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Withdrawal Symptoms: What Happens When Baby Boomers Retire?

www.reuters.com | Posted 01.14.2012

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If you're an investor in the stock market, you should cower in fear of Barry Uhl. Not that he's a mean or imposing guy. The 59-year-old is perfectl...

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PHOTOS: How Soap Operas And Female Empowerment Helped Bring Down Brazil's Fertility Rate

Posted 11.07.2011

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In the September 2011 issue of National Geographic, Cynthia Gorney examines how Brazil's fertility rate has plunged below replacement levels, and prov...

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Where Tea Partiers Live

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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PBS's NewsHour and the Christian Science Monitor have created an interactive map showing the geographic distribution of self-identified Tea Partiers. It reveals some interesting truths about the movement -- and the GOP's future.

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Bloomberg Shuttering Lifesaving Senior Centers

Stacy Torres | Posted 05.25.2011

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Under Bloomberg's grim plan to close at least 50 senior centers by July 1, thousands of seniors will not have a place to eat Thanksgiving this year.

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Republicans Boycott Arizona?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Subtle or not, the Republican Party is obviously sending a message by choosing Florida over Arizona for the site of the 2012 RNC. Whether they admit it publicly or not, the national Republican Party is now on the side of the boycotters.

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A Surprise In Obama's Poll Numbers

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rather than looking at the overall picture of how Obama's doing in the polls, I have been noticing something interesting which I don't believe others have picked up on.

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