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| Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:00:00 EST The four pillars of financial security |
| Traditionally, retirement has been a three-legged stool made up of Social Security, pensions, and personal savings. But AARP, in its publication "Reimagining America: AARP's Blueprint for the Future," says that true financial security is now constructed upon four pillars. Here are the areas to check to make sure your retirement plans have the proper foundation. |
| Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:00:00 EST Individuals key to handling emergencies |
| Coping with a widespread emergency such as a bird flu pandemic would largely be the job of individual communities and local hospitals—and they're not even close to being ready. |
| Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:00:00 EST Global yuppies |
| Shanghai—Sharmin Du breezes into the Coffee Bean in Xintiandi, a trendy cluster of western shops and restaurants. She's wearing Diesel jeans, her yoga bag slung over a shoulder. It's 3 o'clock on a Sunday afternoon, and she hasn't eaten yet, so she orders a smoothie and a scone. Her mobile phone (the latest model, with speedy Internet access) buzzes; she answers, alternating between flirtatious Shanghainese and a more businesslike English. |
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| Sat, 22 Apr 2006 03:08:31 GMT CIA Fires Employee for Alleged Leak
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 AP - In a highly unusual move, the CIA has fired an employee for leaking classified information to the news media, including details about secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe that resulted in a Pulitzer Prize-winning story, officials said Friday.
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| Sat, 22 Apr 2006 03:04:43 GMT Shiite Alliance Agrees on Nominee for PM
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 AP - The Shiite alliance nominated a tough-talking Shiite politician, Jawad al-Maliki, as prime minister Friday in a move that breaks the long impasse over forming a new government aimed at pulling Iraq out of its sectarian strife.
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| Sat, 22 Apr 2006 03:03:50 GMT Frist Will Try Anew for Immigration Bill
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 AP - Majority Leader Bill Frist intends to seek Senate passage of immigration legislation by Memorial Day, hoping to revive a bill that tightens border security and gives millions of illegal immigrants a chance at citizenship, Republican leadership aides said Friday.
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| Fri, 21 Apr 2006 22:13:38 EDT New Orleans election in 'uncharted waters' |
| New Orleans will try to elect a mayor Saturday in an election where six in 10 voters no longer reside in the city. A federal judge shot down a proposal by civil rights groups to set up polling stations outside the state. Mail carriers will pick up some of the slack with 16,000 voters requesting absentee ballots, 100 times more than four years ago. |
| Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:35:06 EDT Oil smashes $75 barrier |
| Oil smashed through record highs Friday, cruising past $75 a barrel on continued fears of supply disruptions in Iran and Nigeria and reports of spot gas shortages on the U.S. East Coast. Gas prices also shot up Friday to $2.85 for a gallon of regular, the motorist organization AAA says, with the average above $3 in California, D.C., Hawaii and New York. |
| Fri, 21 Apr 2006 21:35:18 EDT Anguish at the pumps |
| Where will it end? Gas prices shot up an average of three cents a gallon Friday, to $2.855 for regular, according to AAA. The motorists' organization says the average is above $3 a gallon in California, Washington D.C., Hawaii and New York. |
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