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Question: I worked for the same company for more than 27 years and then was laid off eight months ago. Although at age 57 I have lots of experience, my employment prospects look bleak. My 401(k) has gone down the drain the past two years and is currently worth about $320,000. As I approach retirement, I wonder: Will this be enough to live on? --David, Los Angeles, Calif.
Dear Benny - We will soon have our mortgage paid off. Our home is valued at $120,000. Unfortunately, we owe about $50,000 in credit-card debt. I took early Social Security and work part time. My husband will take full Social Security next March and continue to work full time. So we had planned to pay extra on the debt with his Social Security check and the fact that we will no longer have a ...
The Social Security Administration recently announced that retirees would get no cost-of-living adjustments this year — and maybe not even next year — because the inflation measure it uses ...
(AP:WASHINGTON) Democrats steered landmark health care legislation to the brink of passage in the House late Saturday night, spurred by a summons from President Barack Obama to "answer the call of history" and expand coverage to millions who lack it.
The Social Security Administration recently announced that retirees would get no cost-of-living adjustments this year — and maybe not even next year — because the inflation measure it uses to determine them has declined for the first time in...
If you've recently moved to a new address, chances are some of your former neighbors and friends from the community asked you to be sure to keep in touch. If you receive Social Security benefits, we'd like you to keep in touch too. In fact, you need to let us know about your new address. Even if you receive your payments by direct deposit, Social Security needs your current mailing address so ...
MISSION — A direct mail campaign targeting senior citizens has federal officials worried it might be mistaken for correspondence from the official 2010 census. Despite sending letters with “unique census identification numbers,” the National...
Collier County admits they may have thousands of pages of your personal information online for anyone to see.
Q: I’m a 62-year-old copywriter. I lost my job in January. There are so few jobs around that I think I just may be retired, though I’m still looking for a job. I have no pension. But I have about $370,000 in savings, most of it invested in CDs. What is the best way to grow this money so it lasts? My house has a small $50,000 mortgage. Should I get back into the market? Is it worth it to pay to ...
Income-based premiums are set to jump, but seniors have some options.
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A program of exercises, crafts, entertainment and education combines with meals served at the Ottawa County Senior Citizens Center and nutrition sites to form the county senior citizens activities program. Suggested donation for lunch is $2.50 for those 60 and older; $5 for those under 60.
MONTICELLO — A man who stuffed his 98-year-old mother's body in a freezer chest and then cashed her Social Security money was sentenced to six months in jail on Friday.
A legislative task force recommended Thursday that Oklahoma's workers' compensation agency be privatized, but it was divided on how to achieve that.
MONTICELLO, N.Y. - An upstate New York man has been sentenced to six months in jail for hiding his dead 98-year-old mother in a freezer and cashing her Social Security checks.
If you've recently moved to a new address, chances are some of your former neighbors and friends from the community asked you to be sure to keep in touch.
