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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010
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 Unemployment Falls to 9.7% 

It's the first time it's been under 10% in 4 months

 US Expected to 
 Report 5K New Jobs 

Economy adds jobs, but more than expected were lost




  Sin City Seethes 
  Over 2nd Obama Diss 

Vegas defenders: This time sorry isn't good enough

Nonprofits Under Pressure: Merge or Die

Boom spawned many small charities now forced to close doors

 Larry Summers Coins a Phrase 

US experiencing a 'statistical recovery and a human recession'

Economy Growing at Fastest Pace Since 2003

Last quarter of 2009 saw GDP growth of 5.7%

Best Airfare Deals Are Now Tweeted, Emailed

Airlines ramp up discounts in promotional offers 

 Strapped States Raising 
 Taxes on Employers 

Critics say it's going to make joblessness worse

Soaring Profits Pull Big Biz Out of Recession

Q4 earnings expected to triple, while consumers stay mired

RECESSIONOMICS

 Rise of the 
 One-Day 
 Biz Trip 

Even long-distance travelers avoiding hotel stays

 1 in 5 US Men Unemployed 

Recession has been especially hard on traditionally male jobs

TROUBLING TRENDS

 Income=$0, 
 and Some 
 Food Stamps 

States seeing double-, triple-digit growth among those with zero income

Charities Hope for Last-Minute Donation Surge

In recession, gifts are down, but need is higher than ever

 Stocks Close In  
 on Big 2009 Gains 

Dow up 61% since the low point in March

ANALYSIS

 Culture Wars Took 2009 Off 

Conservative protests were largely secular, writes EJ Dionne

census figures

 Florida, Nevada Shed 
 People; Texas Gains 

Magnet states in West, South lose residents; Texas gains the most

 That Menu 
 Is Playing With 
 Your Mind, Wallet 

Restaurants high and low use psychology to boost spending

 Crime Down, 
 Despite Recession 

Experts puzzled by drop in murder, property crime

 Temp Hiring Is on the Rise 

Employers show confidence, but hedged with caution

MAYBE NEXT YEAR...

 Americans 
 Send Fewer 
 Holiday Cards 

Penny-pinchers skimp on mailbox cheer

sleighs need fuel, too

 Economy Curbs Holiday Travel 

Americans stay home or scale back vacation plans

Bottled Water Sales Head Down the Drain

Environmentalists claim credit; industry blames economy

NO MORE YACHTS

 Real Housewives 
 Feel Recession 

Orange County reality show stars are downgrading, like the rest of us

Poll Lays Bare Jobless Toll
on Families

Parents are panicked and ashamed, kids are anxious as savings go



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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

It’s the Sex, Stupid   

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Feb 9, 10 | 7:46 AM BY Michael Wolff

Stories about the sex lives of politicians are just about the hottest copy in the business. So hot, that the hottest story at the New York Times is the rumor of a story about the sex life of David Paterson, New York’s governor. We are all waiting for the great bombshell. Although it may be that we don’t even need an actual story, that having had so many stories about politicians' sex lives, we can all fill in the blanks. There are already reports... More »

For Me, Palin Scores

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Feb 8, 10 | 7:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Andrew Sullivan , the journalist and blogger, who flirted for many years with conservatism and the Republican party, has become the... More »

Politics Has Lost Its Power. That’s Why There’s Gridlock

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Feb 5, 10 | 8:39 AM BY Michael Wolff

Everybody’s beating their breasts about Washington gridlock. Let’s defend gridlock for a moment. The opposite of gridlock... More »

Rupert Murdoch Is Mad as Hell

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Feb 4, 10 | 8:07 AM BY Michael Wolff

Rupert is off the reservation again. This is always a possibility when News Corp.’s quarterly earnings reports are issued and... More »

Sarah Palin, Inc. Has a Problem

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Feb 3, 10 | 8:00 AM BY Michael Wolff

Before this gets out of hand, I want to try to save the word “retarded,” which seems robust and meaningful and evocative... More »

Obama’s Deficit Faux-Hawk

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Feb 2, 10 | 12:14 PM BY Kevin Spak

During his State of the Union address, Barack Obama promised to freeze government spending , not this year, but soon, and not on defense,... More »

Jenny Sanford, Andrew Young, Gayle Haggard Tell Everything You Always Want to Know About Sex—Other People's

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Feb 2, 10 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

Maybe the problem is not so much with sex but with books. The great thing (I mean the really great thing) about books (good books... More »

James O’Keefe: What Did Glenn Beck Know, and When Did He Know It?

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Feb 1, 10 | 8:12 AM BY Michael Wolff

I can offer some reasonable speculation about where this O’Keefe business is going. There are the perpetrators, the four... More »

JD Salinger, and His Way, Are Dead

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Jan 29, 10 | 7:02 AM BY Michael Wolff

A number of months ago, when he roused himself to file yet another law suit against another writer who came too close to him, I wrote... More »

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