Predicts how much worse a nuclear strike would be than 9/11.

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Newt Warns of Iranian Attack

Mark Wahlberg has apologized for saying he would not have allowed a plane to crash into the World Trade Center on 9/11 “To speculate about such a situation is ridiculous to begin with,” the actor said in a statement to TMZ. Read full article > >

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A decade on and 9/11 is not old news and nor should it be, says Simon Schama.

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Past, present and future

NEW ORLEANS — Chaka Khan is more than angry. Instead of getting to rest before her show at the Louisiana Superdome, the R&B star has been booked for two speaking engagements. She’s holed up in her hotel suite, fuming. Outside, her assistants are waiting for her to open the door. Her makeup artist, Derrick Rutledge , is waiting, too. He just flew in to do her after working on Michelle Obama in the East Wing. After New Orleans, he’s scheduled to fly out to do Oprah Winfrey before returning home to Washington. Read full article > >

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Makeup artist Derrick Rutledge makes over Michelle Obama, Oprah — and himself

Happy birthday, TSA . The federal agency charged with protecting the nation’s transportation systems turns 10 Nov. 19. And although its supporters will probably spend the coming days talking about its apparent successes, including the absence of a 9/11 sequel, the question of whether we’re better off with this fledgling $8 billion-a-year federal agency remains very much unanswered. Read full article > >

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The Navigator: Is the TSA’s 10th birthday cause for celebration?

Poison found at White House shortly after 9/11.

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Condi: Cheney Said We Might Die

In spite of star Hank Azaria’s best tweeting efforts, his new NBC sitcom “Free Agents” finished in a dead heat with CW’s new reality series, “H8R” as to which would be the second new broadcast series to be pulled from the air. NBC pulled the plug on his new sitcom “Free Agents” after taking a gander at Wednesday night’s numbers for Episode 3. CW did same on “H8R” after looking at its latest numbers the same night. Read full article > >

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A third of post-9/11 veterans in the US say the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting, according to an opinion poll.

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Is this the end of the Tareq and Michaele love story? Or just another darn publicity stunt? Whatever it is, the Virginia horse-country characters, who caused a scandal with their uninvited appearance at a 2009 White House state dinner, seized our attention once again Wednesday when Tareq Salahi reported that his willowy blonde wife had been abducted . Read full article > >

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Michaele Salahi wasn’t kidnapped — she ran off with Journey’s Neal Schon

Hey, married people with babies: Do you really like all these shows about married people with babies? Does the comedization of poopy pants and sleepless nights somehow negate the toil of actual poopy pants, actual sleepless nights? One would think that after enough of that in real life, you’d want to watch anything but. Read full article > >

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NBC’s ‘Up All Night’: Formula-fed, but irresistibly cute

FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y.— U.S. Open officials on Monday fined Serena Williams $2,000 for “verbal abuse” of the chair umpire during Sunday’s women’s final against Australian Samantha Stosur. That translates to 0.0014 of the $1.4 million Williams earned for her runner-up performance, with Stosur defeating the three-time U.S. Open champion her first major title 6-2, 6-3. Read full article > >

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The Washington Post is launching a new way to present our blogs . Starting with The Fix by Chris Cillizza and The Wonkblog by Ezra Klein , our blogs will no longer simply be a series of updates and posts. They will now feature far more stories on each page, as well as more photos and videos, in a clean, engaging and informative design. This will be the new standard for our blogs and is a reaction to the ever-changing way people are consuming news online. Read full article > >

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Jets ’ latest Super Bowl-or-bust season began in stirring fashion. Wide receiver Plaxico Burress had a touchdown catch as the Jets overcame a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Dallas Cowboys, 27-24 , here Sunday night at MetLife Stadium. “It’s just amazing,” Jets Coach Rex Ryan said. “It just doesn’t get much better than this, especially the way we got it done.” Read full article > >

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Jets vs. Cowboys: Mark Sanchez and New York rally past Tony Romo and Dallas

TOKYO — Asian stock markets fell sharply Monday, with sentiment soured by renewed anxiety about Europe’s debt problems and heavy Wall Street losses before the weekend. Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average lost 2 percent at 8,562.47 as the index hit fresh six-month intraday lows. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index shed 3.2 percent to 19,231.69. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 plunged 3.5 percent to 4,048.60. Read full article > >

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Asian stock markets start week with sharp losses, growing concerns about Europe

ROMULUS, Mich. — Police temporarily detained and questioned three passengers at Detroit’s Metropolitan Airport on Sunday after the crew of the Frontier Airlines flight from Denver reported suspicious activity on board, and NORAD sent two F-16 jets to shadow the flight until it landed safely, airline and federal officials said. Read full article > >

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