Weekend Edition: November 13 - 14, 2009

David Brooks,Conservative columnist: Sarah Palin is ‘a joke’

Housing: Lobbyists Win Again In Securing Tax Break For Home Builders

The Right's textbook "surrender to terrorists"

Netanyahu Threatens to Retaliate if Palestinians Declare Statehood

NFL Scores from Sunday

First U.S. medicinal marijuana cafe opens in Portland

As U.S. and British oil companies sign contracts with the Iraqi government, is it time to declare Big Oil the "victor" in the bloody venture?

Super-Healthy Eating, on a Shoestring

Global warming's sea level rise behind the washing away of Hawaii's white sand beaches

A former prostitute whose memoirs were turned into the TV series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, starring Billie Piper, has revealed her true identity

Angolan "mafia" terrorizes Chinese contractors

Troop Morale Drops in Afghanistan, Army Study Says

WSJ Photo Journal: Photos of the Week - Nov. 9 - 13, 2009

Israeli ‘portable pain ray’ raises fears of non-lethal weapons proliferation

San Jose school district flips switch on $29 million solar panel project

Another relative (no. 6) arrested in the Missouri child sex case

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Counterfeit condoms a problem in China

Blinded Prison Guard: Don't House Terror Suspects in NYC

Many Twists in Kidnapping of N.C. Girl, 5

Eiffel Tower Crowd of 5,000 Protests After Web Site Cancels Free-Money Giveaway Stunt, 10 Arrested

Medical helicopter crash kills 3 in California

Rachel Maddow: Corporations Are "Child Labor-Endorsing, Pro-Slavery Freaks" for Trying to Skirt Trade Laws

Partially eaten human body remains sold to Russian kebab shop by 3 homeless men

One Special Job Applicant Needed - Stoners Need Apply: U.C. Santa Cruz Hiring a Full-Time Grateful Dead Archivist

Two Suicide Bombings in Pakistan Kill at Least 12

New York 9/11 trial ignites row

Need a vacation? Las Vegas deals should not be passed up

Five 9/11 Suspects in Gitmo to be Tried in U.S. Federal Court

FACT CHECK: Palin's book goes rogue on some facts

Mike Tyson on his airport altercation and arrest yesterday: I was defending my wife and child

Former Louisiana congressman William Jefferson was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison

November 13, 2009

Ex-MSNBC reporter who was an early critic of the Iraq war and was pushed out by NBC, joins ABC

Microsoft's Bill Gates Praises Apple's Steve Jobs For 'Saving the Company'

Cops Watched Ray Clark Scrub Floor Drain at Yale Murder Scene

Oprah: Chimp Victim Charla Nash (Warning Graphic Pictures) Says She Doesn't Remember Attack

Deadly storm churns up the US Eastern Coast

UK facing 'worst storm of year'

Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage's financial troubles continue as he loses two New Orleans homes worth $6.8 million in foreclosure auction

NASA finds 'significant' water on moon

Mish: The Llyod's Prayer

President Obama eyes domestic spending freeze

'Inappropriate?' -- Trump puzzled by Prejean's 'Larry King Live' stand-off

Pro golfer sues PGA over drug test results

Food fight: Burger King franchisees sue chain over its $1.00 double cheeseburger promotion

UK man breaks record for pulling bus with hair

WSJ Photos for the Day - 12 Nov 09

NFL to Captain Morgan, players: 'Ambush marketing' won't be tolerated

Strong Dollar Weakens Commodity Shares

Fed to Ban ATM, Debit Overdraft Fees Without Opt-In

Envoy Questioning More Troops in Afghanistan Was Military Hawk Under Bush

Breaking: Feds move to seize 4 mosques, skyscraper owned by foundation linked to Iranian government

Man who faked being a highly decorated Marine war veteran on blog and at his High School reunion is caught by female Navy commander who went to school with him



Must See Video: Blackwater mercenaries acted like Sadaam Hussein's Revolutionary Guard

Leading Democratic hawk on Bush's "Shock and Awe" invasion is just outed for owning a company which has interest in Kurdish oil fields in Northern Iraq. Meet Mr. Sleaze, Peter Galbraith

November 12, 2009

WSJ Photos for the Day - 11 Nov 09

Rolling Stone: "Climate Rage"

Republican Lawmakers Encourage Health Care Protests at Planned Town Halls

Colorado parents to plead guilty in balloon hoax

Hasan Charged With 13 Counts of Murder in Ft. Hood Attack

8 small towns with high employment rates

Lou Dobbs quits CNN

Chemical in plastic bottles linked to impotence

Father, 4 sons charged with various child sex crimes in Missouri

HP to buy 3Com for $2.7 Billion

NY Times Magazine Preview: "The Self-Manufacture of Megan Fox"

Fox News host falsifies footage to make GOP protest look bigger

Where satire does not sell: Two Azerbaijan bloggers sent to prison for "hooliganism"

WSJ Photo Journal: Photos for the Day - 10 Nov 09

After one of its employees was trampled to death in an early morning opening, Wal-Mart changes the way it will deal with Black Friday crowds

Curtis Vance Convicted in Rape and Murder of Anchorwoman Anne Pressly

76 year old retired corrections officer gets surprise of his life by winning the NY Lottery's top prize of $6 Million

November 11, 2009

A Five-Month CBS News Investigation Finds That a Staggering Number of Rape Kits Aren't Tested

Blackouts darken Brazil's 2 largest cities

Facebook hit by ‘Control Your Info’ intruder

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said Tuesday that no institution should be allowed to get "too big to fail," although he also warned that regulators must be careful not to stifle economic growth

Ex-Bear Execs Beat Fraud Charges

Obama Receives New Afghan Option

The sole House Republican to vote in favor of the health care legislation, Representative Anh Cao of Louisiana, said in an interview Tuesday that he had been getting some “pretty nasty responses

Google's Free Airport Wi-Fi: Five Ways to Protect Yourself

WSJ Photo Journal: "Story of Two Congregations"

JPMorgan Chase to Hire 1,200 Mortgage Officers

No bond for 3 teens charged as adults in burning of 15-year-old

NATO Seizes Tons of Bomb Material in Afghan Raid

D.C.-area sniper Muhammad executed

Fannie and Freddie fire their own Inspector General

NASA's Great Observatories Examine the Galactic Center Region

Drunk United Airlines pilot yanked off flight by British authorities

Windmills fuel pair of bars in ... Brooklyn?

Afloat in the Ocean, Expanding Islands of Trash

46% of South Florida homeowners are `underwater'

Florida landscape dotted with $100,000 homes

The Greatest Trade Ever: How hedge fund manager John Paulson bet against the real estate bubble and made $15 billion in a single year

Study: Antarctic ice melt actually slowing climate change

Airlines, hotels face bleak holidays

Median home prices fell nationwide in 3Q

Ex-Miss California, Carrie Prejean, admits to making sex tape

Dolphins blamed for dead porpoises

'Scozzafava' turns into epithet: It's a Grand Old Purging as moderate's ouster spotlights Republican dysfunction

Bomb Kills at Least 24 Outside Crowded Pakistan Market

Senior Official: More Hasan Ties to People Under Investigation by FBI

10 Suicides a Month at Ft. Hood -- War Stress Is Taking Soldiers to the Brink

2 dead, 2 injured in Oregan lab murder/suicide

A Brazilian student who was expelled from university for wearing a short dress has been readmitted

November 10, 2009

Shark bite prompts surprise birth

21-year-old wins World Series of Poker, $8.5 million

Is you cellphone slowly killing you?

Housing: shadow inventory dwarfs loan modifications

New Hampshire to bailout failing newspaper

Bill Clinton Visits Capitol Hill to Rally Democrats on Health Care

Dodd unveils bank-reform bill without GOP support

Ida weakens and slowly clears out of the Gulf . . . comes ashore in Alabama earlier today

CCTV captures the moment a drunk woman falls into the path of an oncoming train... and walks away uninjured

Gorbacev advises the US to learn from Russia's mistakes and get out of Afghanistan now

Stopping the Next McVeigh

Newsweek: Up Against A Wall of Debt Part 1
Up Against a Wall of Debt, Part II

Conservatives and Liberals unite! Federal Reserve opposed as big bank savior by odd allies

Suicides in the downturn raise worries about recession’s real cost

Default notices rising in upper echelon ZIPs

A Canadian teenager has been rescued from an ice floe drifting in the Arctic sea, where he was reportedly stranded with two polar bears

Canada Oct. Housing Starts Rise to Highest This Year

WSJ: Photos for the Day - 9 Nov 09

Evaluating Hasan's Link to Radical Imam

Hasan was being tracked by Feds last year and earlier this year because of calls to radical Imam in Yemen

UPS executive commits suicide after rape charge

As Foreclosure Nightmares Increase, Will More Homeowners Pay Off Their Bankers in Violence?

Krugman: Paranoia Strikes Deep

McDonald's closes all its franchises in Iceland

Cloud computing: a short introduction

November 9, 2009

Britney Spears is hopping mad about the furor in Australia over her lip-synching at a concert on her "Circus" tour, her tour promoter says

Google to Buy Mobile Ad Company for $750 Million

The Big Picture Blog looks at "Kazakhstan's radioactive legacy"

Jim Kunstler: "Dreams Die Hard"

Mises: The Man Who Predicted the Great Depression

Washington's inconvenient economic truths

D.C. Sniper: Execution date approaches for John Allen Muhammad

Cruel comments by Tea Partiers directed at Holocaust survivor Elie Weisel

Steven Tyler quits Aerosmith

Case against Ohio bodies suspect, who was a Marine for 7 years, expands cross country and overseas

Fort Hood shooter, Maj. Hasan, is awake and talking

Oil jumps 3 percent on Hurricane Ida

100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do (Part 2)

Iran Accuses 3 American Hikers of Espionage

News Corp Sites May Be Removed From Google

Over 1 Million baby strollers recalled by McLaren due to fingertip amputations

Wall Street Bonuses Rise as Big 3 May Pay $30 Billion

Trucker dies as big-rig plummets 200 feet off SF bridge

How much gold does the US Treasury have in reserve?

How the House of Versace went from rags to riches—and back again

Lindsey Graham: I ‘hope and pray’ House health reform bill fails . . . Dennis Kucinich tells why he voted against just passed House Bill

Frank Rich: "The Night They Drove The Tea Partiers Down"

Mish: "A Canadian Says 'Short Canada'"

Dems Insist Health Care Bill Is DOA In Senate

The Penguin and the Zoo-Keeper: A Love Story

West Africa's Giraffes Make Comeback

UK tourist shot dead in Texas bar

Louisiana Governor declares state of emergency before Hurricane Ida comes ashore