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...bizarre, 2:30 a.m. car crash on Nov. 27, when his Cadillac SUV struck a fire hydrant in front of his $2.4 million Isleworth mansion and then plowed into a neighbor's tree. The crash left Woods temporarily unconscious - and seems to have rendered his p.r. apparatus addled as well. His less-than-forthcoming statements to both police and the public have only stoked rumors about his domestic life that were flooding the gossip blogosphere even before the incident. (See James Poniewozik's blog post on the media and the Tiger Woods incident...
...Woods incident is the second time in two months that Isleworth's well-heeled serenity has been shaken. In late September, millionaire Florida developer Bob Ward was charged with shooting his wife to death at their $5 million Isleworth home. (He has pleaded not guilty and is facing trial.) It was the first homicide the gated community has experienced since it was started in the 1980s by golf icon Arnold Palmer, who fell in love with the area's rolling landscape and chain of lakes. (He created an 18-hole golf course there that is consistently ranked...
...What's the Bottom Line? Obama's decision carries high stakes for the thousands of Americans he's ordering into harm's way as well as for Afghanistan itself. But there's one more consequence he's unlikely to mention but can't avoid. The speech will underscore Obama's ownership of the Afghan mission, says Anthony Cordesman, a military scholar with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. By 9 p.m. E.T., Cordesman says, Obama will "have to take personal responsibility for the outcome of the war ... betting his historical reputation and second term on the outcome...
...slew of other top figures at the ornate event honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. (Photos of their VIP hobnobbing were promptly posted on Facebook.) Though the couple passed through metal detectors, observers noted that they could have potentially smuggled in anthrax or other unconventional weapons as well as espionage tools like electronic listening devices. The House Homeland Security Committee has scheduled hearings on the intrusion for Dec. 3. The Salahis have been invited to testify, along with Secret Service director Mark Sullivan and White House social secretary Desirée Rogers. They have not publicly responded to the request...
...awards dinner in September at which Obama spoke, reportedly entering through a door used by servers and busboys. After organizers determined that they were not on the guest list, the two were escorted out. In Tuesday's interview, the couple insisted that they were invited to that event as well...