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TV psychologist Joyce Brothers dies at 85

Psychologist Joyce Brothers, who parlayed winning the \”The $64,000 Question\” TV game show in 1955 into a nearly six-decade career as a television personality and columnist, died on Monday, her publicist said. She was 85.

Hank Greenberg in extra innings

\”I think Hank Greenberg was the great American hero,\” Washington filmmaker Aviva Kempner says. \”What he did on Yom Kippur. What he faced. He was our Jackie Robinson.\”

Fake medicine

Caveat emptor means “buyer beware.” Fake medicines are now a multibillion-dollar industry affecting people in virtually every country in the world, and the problem is getting worse. It has been estimated that up to 15 percent of drugs sold worldwide are counterfeit, and in parts of Africa and Asia it can surpass 50 percent. We are also vulnerable in the United States even though we have a better-regulated pharmaceutical system.

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