Though most workers say they are saving for retirement–and though a vast majority participate in their employer-sponsored 401(k) plans–most workers have only a small amount saved up. Two thirds of all workers have less than $50,000 saved, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
AP - A suicide bomber killed 19 people and wounded 11 outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility and said Cheney was the target.
AP - Strained by the demands of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there is a significant risk that the U.S. military won't be able to quickly and fully respond to yet another crisis, according to a new report to Congress.
AP - Iraq's Shiite vice president narrowly escaped assassination Monday as a blast ripped through a government meeting hall just hours after it was searched by U.S. teams with bomb-sniffing dogs. At least 10 people were killed.
Eleven people, including the U.S. and Italian ambassadors to Sri Lanka, were injured when suspected rebels fired on their helicopter upon landing in the eastern city of Batticaloa Tuesday, Sri Lankan military sources told CNN.
A lawyer representing one of the men claiming to be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's infant daughter alleged Monday that there is "fraud" in the child's birth certificate. As she spoke to reporters outside a Bahamas court, her client, Larry Birkhead, smiled and gave a thumbs up sign.