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...Zombies Are the New Black, by the Philly pop-punk sextet The Wonder Years - and their own music video, which you may have seen in the past month or so: Michael Jackson's Thriller. The Walking Dead have even been invoked as emblems of our current financial malaise. Their chief apologist and spin doctor, TIME's Lev Grossman, trumpets the zombie as "the official monster of the recession...
Talk to any doctor, however, and he or she will tell you flat out, the risk far outweighs any benefit. "There are so many other forms of getting vitamin D that are healthier than a tanning booth," says Dr. Ellen Marmur, chief of the division of dermatologic and cosmetic surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center. "Go for a 10-minute walk three times a week or eat salmon or tuna or eggs or fortified cereal. You don't need to use a dangerous habit like a tanning booth to get vitamin...
...already allocated $2 million to fight the idea of a public plan that would compete with private insurers; two liberal groups - Health Care for America Now and the National Physicians Alliance - have run ads in six states arguing that a public option is essential. "August," says White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, "has both peril and opportunity...
...Mohammed is still at large, believed to be in Pakistan. (Osama has at least nine other sons and six daughters.) Saad had only recently returned to the Afghan-Pakistani border after nearly six years under house arrest in Iran. He was one of several al-Qaeda commanders, including military chief Saif al-Adel, captured by Iranian authorities in the spring and summer of 2003 as they tried to sneak across the border from Afghanistan. (See pictures of Osama bin Laden...
...deputy and in-law, Esfandir Rahim Mashaei, who was once quoted as sounding pro-Israel, as his Vice President. After Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei issued a public letter criticizing the choice, Ahmadinejad at first was defiant and then, after Mashaei withdrew, turned around and nominated him as his chief of staff...