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| Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:00:00 EST More Americans fund their own retirement |
| Who says Americans aren't saving enough for retirement? Certainly not Fidelity. The number of new individual retirement accounts opened at the firm has increased by 22 percent so far this year, compared with 2005. Savings levels have risen by 25 percent. And it turns out that young people aren't the spendthrifts many make them out to be–they're the ones saving. More than half of those ages 18 to 35 are contributing annually to an IRA. |
| Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:00:00 EST Bolten aims for sweeping staff changes |
| Republican insiders now expect incoming White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten to make more far-reaching changes in the West Wing than they initially predicted. Bolten officially takes over from Andy Card on Saturday, and White House officials say Bolten has signaled that he wants new energy, more aggressiveness, and fresh ideas about how to advance the president's agenda. |
| Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:00:00 EST American generosity |
| Days after the Boxing Day tsunami in December 2004, after the United States government pledged $15 million in aid, United Nations Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland reproached the United States and other rich countries for being "stingy" with foreign aid in general. Soon afterward, as the extent of the damage became clearer, the U.S. government pledged $350 million. In addition, U.S. military forces provided an amazing amount of aid to tsunami victims, at a cost that has not been tallied. Still, Egeland's charge that the United States is "stingy" continues to be the conventional wisdom in many quarters. Scandinavians like Egeland point out that U.S. government foreign aid as a percentage of gross domestic product is well below that of some advanced countries, notably some in Scandinavia. |
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| Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:05:37 EDT A sad end to a search for a missing girl |
| The body of a missing 10-year-old Oklahoma girl was found in an apartment near her home Friday, police said. Jamie Rose Bolin was last seen leaving a library on Wednesday. Now the McClain County District Attorney says he'll seek the death penalty against a 26-year-old man who lives in the apartment. Officials were releasing little information, but the district attorney said, "I have never, ever been involved ... in a death or a homicide that has been as atrocious and heinous and cruel as what I believe this little girl suffered before her death." |
| Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:55:16 EDT Mumps outbreak now in 8 states |
| Federal health officials said Friday they are looking into whether air travel is spreading mumps through the Midwest. Iowa has seen more than 600 suspected cases since December, said a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesman, and seven other states have reported cases. "We suspect it was importation from another country... Many of these diseases are just a plane ride away." |
| Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:43:08 EDT Children's bodies found in Milwaukee lagoon |
| The decomposed body of a child was found Friday night floating in a lagoon where searchers have looked for two Milwaukee, Wisconsin, boys who disappeared nearly a month ago, police said. |
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