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Who Will Win the Election?
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What I Really Know About Summer Nights
Now that I’m retired, what I really know is that summer nights bring me the same freedom and joy that I felt as a child.
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THEY MADE HISTORY
JULY 4, 1776
The Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence.
1939: Dying baseball star Lou Gehrig calls himself “the luckiest man on the face of the earth.”
1855: Walt Whitman publishes Leaves of Grass—a landmark work noted for an open, energetic style.
1826: On the nation’s 50th birthday, former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson die.
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IN THE NEWS
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THE MIDLIFE FARMER
Successful professionals looking for renewal are going after another type of daily grind.
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UNITEDHEALTH CUTS 4,000 JOBS
The company cited higher-than-expected Medicare-related costs for its lower profits this year.
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DRUG MANAGERS, PHARMACIES TO MERGE
The partnership makes it easier for doctors to send prescriptions electronically to drugstores.
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ARE MEDICAL FLIGHTS SAFE?
A recent crash in Arizona raises questions about the growing business of air ambulances.
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PAY CUTS TO DOCTORS KICK IN
Medicare patients may face physicians not willing to treat them because of the 10 percent fee reduction.
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I'M BROKE, BUT I'M NOT THAT BROKE!
Money or no money, some things in life are just too hard to give up.
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GAS PRICES HIT DELIVERY PROGRAMS
Groups that transport meals to seniors have lost volunteers who can't afford gas.
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SET IN STONE
Despite California, Massachusetts marriage laws, older same-sex couples still need to put their future in writing.
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Making History, Again
Actors portraying Betsy Ross and Ben Franklin were married July 3 in Philly. Of course. More>>
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LATE NIGHT HUMOR
"Yesterday a top Starbucks executive resigned. He will receive a $120 million severance package or three lattes."—Conan O'Brien
