Many Americans risking their retirement
The number of U.S. workers who have saved virtually nothing for retirement is growing.
The number of U.S. workers who have saved virtually nothing for retirement is growing.
Many schools still offer great deals, and at one college, students don't pay tuition at all.
Today In History March 9, 2010
In some cases, filing for an extension on your tax return is a smart financial plan.
Just $10,000 invested with Buffett in 1964 would now be worth $80 million.
Pakistani officials thought an American al-Qaida member they arrested was the terror group's spokesman.
An underwater phenomenon creeping toward shore may signal big changes.
Image from P. Dungey
We have had match stick gardening and upside down plant holders and guerrilla gardening but this is one for the gardener who is truly compulsive. Potholes, filled with flowers... Why?
Pete Dungey has been patiently planting flowers in potholes to highlight "the problem of surface imperfections on Britain's roads." He says "If we planted one of those in every hole, it would be like a forest in the road". It's poetry of an urban kind.
Children, like adults, use three visible cues--race, gender and age--to arrange their social world. They prefer to make friends with kids similar to them on these traits.
New research shows that verbal accents may be equally important in guiding youngsters’ social decisions--in fact, accents may be even more important than race.
Photo via Obvious
16 years ago, Horrace Burges had a divine vision, a calling from heaven. And, like the ark-crafting Noah before him, Horrace picked up a hammer and built a large wooden structure of his own--the world's largest tree house. At 10 stories tall, with roughly 10,000 square feet, the tree house may be more aptly called a 'tree mansion', but according Horrace, it's a work in progress.
Find the right mix of affordability, stable home prices, and fewer foreclosures in these cities.
GRAHAM: Well, reconciliation will be used to clean up the Senate bill to make House members happy. House members are going to vote for the Senate bill and they hate it. And the Senate and the president saying, OK, we’re going to change what you don’t like.
And when it comes to the Republicans, you all don’t matter anymore. You just need a simple majority. So reconciliation will empower a bill that was very partisan. We’ve had reconciliation votes, but all of them had received bipartisan support. The least was 12 when we did reconciliation with tax cuts.
Graham’s claim that “the least” amount of Democratic votes a GOP reconciliation bill received “was 12″ is flat out false. As The Wonk Room’s Igor Volsky has detailed, during the Bush presidency, the Republican-controlled Senate passed three reconciliation bills with three or less Democratic votes. The 2003 Bush tax cuts were supported by only two Democrats and needed Vice President Dick Cheney’s tie-breaking vote to pass.
Image: Angewandte Chemie, Wiley
Sunlight + Water = Hydrogen Gas
Scientists at the University of East Anglia, led by Dr. Thomas Nann, report a breakthrough in the production of hydrogen from water using the energy of sunlight. Amidst all the hype about a potential hydrogen economy, which would rely upon the highly energetic and clean burning hydrogen atom, one of the big questions has been whether sufficient hydrogen can be produced without using yet more energy to create the hydrogen. Typical production methods include stripping hydrogen from other fuels like methane or using electrolysis to split the hydrogen out of water. But with efficiencies between 20 and 40% for producing energy from traditional photovoltaic processes, the hydrogen economy cannot be solar powered. Or can it?
An "ultra premium" Greek oil costs $182 a bottle and boasts a vanilla aftertaste.
Live a richer life without being wealthy by implementing these creative ideas.
There are plenty of places to find free meals and deals on your special day.
Speaking of just that ...
The militants are apparently fighting for control of several villages where the central government has almost no presence.
Employers won't hire until customers spend, and customers won't spend until employers hire.
Gamblers ducked under tables at the city's Grand Hyatt Hotel as the five raiders burst in, armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles, grenades and machetes.
The thieves made off with 800,000 euros (about £719,000) in the pandemonium, according to local media reports.
Despite the weak economy, the median income in one high-end suburb tops $110,000 a year.
These sublime, and sometimes surreal, steaming pools of wellness are worth a dip.
Photo via: Wonderlane/Flickr
Current events lead us to believe Obama's needed health care reform will finally come to pass. Being that both sides of the issue are interested in cutting costs, there's an independent, alternative and affordable health care company which provides a good model for progressive, preventative protection to residents of the state of Oregon. It's called the Natural Health Plan.
According to the insurance company, Clear One Health Plans, Inc., "The Natural Plan is ideal for individuals who have the desire to treat the whole person (mind, body, spirit), are focused on health and fitness, yoga and other fitness products, green living, personal development, and those who follow Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS)."
The Oasis of the Seas is almost five times the size of the Titanic.
Why do you appear upside-down when looking at the front side of a spoon but not at the back?
These professions can help you stay fit while helping others do the same.
Beware of a supermarket's "chill zone," which is designed to inspire impulse buys.
Yes, it's quite possible to get rid of credit card debt for less than you owe.
In a 25-minute video posted on militant Web sites, Adam Gadahn described Maj. Nidal Hasan as a pioneer who should serve as a role model for other Muslims, especially those serving Western militaries.
Passengers who refuse the scan will go through a more intense traditional screening.
Books that dispute Darwin's theory dominate the market of more than 1.5 million students.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that, for a gay service member's discharge to be constitutional, the military must demonstrate the firing promotes "cohesion or discipline in the unit" in all Western States.
From a stretcher, Oscar Rodriguez translated for rescue workers and crash victims.
With the flash of a camera, Bruno Sandoval went from a quake survivor to a symbol of national strength.
Provisional results indicate President Faure Gnassingbe won 1.2 million votes, representing 60.9 percent of the roughly 2 million votes cast in the tiny country, said Issifou Tabiou, the head of the election body.
A top Pakistani Taliban commander close to al-Qaida is believed to have been killed in an army airstrike, officials said Saturday, in the latest apparent blow to insurgents who have attacked Pakistan and threatened U.S. forces in neighboring Afghanistan.
A prominent evangelical figure and repugican donor says he will end his contributions to the organized repugican rarty in reaction to the leaked fundraising presentation that advised using "fear" to solicit contributions and displayed an image of President Obama as the Joker from Batman.
Mark DeMoss, who heads a two bit christian public relations firm in Atlanta and served as a liaison to the evangelical coven for Mitt Romney in 2008, wrote chairwimp Michael Steele yesterday that he was "ashamed" of the presentation, calling depictions of Obama, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Majority Leader Harry Reid "shameful, immature and uncivil, at best."
"I’m afraid the presentation is representative of a culture and mindset within the repugican national cabal," DeMoss, a past member of the rnc's "Eagle" program for top donors who gave the party $15,000 in 2008, wrote in the letter to Steele, which he shared with POLITICO. "Consequently, I will no longer contribute to any fundraising entity of our party—but will contribute only to individual candidates I choose to support."
Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes a bold statement against the official U.S. version.
Today's unusual holidays and celebrations are:
Daughters' and Sons' Day
National Be Heard Day
and
Namesake Day
In one remarkable day, the Chicago Bears look to change their fortunes — immediately.