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Millions of older Americans work longer, retire later;
Longer lives, inadequate savings and a slowing economy are among the reasons why more people are working past the average retirement age of 63. by Dave Carpenter Americans are changing the game plan for retirement, with millions laboring right past the traditional retirement age and…
Author: Associated Press
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Laboring longer a growing trend for Americans
by Dave Carpenter Americans are changing the game plan for retirement, with millions laboring right past the traditional retirement age and working into their late 60s and beyond. While the average retirement age remains 63, that standard may soon be going the way of the…
Author: The Associated Press
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CITY KIDS GET TECH SUPPORT
Original Source By DAN AVERY A few years ago, Frank Rogers found himself at a crossroads. The child of drug addicts, he spent most of his childhood in New York City’s notorious foster-care system, bouncing between homes in Harlem, Brooklyn and the South Bronx. By…
Author: New York Post
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Province sets new date for refugee reintegration
Original Source By Francis Hweshe The Western Cape government has acknowledged the fears expressed by some refugees over their reintegration, but says it willcontinue to work towards returning them to the communities from which they were displaced. During the xenophobic attacks in May, about 20,000…
Author: Cape Argus (South Africa)
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Obama's No-Brainer on Education
Moderates would respond to a Democrat willing to slip the ideological stranglehold of a liberal interest group. Original Source by Jonathan Alter One of the best things about the democratic primaries was that horse-race-obsessed reporters rarely asked the candidates about education. Why was that good?…
Author: Newsweek
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Refugees Out in Cold After Funds Dry Up
19 Jun 2008 By Natasha Prince Several of the Caledon Square group of refugees were back on the streets on Wednesday night, geared up to sleep in the rain outside the Cape Town magistrate’s court after the Treatment Action Campaign ran out of funds to…
Author: Cape Argus (Cape Town)
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Making Technology Meaningful
After-school programs learn how to make kids conversant in the language of the digital age. Original Source by Deborah Huso OK, so you have computers in your after-school program. Now, what do the kids do with them? If they do some Web research and play…
Author: Youth Today
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A man with so much to spend but so little time
One evening last spring, as a fierce north-easter tore through the New York region, Gara LaMarche settled in to watch The Sopranos and bake batches of muffins. The next morning, baked goodies safely stowed in Ziploc bags, he set off for the offices of The…
Author: Financial Times
