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Hanger: Joshua Kessler; stethoscope: Michael Willis/PhotoShelter; lab coat: Leah Fasten/PhotoShelter
- Food Surplus?
- Doctor Shortage
- Penny Pinching
- Watch the Webcasts
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THEY MADE HISTORY
SEPTEMBER 8, 1975
Air Force sergeant and Vietnam vet Leonard Matlovich appears in uniform on the cover of Time, next to the words “I am a homosexual.” He was discharged weeks later. His tombstone notes that the military “gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.”
1974: A month after President Nixon resigns, he’s pardoned by Gerald Ford, who says he wants to “write the end” to an “American tragedy.”
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IN THE NEWS
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WHAT'S NEXT FOR FANNIE, FREDDIE ...
How will jobs be affected after the government takeover of the troubled mortgage giants?
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... AND WHAT'S NEXT FOR YOU?
How will your mortgage be affected?
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OBAMA, MCCAIN ON ECONOMICS
Candidates are miles apart when it comes to the country's finances. Shocking.
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KENNEDY PLANS JANUARY RETURN
He will remain in Massachusetts to recuperate from brain surgery.
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BIASED MEDIA, EH?
MSNBC drops Matthews, Olbermann as news anchors after questionable convention coverage.
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'CHANGE IS COMING'
McCain offered himself as an "imperfect servant" who will never surrender in his fight to change Washington.
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DOUBTS GROW OVER FLU VACCINE
Experts question shot's effectiveness and whether older people should even get it.
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SMOKING RISKIER TO WOMEN'S HEARTS
Smokers have heart attacks 12 years earlier than nonsmokers, study says.
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LATE NIGHT HUMOR
"Oprah Winfrey's in the middle of a big scandal, because she is refusing to have Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on her show. ... The friction started because Palin said if she's elected, she'll be the most powerful woman in the country. And Oprah said, 'The hell you will!' "
—Conan O'Brien
