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More than 30 leading budget experts on Monday prescribed a course for deficit reduction that the nation needs to take if it wants to "buy some breathing room" to avoid a debt crisis.
The state's Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that a North Shore teacher injured while chaperoning a school-sponsored ski trip was entitled to workers' compensation. The court found that Peabody High School math teacher Karen Sikorski's volunteering to supervise the trip "constituted work connected to her employment" and obligated the city to cover her claim.
Dear Savvy Senior,
Last Friday, one of the council's staff members went through a very upsetting experience. ...
(ARA) - If you are one of America's 78.2 million baby boomers, you are likely considering what ideal retirement will look like, and the steps required to achieve it. With the current economic downturn, many boomers are finding it necessary to revisit their initial retirement goals.
Improvements to one of the most popular online services in government – the Retirement Estimator, located at www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator – allow more people than ever before to get a personalized and instant estimate of future Social Security retirement benefits.
n Announcement is welcomed by seniors struggling to make ends meet
The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) is urging consumers to take precaution to avoid identity theft while shopping this holiday season.
NEW BEDFORD — Barbara Erickson ran home and frantically gathered her children's Social Security cards, birth certificates and other papers as fast as she could.
Holiday shopping seems to be in full swing. At least that’s what it looks like to me as I attempt to complete mine. Parking spaces seem to be elusive, and the check-out lines are long.
On Monday morning, wealthy hedge fund mogul Peter Peterson and his Commission on Budget Reform will hold a press conference to issue a "Call to...
For the better part of a century, Washington D.C. politicos have aimed to establish universal health care in the United States, leaving behind them a trail littered with false starts and failed efforts dating to the beginning of the 20th century.
This year, 4-year-old Karla Montiel asked Santa Claus for a baby doll. Her parents knew filling that request would be tough. Her father works in the recession-crushed construction industry, and jobs have been scarce.
Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina is a force moving the Republican party to the right on big issues, from taxes and health care to gay rights.
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Broadcasting entertainers Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck , while influential with conservatives, Republican strategists explain, aren’t officeholders or political decision makers.
For victims of identity theft, it doesn't take long to discover the problem is way bigger than one person. It involves government agencies and a bureaucracy that is difficult to maneuver and even more difficult to understand. It may involve dealing with multiple law enforcement agencies, some that may be unwilling to investigate the case and really don't have to. It involves hours on the phone ...