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LETTERS
May 1, 2009Life-changing I am a 45-year old man who, like a lot of other people, has a “story” to tell about myself. In the late fall of 2001, I underwent corrective heart surgery after I became sick...
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Needed now: a national retirement security program
May 1, 2009An autoworker we know is facing the possible slashing of his General Motors pension, earned in decades of work. Even with the full pension and his Social Security check, this 79-year-old retiree can barely cover his...
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COMMENTARY Cancer: a journey taken together
May 1, 2009Cancer is a journey you do not want to take, yet millions of people all over the world experience that journey.
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Swine flu outbreak raises wider questions
April 30, 2009The death of a 23-month-old toddler in Texas yesterday was the first U.S. death in the swine flu outbreak that has killed 159 people in Mexico so far. It adds to the mounting worry here and...
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Specter haunting the GOP
April 29, 2009A specter is haunting the Republican Party. The specter of marginalization. Pennsylvania's Republican Sen. Arlen Specter triggered political shockwaves by announcing he is switching parties, and will run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary....
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