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BULLETIN BEATS
When Rip-Offs Hit Home
Don’t expect to lower your tax bill by dealing with “property tax reassessment services” or “tax assessors” who go door to door.
Comparing Medicare Advantage Plans
Q. I’m horrified at how my Medicare Advantage plan will change for next year. How can I find another plan that will give me a better deal?
Clunkers Tax
Last Wishes
Future vs. Present
Mom-and-Pops
Latest News
Q&A
Banks’ Fees
Medicare Sense
MULTIMEDIA SPECIALS
THEY MADE HISTORY- Photo Archive
NOVEMBER 14, 1889
With just one piece of luggage, New York World writer Nellie Bly sets off to circle the world in 80 days. She finishes with eight to spare.
1972: For the first time ever, the Dow Jones industrial average closes above 1,000.
1995: About 800,000 federal employees temporarily stop working as a budget stalemate between President Bill Clinton and the Republican-controlled Congress forces a partial government shutdown.
World traveler and journalist Nellie Bly.
Photo: Bettmann/Corbis
CARTOON OF THE DAY
BRAIN AEROBICS
IN THE NEWS
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Another Reason to See the Dentist
Good oral care may help aging adults keep their thinking skills intact.
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CDC Swine Flu Toll
Swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April.
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Pfizer Leaves Land Battle Site
“They stole our home for economic development ... now they walk away.”
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Free Lunch Could Cost You
Survey finds many investment seminars dish out risky advice to older adults.
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States Slashing Budgets
Budget cuts are hurting people from coast to coast—and next year could be worse.
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Anti-Psychotics and Dementia
Dementia patients overprescribed anti-psychotics; drugs linked to deaths.
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Fed Announces New Overdraft Rules
Policy will ban banks from charging overdraft fees unless customers opt-in.
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Older Americans' Swine Flu Immunity
When they do contract a severe case of flu, they face greater risk.
APPRECIATION - Gene D. Cohen
The Art of Aging
He shattered an enduring myth about growing old—that it’s a time of decline and shrinking potential.
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LATE NIGHT HUMOR
"President Obama is traveling to Asia this week. He'll be making a trip to China. While he's there, Obama plans to visit the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and America's money."—Conan O'Brien
