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• Gorbachev: Russia Is Reverting to Bad Old Days
  Mikhail Gorbachev warns that Russia is in danger of backsliding into the dark days of the Soviet Union in a critical op-ed piece that seems aimed directly at Vladimir Putin. The country's parliament is no better than a rubber stamp, its courts lack independence, and there's still no real party... […]
• Forget the Gym, Ladies—Wine Makes You Thinner
  What women who keep slim in middle age have in common isn't a brutal gym routine or an raw-vegetable diet—it's a glass or two of wine a day. So claims a new study that followed the weight fluctuations of almost 20,000 middle-age women over 13 years and found... […]
• Older Drivers May Be to Blame, Not Toyota
  The knock against Toyota goes something like this: Greedy executives ignored evidence of serious acceleration problems, putting profit ahead of their customers' lives. "Maybe so, but I doubt it," writes Megan McArdle. Building on the work of Ted Frank at the Washington Examiner , she took a closer look at the... […]
• Microsoft Employees Disguise Their iPhones
  If Microsoft executives want a reminder of how they've been trumped by Apple in the mobile business, they need only look around at their own employees. Chances are, they'll see quite a few iPhones in use, reports the Wall Street Journal . Insiders say 10,000 Microsoft workers used their iPhones... […]
• Hipsters Go Redneck With Taxidermy, Moonshine
  Hipster faves fixed-gear bikes, v-neck T-shirts, and ironic mustaches have a pair of new, and very red-neck, companions: Taxidermy and moonshine. The former, Melissa Milgrom reports for the Daily Beast , gives actual and spiritual Williamsburgers the chance to actually own an animal. And, one practitioner notes, “part of being cool... […]
• Wall Street Engaged in 'Elegant Form of Theft'
  Wall Street trader-turned-critic Michael Lewis says the big banks are using an "elegant form of theft" to rip off taxpayers. How else to explain the notion of getting a government bailout and then handing out huge bonuses, he tells 60 Minutes in an interview airing tomorrow. Lewis, author of the... […]
• FCC Launches Internet Speed Test Tool
  The FCC is about to unveil a 10-year plan to make high-speed Internet a reality in all parts of the US, reports the New York Times . As part of its push, the agency has set up a way for consumers to test the speed of their Internet connection through this... […]
• Tiger Woods Back Home With Elin
  All the pieces of Tiger's comeback are falling into place. Woods has been back home with Elin Nordegren and their two kids in Florida for eight nights now with nary a police call, reports TMZ . Insiders tell the gossip site that Nordegren has been seen around town in a noticeably... […]
• 4 Suicide Attacks Kill 30 in Afghanistan
  At least 30 people were killed and dozens more hurt in four suicide attacks in the Afghan city of Kandahar. A local official—the half-brother of President Hamid Karzai—says a main target of the attacks was a prison, but no prisoners escaped. It may have been an attempt to... […]