- Decision 2008
- Cancer Questions
- Market Meltdown
- Million-Dollar Medicine
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- Decision 2008
- Cancer Questions
- Market Meltdown
- Million-Dollar Medicine
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BULLETIN BEATS
Want to Live Longer? Personality Counts
Stay calm, busy and organized, and maybe you’ll live a little longer.
Kids Eat Free
Taking your grandchildren out to eat is more of a treat when they can pig out for free.
Forced to Move
Missing SSN
Root Canals
Adult Day Care
Who Will Win?
Telling Jokes
Chicken or Fraud?
Shingles Coverage
MULTIMEDIA SPECIALS
THEY MADE HISTORY
OCTOBER 7, 1955
Allen Ginsberg reads in public, parts of his epic poem-in-progress, Howl. One of the defining works of the Beat Generation, the completed poem later sparks an obscenity trial.
1998: Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard is severely beaten in what is widely believed to be an antigay hate crime. He dies a week later.
2003: The Governator: Arnold Schwarzenegger wins a recall election to become California’s governor.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
BRAIN AEROBICS
IN THE NEWS
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U.S. SHARES SINK DESPITE LATE RALLY
The Dow closed below 10,000 for the first time since October 2004.
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MCCAIN, OBAMA: IT'S ON
They promised a different kind of politics, but lately their campaigns have become increasingly bitter.
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POLL: OBAMA LEADING IN OHIO
Aided by the faltering economy, the Democrat appears to have the upper hand in the race for key swing state.
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COULD YOU VOTE FOR A BLACK MAN?
For some people who grew up in the days of segregation, that question is still hard to answer.
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EVERYBODY LOVES WACHOVIA
The Fed acts as go-between in Wachovia pursuit by Citigroup, Wells Fargo.
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GLOBAL MARKETS PLUNGE
$700 billion rescue plan did little to ease concern about world financial markets.
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A GOLD MINE IN ENVIRONMENTAL GUILT?
Sales of carbon offsets—buyers pay cash to make amends for their sins—are up.
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PRESS MAY SHARE IN FINANCIAL MESS
News organizations grapple with question: Why didn't they see it coming?
HUMAN CONDITION
100-Year-Old Reporter
Mildred Heath doesn't have time to answer when she'll retire. She's on deadline. More >>
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LATE NIGHT HUMOR
"How many people watched the debates hoping Sarah Palin would screw up? Just be honest. How many watched hoping Joe Biden would screw up? How many watched the baseball game knowing the Cubs would screw up?"—Jay Leno
