Your Health: Flu Shots

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Decision 2008: Where they stand

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BULLETIN BEATS

Keys to the White House

Who Will Win the Election? Key 10

A researcher has developed 13 keys that provide a context for the presidential campaign.

What I Really Know

About Telling Jokes: Don't

Please. At my age (70-plus), I’ve heard them all at least once and don’t want to hear them again.

Finding Your Way

Checklist for Men

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Chicken or Fraud?

Ask Ms. Medicare

Shingles Coverage

Health Discovery

Live Longer

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Kids Eat Free

Ask the Experts

IRA Withdrawals

Myth Busters

Avoiding Fat

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Veterans

MULTIMEDIA SPECIALS

Paul Newman

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Humanitarian, Oscar winner,
class act.

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October 15th

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Economic stimulus payment—
last chance.

Pain at the Pump

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Americans are sore as heck about soaring gas prices.

THEY MADE HISTORY

Anita Hill testifies before the Senate Judiary Committee on Oct. 11, 1991. Photo by John Duricka/AP Photo (They Made History 10/11)

OCTOBER 11, 1991

Anita Hill testifies that her former boss, Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, sexually harassed her by describing porn movies in detail and bragging about his sexual prowess.

1984: Kathy Sullivan is the first U.S. woman to walk in space, trailing a Soviet woman by four months.
1975: George Carlin hosts the debut of NBC's Saturday Night, a show that less than a year later would be rechristened Saturday Night Live.

Anita Hill. —Photo by John Duricka/AP Photo

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BRAIN AEROBICS

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