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An age of uncertainty for senior citizens
Seniors living on a fixed income face hard choices as costs soar for groceries, gas and medicine. No relief is in sight.
Faced with soaring costs of prescription drugs, housing, gasoline and groceries, it is easy for seniors on fixed incomes to go over budget. And sometimes, as hard as they try, there is not enough money each month to make ends meet. The Tribune's Dahleen Glanton reports.
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Amid grief, China races on
OUT THERE: Miles from the ravaged countryside, normalcy returned quickly to the bustling city of Chengdu. The Tribune's Evan Osnos reports.
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Saudis reject Bush plea for lower gas prices
For the second time in five months, the Saudis have rebuffed the Bush administration's request for significantly stepped-up oil production to ease rising oil prices. The Tribune's Mark Silva reports.
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Obama's 'sweetie' is a pickle
Welcome to "Sweetie-gate," a place paved with eggshells, where terms of endearment turn into political peccadilloes at the drop of a diminutive.
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Obama, McCain tangle anew on national security
Rivals fire from afar on Mideast policy
Blunt and brash rhetoric between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain provided a potential preview of the fall presidential campaign. The Tribune's Rick Pearson reports.
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