- Need Sleep?
- Trim Taxes
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
- Electric Car
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- Need Sleep?
- Trim Taxes
- Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
- Electric Car
Volt photo courtesy Chevrolet; outlet photo by Jeffrey Coolidge/Getty Images
BULLETIN BEATS
Say Hello to Variable Rates
Q. My credit card was switched from a fixed to a variable interest rate “for my benefit.” True? A. Yes, for now, because the rates are down.
Tough Choices: Stepping In
Dad asked for my help. He wanted to move closer to his children, he told me. He didn’t want to spend the rest of his life alone. I had a decision to make.
Readmissions
Give Up Eggs?
401(k) Loans
In Your State
Bag a Bonus
Poisonings Up
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MULTIMEDIA SPECIALS
THEY MADE HISTORY- Photo Archive
NOVEMBER 21, 1934
The New York Yankees give the minor league San Francisco Seals five players and at least $25,000 in exchange for Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio Jr. “Joltin’ Joe” becomes one of baseball’s most revered figures.
1985: Intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard is arrested outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington for selling sensitive information to Israel.
1995: Traders celebrate as the Dow Jones industrial average closes above 5,000 for the first time.
2002: NATO invites seven former communist countries to join its membership.
Joe DiMaggio, the ‘Yankee Clipper.’
Photo: MPI/Getty Images
CARTOON OF THE DAY
BRAIN AEROBICS
IN THE NEWS
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Pap Smear Guidelines Change
Women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually.
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San Francisco's Health Care a Model
Healthy San Francisco is the nation's first city-run universal health care plan.
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Still Black, White and Read All Over
About three-quarters of U.S. adults read a newspaper in a given week, survey finds.
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Senate Bill Faces First Test Saturday
Procedural vote will decide whether to begin debate on health care legislation.
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House Votes on 'Doc Fix'
Move would add more than $200B to prevent Medicare payment cuts to docs.
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Fees Await Holiday Travelers
If you plan to take to the skies this holiday season, brace yourself.
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Bush Investment Rule Abandoned
Plan would allow mutual fund companies to offer advice to 401(k) customers.
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Rogue Internet Pharmacies
FDA urges shut down of sites selling counterfeit, unapproved Rx drugs.
NEWSMAKER - Sen. Robert Byrd
The Long-Timer
The Democrat from West Virginia becomes the longest-serving member of Congress in history.
QUESTION OF THE DAY
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LATE NIGHT HUMOR
"The U.S. Postal Service announced this week that it lost $3.8 billion this year. Here's the worst part. You know how they lost it? In the mail."— Jay Leno
