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  • A job-seeker fills out an application at a senior job fair in Palatine, Ill., in 2003. Many older workers, however, have been pushed to draw on their Social Security benefits due to high levels of unemployment.
    Unemployment Pushes Workers Into Early Retirement
    A 20 percent increase in retirement applications last year was something of a surprise to the Social Security Administration. Many older Americans needed to tap into their retirement benefits after losing their jobs during the recession.
  • Five Men Agree To Stand Directly Under An Exploding Nuclear Bomb
    The country was just beginning to worry about nuclear fallout, and the Air Force wanted to reassure people that it was OK to use atomic weapons. And so on July 19, 1957, five Air Force officers stood on a patch of ground in the Nevada desert and waited for the bomb to drop.
  • Palm tree
    'The Gangster We Are All Looking For': Chapter Two "palm"
    Chapter two describes a family reuniting and the realizations of immigration.
  • Two female figurines stand atop a wedding cake on display in a New York bakery. Lesbian couples are twice as likely to marry as gay couples, UCLA demographer Gary Gates says.
    Lesbian Couples Boosting Gay Marriage Numbers
    Demographer Gary Gates says lesbian couples are twice as likely to get married as gay men. Eventually, same-sex and straight couples' marriages rates will be about the same, he says.
  • See that sparkle? It could be the caffeine
    Caffeinated Women May Be Fighting Depression With Every Cup
    A Harvard School of Public Health study of more than 50,000 nurses suggests the more caffeine they drank, the less likely they were to be diagnosed with depression. Researchers are calling for more study on why this might be.
  • A voter casts his ballot in a West Miami, Fla., fire station during the Republican primary in January.
    New Target In Voter ID Battle: 1965 Voting Rights Act
    Alabama, Florida and Texas are among five jurisdictions challenging the constitutionality of a key provision of the civil rights law that requires governments with a history of discrimination to get federal permission to change election procedures.
  • Candida and Anthony Warren now have a full house since welcoming back children and grandchildren to live with them.
    Retirement Redefined: Working and Raising Kids, Again
    In this economy, retirement plans can unravel when adult children lose jobs, and there are grandchildren to support. In the finale of our multimedia series, more and more seniors are finding their golden years are more crowded than they expected.
  • The number of families in San Diego County with children in the CalWorks program.
    Welfare Reform In San Diego 15 Years On
    It’s been 15 years since Federal Welfare Reform passed. Since then the number of people on the welfare rolls in San Diego has dropped more than 50 percent.
  • Supporters of U.S. President Barack Obama cheer during the Obama Election Night watch party at McCormick Place November 6, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois.
    Obama Wins Re-Election
    After a hard-fought battle, Republican Mitt Romney conceded tonight and President Barack Obama was re-elected.
  • President Obama addresses the nation from the White House to announce that Osama Bin Laden is dead, on May 1, 2011.
    President Obama Outlines Goals For Middle East
    How will U.S. policies in the Middle East change in response to the recent uprisings in the region and the killing of Osama bin Laden? We analyze the president's recent speech, and discuss the affect the U.S. could have on the long-term future of the Middle East and North Africa.
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