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BULLETIN BEATS
Late-Night Dining
Facts: Those late-night munchies aren’t as fattening as was once thought, studies show.
The Graduates
Databank looks at the percentage of population age 50-plus who have bachelor's degrees.
Who Will Win
Shared Laughter
Cheap Textbooks
Government E-mail
Out-of-Pocket
Healthy Habits
Hospital ERs
Marrying Late
MULTIMEDIA SPECIALS
THEY MADE HISTORY
AUGUST 28, 1963
In front of a crowd of 200,000 gathered for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King Jr. delivers one of the most famous speeches in U.S. history, with eight repetitions of the key phrase: “I have a dream.”
1986: Tina Turner gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1955: Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American from Chicago, is murdered by vigilantes in Mississippi.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
BRAIN AEROBICS
IN THE NEWS
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'THIS IS OUR TIME'
In a historic vote, Obama officially claims Democratic nomination.
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IT HAPPENED—AND IN THEIR LIFETIME
They were there when Martin Luther King spoke his famous words. Tonight, they'll see part of his dream come true.
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GENENTECH SAYS 'EH' TO CHEAP EYE DRUG
Experts say a $60 treatment to stave off blindness in seniors is just as good as the $2,000 one. So what's the problem?
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MIXED NEWS FROM CENSUS BUREAU
While the number of uninsured fell by more than 1 million in 2007, the overall poverty rate held steady.
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THE CULT OF THE 'REGULAR AMERICAN'
Just what does it mean? And why do politicians try so hard to prove they fit the bill?
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BOOMERS NARCISSISTIC?
A new poll debunks this and other generational myths. Do you agree?
NEWSMAKER
All She Is Saying...
For Lilly Ledbetter, it's simple: Pay me what you're paying the other guy. Or gal. More>>
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LATE NIGHT HUMOR
"And some medical groups now want to ban the TV shows ER, House and Grey's Anatomy because they say they get a lot of medical facts wrong. Hey, so do HMOs. They don't ban those."
—Jay Leno
