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Peter G. Peterson speaks at the Fiscal Summit in Washington, D.C., last year. The event was sponsored by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. Jason Reed/Reuters/Landov hide caption
A light micrograph image of telomeres, shown in yellow, at the end of human chromosomes. Women tend to have longer telomeres than men and tend to outlive men, according to new research matching genetic information with medical records. Peter Lansdorp/Visuals Unlimited/Corbis hide caption
An autographed portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Bill Withers onstage in 1973. Fin Costello/Redferns hide caption
Harried Thanksgiving cooks can save time by roasting a turkey breast, rather than an entire bird, for the holiday meal, says cookbook author Katie Workman. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Students Blake Jamar (from left), Ryan Clifton and Gregory Gonzales take apart a bicycle that generates electricity at Analy High School in Sebastopol, Calif. Jon Kalish for NPR hide caption
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