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Bosses Who Can Make You Sick
In The Devil Wears Prada, Meryl Streep epitomized the demon boss. In reality, could a bad boss be the death of you?
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As the economy hits home, plenty of us are scaling back on eating out, buying cars and even cutting back on groceries.
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THEY MADE HISTORY
January 13, 1957
The first specimens of inventor Fred Morrison's "Pluto Platter" fly out of the Wham-O toy factory. The disk's sales soar when it's renamed "Frisbee."
1964: Bob Dylan releases his first album of all original songs: The Times They Are A-Changin'.
1958: Nobel laureate (in chemistry) Linus Pauling sends the U.N. a petition, with signatures of 9,235 top scientists, urging an international nuclear test ban. He wins another Nobel, for peace, in 1962.
Young women throwing Frisbees in 1966.
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BRAIN AEROBICS
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Seeing Red—Medical Debt
Millions of Americans with health insurance pay more for less.
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Obama Asks for Remainder of Bailout
He vows changes in how the $350 billion will be allotted.
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Homeowners May Get Relief After All
Efforts to rewrite bankruptcy laws for troubled borrowers gained a new ally.
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Burris to Be Seated
Senate Democrats relent despite Blagojevich scandal.
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Bush Bids Farewell to Press Corps
The outgoing president joked, "Sometimes you all have 'misunderestimated' me."
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Peanut Butter, Salmonella Cases Tied
Linked to three deaths, the outbreak has sickened people in 43 states.
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How to Cut I.C.U. Trauma: Get Them Up
Getting patients to move, even the gravely ill, may speed recovery, experts say.
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The Racial Ice Breaker
Obama's campaign helped generations discuss things past and the future.
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2 Score, 8 Years Later
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LATE NIGHT HUMOR
"Toyota's developing a miniature, environmentally friendly car that is powered entirely by a rechargeable battery. Yeah. Meanwhile, Detroit's still hard at work on an SUV that runs on rain forest trees and panda blood."
—Conan O'Brien
