why 'Sex on Skates' is an important media figure

Nov 19, 09 1:03 PM CST

 UC Students Protest 
 Ahead of 32% Fee Hike 

College moving out of reach, students charge

Nov 19, 09 4:00 AM CST

 LA Cops Bust 
 Pot Operation 
 Next Door 

Indoor marijuana farm sniffed out after 8 months

Nov 19, 09 1:42 AM CST
STUDY SAYS

Transcendental Meditation Slashes Heart Attack Risk

Listen to Maharishi, cut risk of heart disease ills 50%

Nov 18, 09 1:17 PM CST

Composers Seek Pay Tune-Up With Teamsters

Hollywood composers, lyricists form  alliance with Local 399

Nov 18, 09 4:58 AM CST
OBITUARY

Ken Ober, Host of MTV's Remote Control, Dead at 52

Cause of death still uncertain

Nov 17, 09 6:38 PM CST

Doctors Blast New Mammogram Guidelines

Cancer societies, gynecologists won't follow government's lead

Nov 17, 09 7:46 AM CST

 Jay Leno Not the Only Prime-Time Loser 

Networks retune their lineup to court young viewers

Nov 16, 09 9:54 AM CST

Most Boozers Sober Up Without AA

70% moderate the drinking on their own, 1% are true alcoholics

Nov 16, 09 8:08 AM CST
finally

 Lauren Bacall 
 Wins an Oscar 

Roger Corman, Gordon Willis, John Calley share the spotlight

Nov 15, 09 3:24 PM CST
here we go again?

 Obama Bows to Emperor 

Critics on the right already weighing in

Nov 14, 09 10:03 AM CST

 GOP's Civil War 
 Opens Front 
 in Utah 

Sen. Robert Bennett considered soft for voting for bailout

Nov 14, 09 9:18 AM CST

 Bush Warns 
 of 'Too Much' 
 Government 

But he doesn't mention Obama by name

Nov 13, 09 8:05 AM CST

 Gut Bacteria Can Make You Fat 

Unhealthy diet encourages efficient micro-organisms

Nov 12, 09 2:33 PM CST

 How Taylor Swift 
 Shot to the Top 

Teen a strong contender for country music's biggest prize

Nov 11, 09 12:28 PM CST

 AMA Mellows on 
 Medical Marijuana 

Doctors group nudges Feds toward reclassification, research

Nov 11, 09 9:12 AM CST
EMBARRASSING PRODUCTS

 Scale Tweets Your 
 Body Fat to the World 

Bathroom gadget automatically twitters weight

Nov 11, 09 6:06 AM CST

Supreme Court Won't Spare Beltway Sniper

Execution set for tomorrow as request for more time fails

Nov 9, 09 3:47 PM CST
OLD RELEASES

 The Best of 
 Cold War Cinema 

With the Evil Empire as the bad guy, Hollywood made some great flicks

Nov 9, 09 2:30 PM CST

Threesome Complaints
May Only Help Gossip Girl

Parents Television Council likely to boost racy episode's ratings

Nov 9, 09 11:14 AM CST


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

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, will happily kill women to save money. My colleague, Caroline Miller, Newser’s editor in chief, took umbrage in this space the other day about the new guidelines. She noted the obvious cold efficiencies involved with discouraging younger women from having a yearly mammogram, as well as the “patronizing” justification for... 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 women in their 40s don’t need to endure the annual indignity of baring their breasts to the radiologist after all. That’s because it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who believes that the federal panel changed its recommendation for her benefit. It’s not that the decision doesn’t make sense: It costs a lot to... 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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