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The goals of therapy remain the same, but the business side is undergoing big changes. iStockphoto.com hide caption

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Therapists Explore Dropping Solo Practices To Join Groups

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A street vendor fries food for lunch customers in Mexico City on July 10. Mexico has now surpassed the United States in levels of adult obesity, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. Ivan Pierre Aguirre/AP hide caption

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Following Bloomberg's Lead, Mexico Aims To Fight Fat

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Becca Bullard commutes every day from Arlington, Va., via Metro's Virginia Square station to her work in downtown Washington, D.C. Her commute to work begins around 9 a.m. (left), and she arrives home around 6:30 p.m. (right). Courtesy of Becca Bullard hide caption

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How One D.C. Suburb Set A Gold Standard For Commuting

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Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy says police have at least 108 examples of shootings or murders in 2013 alone that would not have happened if the proposed mandatory minimum sentencing law was in effect. M. Spencer Green/AP hide caption

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Proposed Minimum Sentencing Law In Illinois Faces Scrutiny

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J.D. Salinger wrote nine letters and postcards to aspiring Canadian writer Marjorie Sheard. Graham Haber/The Morgan Library & Museum hide caption

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Pen Pal Of Young 'Jerry' Salinger May Have Been First To Meet Holden

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