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That campaign will be dramatically joined next Wednesday night when Clinton delivers his televised address on the issue. An advocacy group has prepared a billboard near the Capitol that will light up that night and begin ticking off the number of Americans who have lost their health insurance: 50 every minute, or almost one a second. That should serve as a reminder of what Mrs. Clinton often calls "the cost of doing nothing" on this issue...
...reggae is thriving in the studio, on the charts and onstage, spawning a host of hybrids and new stars as it fuses with rap, soul and pop. UB40's Can't Help Falling in Love, an infectious remake of Elvis Presley's 1961 hit, was No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for the past seven weeks. Also in the Hot 100: Oh Carolina, by dancehall sensation Shaggy, and Bad Boys, a 1986 Inner Circle tune that has found new life as the theme song of the TV series Cops. Earlier this year, Twelve Inches of Snow...
Anyone looking for more proof of the revival need only check out the history of Legend, a compilation of songs by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Sales of the album, released in 1984, have recently surged. The record has dominated Billboard's Top Pop Catalog album chart for an unprecedented 17 weeks, outdrawing such heavyweights as Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, Michael Jackson's Thriller and the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...
...this music suddenly so fashionable again? "Reggae has been big on college campuses for more than a decade," says Timothy White, Billboard's editor and author of Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley. "But a number of forces seem to be converging now. You have more and more people becoming more aware of the complexity and diversity of our culture -- and with that is the awareness that reggae is a lot broader and deeper than they previously thought...
...huge billboard, Jay Leno's battering-ram jaw juts out over Broadway. AMERICA IS STANDING UP FOR JAY, the sign says. Maybe NBC hopes the nation's insomniacs will take a loyalty oath to keep watching the Tonight Show, and repel alien threats from David Letterman on CBS and Chevy Chase on Fox. So who's standing up for these guys? Bosnia...