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...captivated audiences on five continents. And while she pined for the sights and smells of her childhood--even those that evoked memories of the death, pain and poverty she witnessed--her time in exile exposed her to entirely new styles of music. Jazz, pop and rock 'n' roll complemented her roots in Andean and tango rhythms and boosted a six-decade career in which she performed with singers as diverse as Luciano Pavarotti, Ray Charles, Shakira and Joan Baez, who was once so moved by Sosa's music that she fell to the vocalist's feet during a concert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mercedes Sosa | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

...working in hospitals be immunized against measles, mumps and rubella, for example, and an influenza-vaccine mandate shouldn't be seen as any different from these standards. Yet when it comes to the flu shot, those in the medical field are notoriously incompliant: nationwide, only half of them voluntarily roll up their sleeves each year. "That just doesn't deliver the safe immunity level we need in a hospital," says Dr. Richard Daines, commissioner of health for New York State. It doesn't make sense, he says, for health-care workers not to be immunized against influenza. "That's just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Health-Care Workers Be Forced to Get Flu Shots? | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

...Most Eye-Roll-Inducing Pop Culture Reference

Author: By Michelle L. Quach | Title: Recap: "Mafia" | 10/17/2009 | See Source »

...Roll call of minorities: “Santana. Wheels. Gay kid. ... Asian. Other Asian. Aretha. And Shaft...

Author: By Luis Urbina | Title: Recap: "Throwdown" | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

...that it doesn't, well, rain on the parades. With a budget of $40 billion a year (larger than New York City's budget), Moscow can easily afford the $2 million to $3 million price tag to keep the skies blue as spectators watch the tanks and rocket launchers roll along Red Square. Now there's a new challenge for the air force: Moscow's notorious blizzards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moscow Mayor Promises a Winter Without Snow | 10/16/2009 | See Source »

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