Misc.
Between Us
The Mail
You First
AARP &You
Ask Lee
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What’s
New
12 Brain Booster
The benefits of
learning a new
language
14 Newsmakers
Aretha Franklin—
85 pounds lighter
16 Entertainment
Barbara Eden blinks
up a new memoir
17 Trends
Do health-spa pain
treatments work?
Money
26 Why Join a
Warehouse Club?
Because you can
slash $1,000 from
your yearly shopping
bill. Here’s how
34 Rating Games
How’s your credit?
Depends on who’s
keeping score
36 Just the Facts:
Social Security
Don’t believe the
naysayers—the
program is not
going belly-up
76
SHELL GAME
Luckily for us, crabs
have clawed their way
to the bottom of the
food chain.
Health
18 Get a Tan...
…by eating veggies!
21 Shun the Scalpel
Four surgeries you
probably don’t need
23 Dr. Oz
Taking these drugs?
Beware of the sun
24 Tomatoes Rule
They fight diabetes,
cancer, and more
Travel
38 Civil War:
Going to Extremes
You won’t believe
the stories behind
these far-flung
battles
47 The Art of
Complaining
Whom to take
your beef to—and
how to get results
Plus: What your
car-rental agent
won’t tell you
The Best of Your Life
74 Let ’Er Zip!
A desk job didn’t prepare
this novice for zip-lining at
40 mph above a forest floor
75 I Want to Be an Actress!
After a lifetime with the phone
company, she dreams of being
in the spotlight
76 Crabby in a Good Way
For years on the Chesapeake,
features editor Meg Guroff’s family
cracked crabs—and built bonds
77 Jane Pauley
It’s never too late to be an
optimist (but it helps to avoid
lakes during thunderstorms)
78 Puzzles
Big 5-Oh
92 Woody
Harrelson, left,
who turns 50 on
July 23, worked a
lot of jobs before he
landed on Cheers.
Plus: Oscar winner
Forest Whitaker,
Touched by an
Angel’s Della Reese,
CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP RIGHT: MARCUS NILSSON (FOOD STYLIST: JAMIE KIMM; PROP STYLIST: ANGHARAD BAILEY); SIPA PRESS VIA AP PHOTO; ILLUSTRATION BY JOE SNOW
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