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Bulletin Today | Personal Health | TechnologyYes, the talking companion dog stole the show at the Healthy Aging Forum on Capitol Hill May 23 (you can meet him in the video below), but there were plenty of other ideas on display from government agencies, big health care companies, foundations and entrepreneurs about improving the lives of America’s aging population. If the turnout was a bit underwhelming, the products, services and innovations on display had the power to change lives in ways both big and small. Sponsored ...
By Steve Mencher | Published Fri, May 24, 2013 at 6:41 pm
Hurricane Outlook: Another Sandy?
Bulletin TodayBy Seth Borenstein, Science Writer, The Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) ? Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe an unusually wild one, federal forecasters say. Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, seven to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and three to six that become major hurricanes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there is a 70 percent chance that this year will be more active than an average hurricane season. If ...
By Associated Press | Published Fri, May 24, 2013 at 5:56 pm
Bulletin Today | Money & SavingsThe following is a guest post by Sid Kirchheimer: Love don?t cost a thing? Not according to the latest findings of the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center. More than 10 percent of total financial losses in online scams reported last year ? about $56 million out of the $525 million overall ? involved romance ripoffs. The biggest losers, in money and heartbreak: Women 50 and older, who lost $34 million, roughly two of every three dollars in romance scams. Similarly ...
By Carole Fleck | Published Fri, May 24, 2013 at 5:00 pm
Bright Ideas to Keep You Healthy
Bulletin Today | Personal Health | TechnologyYes, the talking companion dog stole the show at the Healthy Aging Forum on Capitol Hill May 23 (you can meet him in the video below), but there were plenty of other ideas on display from government agencies, big health care companies, foundations and entrepreneurs about improving the lives of America’s aging population. If the turnout was a bit underwhelming, the products, services and innovations on display had the power to change lives in ways both big and small. Sponsored ...
By Steve Mencher | Published Fri, May 24, 2013 at 6:41 pm
Hurricane Outlook: Another Sandy?
Bulletin TodayBy Seth Borenstein, Science Writer, The Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) ? Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe an unusually wild one, federal forecasters say. Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, seven to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and three to six that become major hurricanes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there is a 70 percent chance that this year will be more active than an average hurricane season. If ...
By Associated Press | Published Fri, May 24, 2013 at 5:56 pm
Bulletin Today | Money & SavingsThe following is a guest post by Sid Kirchheimer: Love don?t cost a thing? Not according to the latest findings of the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center. More than 10 percent of total financial losses in online scams reported last year ? about $56 million out of the $525 million overall ? involved romance ripoffs. The biggest losers, in money and heartbreak: Women 50 and older, who lost $34 million, roughly two of every three dollars in romance scams. Similarly ...
By Carole Fleck | Published Fri, May 24, 2013 at 5:00 pm
Susan Nielsen: Even AARP favors fix for Oregon's senior tax perk - OregonLive.com
Susan Nielsen: Even AARP favors fix for Oregon's senior tax perk OregonLive.com Yet Oregon has a senior tax break that is so oddly designed, so unsustainable and so unhelpful to lower-income retirees that even the AARP favors reform. Lawmakers still have time before the session ends in July to tackle this problem, either as part ... |
Published Sat, May 25, 2013 at 7:13 pm
AARP Reaction to House Hearings on Proposed Social Security Benefit Cuts - AARP News
Reason | AARP Reaction to House Hearings on Proposed Social Security Benefit Cuts AARP News WASHINGTON, DC?AARP Senior Vice President Joyce Rogers released the following statement in reaction to today's US House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security's hearing on proposed cuts to Social Security benefits, ... Hoosier Vietnam Vet Concerned Benefits Will Be Cut To Balance Budget The Chained CPI Is Bad for Seniors and for Accuracy What is the "Chained CPI" and How Does it Hurt Seniors and the Disabled? |
Published Thu, May 23, 2013 at 7:56 pm
Don't Let Yourself Get Swept Up by Sweepstakes - AARP News
AARP News | Don't Let Yourself Get Swept Up by Sweepstakes AARP News As the latest $50,000 retirement sweepstakes goes live on AARP.org, I've been spending some time thinking about whether these contests and prizes have much impact on the lives of the people who play them ? in our case, the 40-plus population we are ... |
Published Wed, May 22, 2013 at 9:43 pm
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