Read more Bill Maher Grid stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/38860/bill-maher-grid.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:02:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/53258/utah-considers-caffeine-tax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter seeing multiple proposals to raise the tax on cigarettes fail, one Utah legislator has set his sights on another addictive substance: caffeine. Rep. Craig Frank has initiated a yearlong study on the impact of such a tax, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. If it can fly anywhere, Utah might...http://www.newser.com/story/53258/utah-considers-caffeine-tax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Mar 2009 12:17:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53241/ponzi-victims-will-be-tax-nightmare-for-irs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe work of fraudsters such as Bernie Madoff and R. Allen Stanford will complicate the IRS’ job as tens of the thousands of victims attempt to reclaim taxes paid on income that went up in smoke, Time reports. The IRS estimates that refunds due victims to Madoff alone could total...http://www.newser.com/story/53241/ponzi-victims-will-be-tax-nightmare-for-irs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Mar 2009 12:06:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53256/stewart-owned-cramer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWho won last night’s cable grudge match between Jon Stewart and CNBC’s Jim Cramer? Let’s go to the scorecards: Stewart was the clear winner, clobbering his guest with “homespun, regular-guy relentlessness,” Maureen Ryan writes in the Chicago Tribune . “Cramer didn’t know what hit him.” The weird part was that Cramer...http://www.newser.com/story/53256/stewart-owned-cramer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Mar 2009 11:10:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53193/noonan-maybe-wall-street-was-high-on-xanax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPeggy Noonan has a novel explanation for the crash (“or the great recession, or the collapse—it’s time it got its name”): What if the bankers were all hopped up on happy pills? Antidepressant use became widespread in New York after 9/11, she notes in the Wall Street Journal . “I...http://www.newser.com/story/53193/noonan-maybe-wall-street-was-high-on-xanax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Mar 2009 7:39:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53192/anna-nicole-smith-lover-docs-charged-with-supplying-drugs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnna Nicole Smith's lawyer and boyfriend Howard K. Stern has been charged with felony conspiracy to supply the late model with drugs, the Los Angeles Times reports. Authorities charge that Stern and two doctors "repeatedly and excessively" provided Smith—who died of an overdose in 2007—with addictive prescription drugs....http://www.newser.com/story/53192/anna-nicole-smith-lover-docs-charged-with-supplying-drugs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Mar 2009 1:35:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53182/stewart-to-cramer-its-not-a-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJim Cramer took his lumps tonight from Jon Stewart in their highly anticipated Daily Show faceoff. "I understand that you want to make finance entertaining, but it's not a game," Stewart told Cramer, adding an expletive. "I can't reconcile the brilliance and knowledge that you have of the intricacies of...http://www.newser.com/story/53182/stewart-to-cramer-its-not-a-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Mar 2009 20:36:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53181/madoffs-new-home-much-smaller.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBernie Madoff's new Manhattan home is the size of a walk-in closet, with cinderblock walls, linoleum floors, and a bunk bed. Breakfast will be served before sunrise, and the disgraced financier can stretch his legs outside, but only every other day—in a cage. The Metropolitan Correctional Center took in...http://www.newser.com/story/53181/madoffs-new-home-much-smaller.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Mar 2009 19:24:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53169/life-nah-make-him-work-at-sec.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNow that Bernie Madoff is guilty, it’s time to talk sentencing. CNBC hosted a contest to come up with the most inventive one for the disgraced financier, and the winner is: working for the SEC, "catching people just like him." But that doesn’t mean the other finalists— which include displaying...http://www.newser.com/story/53169/life-nah-make-him-work-at-sec.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Mar 2009 17:23:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53167/for-daily-show-prep-cramer-consults-martha.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn anticipation of his visit with Jon Stewart on tonight’s Daily Show , an admittedly “nervous” Jim Cramer sought counsel today from another Stewart—Martha. “You should be nervous,” the lifestyle maven said on her syndicated show. “He’s fast as lightning.” The Mad Money host joked that the feud has elevated...http://www.newser.com/story/53167/for-daily-show-prep-cramer-consults-martha.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Mar 2009 15:27:01 CDT