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Employer Survey: Big Jump In Health Insurance Premiums

by Julie Rovner

Employer Survey Shows Big Jump In Health Insurance Premiums

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Life In Retirement: The Not-So-Golden Years

Poll: Seniors Disappointed By Golden Years

by Greg Allen

Poll: Seniors Disappointed By Golden Years

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Texas Turns Down Cook's Offer Of Free 'Last Meals'

by Mark Memmott

Texas Turns Down Cook's Offer Of Free 'Last Meals'

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Snapshot of Mom, Scotland, 1957 Glenn Jones

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Ice Queen Matt Flinner

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Wall Street Protest Continues This Week

by Arun Venugopal

Wall Street Protest Continues This Week

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Greeks Protest Austerity Measures

by Sylvia Poggioli

Greeks Protest Austerity Measures

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Minor Blues Kurt Rosenwinkel

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Bombay El Guincho

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Toure Discusses What It Means To Be Post-Black

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Details Emerge On Pakistani Attack On U.S. Officers

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Book Review: 'The Wandering Falcon'

by Alan Cheuse

Book Review: 'The Wandering Falcon'

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It's a Lonesome Old Town Jeffery Cashen

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Fly and Unfold Christian Pabst

Earl Williams' Odd Baseball Career

by Mike Pesca

Earl Williams' Odd Baseball Career

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This image provided by Cinecitta studio's in Rome shows Charlton Heston in a scene from the movie Ben-Hur being shot in 1958. AP hide caption

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DVD Picks: 'Ben-Hur'

by Bob Mondello

DVD Picks: 'Ben-Hur'

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Revolting Children Matilda

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Blade Won't Cut Another Blade The Funk Ark

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Obama Returns To Familiar Turf To Sell New Stimulus

On Feb. 17, 2009, the same day President Obama signed the first economic stimulus bill, Namaste Solar CEO Blake Jones gave Obama and Vice President Biden a tour of the solar panel installation at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. In the 2 1/2 years since, says Jones, the stimulus "did what it was supposed to do" in the solar sector. Still, he has had to lay off some workers. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption

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Obama Returns To Familiar Turf To Sell New Stimulus

by Scott Horsley

Obama Returns To Familiar Turf To Sell New Stimulus

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Who Are The Job Creators?

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Census Releases Data On Same-Sex Couples

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Strongest Man in the World Two Loons for Tea

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Omar Garage a Trois

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Rep. Davis Holds Town Hall Meeting

by David Schaper

Rep. Davis Holds Town Hall Meeting

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Dan Zanes released Little Nut Tree on Sept. 27. Gala Narezo hide caption

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Dan Zanes Plants A 'Little Nut Tree'

by Stefan Shepherd

Dan Zanes Plants A 'Little Nut Tree'

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In the Basement Dan Zanes

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Waking Up Weird Royal Bangs

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Engineers Survey Damage Of Washington Monument

by Larry Abramson

Engineers Survey Damage Of Washington Monument

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A 10-year-old girl blows a shofar with the help of Cantor Robbi Sherwin during Rosh Hashana services in the mountains of Crested Butte, Colo., last year. Rosh Hashana marks the beginning of the Jewish new year. Nathan Bilow/AP hide caption

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Religion

The Hard Economics Of High Holy Days

by Barbara Bradley Hagerty

The Hard Economics Of High Holy Days

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Revolting Children Matilda

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NYC Launches Subway Cell Phone Service

by Joel Rose

NYC Launches Subway Cell Phone Service

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Que S'est-il Passe Tommy Guerrero

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Missin' Something Greyboy, Shawn Lee et. al.

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Lifelong Pen Pals Meet

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Roll On The Twin Atlas

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Cumbia Empresarios

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