Rep. Charles Rangel tries to keep his touch

By Frances McInnis
November 4, 2009

Rep. Charles Rangel takes questions from reporters regarding alleged financial improprieties on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo Credit: Associated Press

One hundred and fifty subpoenas. Thirty-four witnesses. Twenty-one thousand pages of transcripts and 12,000 pages of documents. The end of a 36-year congressional career? Read the full story

Hypertension problematic in Harlem

By Lauren Kirchner
September 20, 2009

About a dozen senior citizens sat in a circle of chairs at a senior center in West Harlem, leaned back, and laughed for five minutes straight. This “laughter meditation,” as their yoga instructor Badra Om, calls it, usually starts with Om herself letting out a loud, high-pitched cackle. The huge sound coming from such a petite woman is surprising, and the laughter is infectious. Soon the whole class joins in: first tentatively, then with feeling.

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