- Decision 2008
- Cancer Questions
- Market Meltdown
- Million-Dollar Medicine
Obama: Damon Winter/The New York Times/Redux; McCain: Ramin Talaie/Corbis
- Decision 2008
- Cancer Questions
- Market Meltdown
- Million-Dollar Medicine
Photo by Brendan McDermid/Reuters
BULLETIN BEATS
Chicken, Fish or Fraud?
The meals at “free lunch” seminars are often delicious. But the aftertaste can be unpleasant.
Coverage for the Shingles Vaccine
Q. Does Medicare cover the shingles vaccine?
A. Yes, but not in the way you might expect.
Medicinal Gum
Frugally Yours
Forced to Move
Missing SSN
Root Canals
Adult Day Care
Who Will Win?
Telling Jokes
MULTIMEDIA SPECIALS
THEY MADE HISTORY
OCTOBER 6, 1976
In perhaps the greatest gaffe in the history of presidential debates, Gerald Ford insists there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.
1987: The Senate Judiciary Committee dooms Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court, recommending that the full Senate reject him.
1927: Al Jolson stars in The Jazz Singer, the first full-length "talkie." The only problem: Many movie theaters are not yet equipped for sound.
Photo: CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images
CARTOON OF THE DAY
BRAIN AEROBICS
IN THE NEWS
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U.S. STOCKS SINK IN EARLY TRADING
The Dow fell below 10,000 for the first time since October 2004.
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GLOBAL MARKETS PLUNGE
$700 billion rescue plan did little to ease concern about world financial markets.
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EVERYBODY LOVES WACHOVIA
The Fed acts as go-between in Wachovia pursuit by Citigroup, Wells Fargo.
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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?
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HOUSE APPROVES RESCUE PLAN
Passed 263 to 171, the measure picked up support on both sides of the aisle.
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WILL SARAH PALIN SWAY SWING VOTERS?
She surprised some older ones with her knowledgeable showing in the debate.
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GOOD TIME FOR BARGAIN SHOPPING
Financial meltdown has stores slapping sale signs on fall items and more.
NEWSMAKER
Newman's Own
Movies for Grownups host Bill Newcott on how even for superstar Paul Newman, life can begin at 50.
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LATE NIGHT HUMOR
"Well now Europe is trying to put together" its "own bailout plan. ... Hey, say what you want about America, but we're still leading the rest of the world. See what I'm saying? We were bankrupt months before them."—Jay Leno
