SOCIAL SECURITY INCREASES. Recipients Learn How Benefits Change.
Many seniors receiving Social Security benefits have outlived their savings and those monthly checks are the sole source of income.

ROUND TWO. Presidential Debates.
US voters ask questions during the town hall debate, but will be reviewed before a selecting is made. Meanwhile, a fiscal showdown is set to unfold between Election Day and Inauguration Day, no matter who wins.

FDA WARNING. Contaminated Products.

With the death of US Senator Arlen Specter from Pennsylvania, it’s difficult to avoid a metaphor about American politics. Where have all those GOP moderates gone?

The late senator devoted his 30-year Senate career as a loyal Republican, but switched to the Democratic Party in April 2009. His partisan decision was partly about self-preservation, as Senator Specter faced defeat in the upcoming Republican primary against a conservative opponent who accused Specter of becoming too liberal for the GOP.

ROUND TWO: PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. What To Expect?
This time, voters will pose the debate questions to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama as the sixth town hall presidential debate brings Obama and Romney to Hofstra University on New York’s Long Island Tuesday. The two men will take questions from undecided voters selected by Gallup Polling Organization.

COURT QUESTIONS TORTURE TESTIMONY. Guantanamo Hearings.

It was fifty years ago this week when our United States of America was on the brink of nuclear war. For 13 days in October 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis played out as the U.S. and the Soviet Union faced off over ballistic missile bases in Cuba.

Check out previously secret recordings of President John F. Kennedy as he worked tirelessly during those tension filled days to avoid what could have been the start of World War III.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwz7YAQj-r0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b_LHNLdqVI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeCb7xBDMKU

But This time, it was not broken by a pilot inside an airplane.
Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner has landed safely on Earth after a 24-mile drop from the stratosphere in a daring jump, which may also have marked the world's first supersonic skydive. The near absence of air at this high altitude means he broke the speed of sound as he fell representing a velocity in excess of 690mph (1,110km/h).

This Week in History, Oct 14 - Oct 20

Oct 14, 1947

OBAMA VS ROMNEY DEBATE. See How They Run?