Misc.
Between Us
The Mail
You First
AARP & You
Ask Lee
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What’s
New
10 Picky Charities
If that donated TV’s
not digital, forget it
12 Crash Course
for Grandparents
Brush up before the
new baby arrives
13 Newsmakers
Jane Fonda says sex
is better at 70
14 Entertainment
Harry Connick Jr.
swims with a dolphin
Money
26 Slash Your
Car Bills
Save on repairs,
insurance, and more
Plus: Five habits of
fuel-savvy drivers
32 When Dollars
Disappear
Smart ways to
prevent online
bank errors
35 How Safe Are
Money Funds?
Safe enough—but
you can do better
36WEDGE ISSUE America’s best slice just might be in New Haven, Connecticut.
Health
16 Get Happy
A recent study
tells you how (and
money’s not the key)
18 Hip Fractures
Why they kill…and
how to prevent them
22 Olive Oil Rx
Your secret weapon
against a stroke
24 Dr. Oz
Drastic dieting or
radical surgery may
KO diabetes—but
are they for you?
Travel
36 Top Trips
for Food Lovers
These six destinations let you gorge
on both local food
and local color
43 Wheels
of Progress
How durable is
rolling luggage?
Peter Greenberg,
tested its
toughness against,
yes, an elephant
The Best of Your Life
74 Hitting Her Stride
She once weighed 200 pounds
and smoked—now, at 70, she
runs 24-hour ultramarathons
78 The Perfect Turkey
Forget that big, fat Thanksgiving
bird—lean, rich-flavored wild ones
are really worth gobbling down
80 Hike and Seek
How a pilgrimage in Spain
changed my life, by Martin Sheen
82 Long-Distance Love
More couples are living apart.
This twosome is making it work
85 Puzzles
Big 5-Oh
96 He was the
plucky Karate Kid,
then the boyish
politician on Ugly
Betty—but
Ralph Macchio,
who turns 50 in
November, is
best known
today for his
fox-trot exploits
on Dancing
With the Stars
CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP: JASON VARNE Y; SCO T T KIRKLAND/CORBIS; ILLUSTRATION B Y CHI BIRMINGHAM
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