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• "How do you know who to trust in this?" frets Ed Galante, also a few months from Medicare eligibility. He declares the entire debate to be poisoned by craven politicians.
• Here, where legions of retirees are so important to election outcomes, voters from seniors to young people express strong feelings about the future of Medicare. The debate is playing out in the presidential campaign as well as House and Senate races that will help determine the balance of power on Capitol Hill.
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Lyricist Hal David, Burt Bacharach collaborator who wrote timeless pop songs, dies in LA at 91
• LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Hal David was a man of simple words.
• A writer by trade -- and a journalist by education -- David had a knack for encapsulating love, earnestness and a wry sense of humor into a melody that was just a few minutes long. "Wishin' and Hopin'," the 1960s earworm he wrote with Burt Bacharach, was a rhyming how-to for gals looking to snag a man. With a wink, it snagged a new generation of fans when it opened the 1997 Julia Roberts film "My Best Friend's Wedding."
• Through theater, film and TV, David's songs transcended the time they were written to become classics. With Bacharach, he was one of the most successful songwriting teams in modern history.
• The 91-year-old, who died Saturday of complications from a stroke four days earlier in Los Angeles, "always had a song in his head," said his wife, Eunice David.
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