PLANTATION, FL -- A free ride around South Florida wasn't much of a hoot for a woman's unlucky passenger. Sonji Coney Williams says she was drivin...
These gifts are all made from something that obviously used to be something else. To boost the good-cheer factor, they're not just upcycled -- they also help someone, somewhere, rise above poverty.
According to a new study from OWL (Older Women's League National Board), women over 50 are in dire straits.
Don't be surprised if our Craft Of The Day inspires an "aww" from anyone who happens to see your computer screen. Because it's that cute. In fact, thi...
We know that vibrations, huge bursting water balloons and sonic booms look pretty cool when viewed in slow-motion. But wild animals are especially ...
During my five weeks of what I've dubbed "sleep therapy," I'll wear a silent alarm-clock wristband that also tracks how many hours I sleep, how many times I wake up at night and how long it actually takes to fall asleep.
It's been a big year for odd animals. And I've spent a good part of the last twelve months combing the news for odd animals stories, sightings and discoveries. Here are twenty favorites.
Animals have the right idea. Forget the sugary candy and throw-away costumes; when it comes to Halloween, zoo animals just want the jack-o-lanterns! ...
It takes colossal gall to propose, during a period of near-record unemployment, forcing older people to work longer by cutting their Social Security benefits and calling that "reform."
Today is the first meeting of the President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Some of us have been paying very close attent...
Social Security "reform" advocates like former Senator Alan Simpson claim they will shield young people from future tax burdens. Simultaneously they a...
Today, the President's Fiscal Commission meets for the second time to discuss America's financial situation. The mainstream media has failed to focu...
If you want sanity in your life, know who you are as a sleeper - a lark or an owl - and simply accept your nocturnal biology - leave the moral-indulgency clause alone.
WASHINGTON, DC - On Tuesday, January 19, 2010 OWL, AFSCME Retirees, AFT Program on Retirement and Retirees, Alliance for Retired Americans, American A...
If Social Security were a private company, its shareholders would be very pleased, as it ran a surplus of $180 billion last year and accumulated a reserve of $2.4 trillion. This is the only government program to run a surplus.
Owls tend to envy larks, though, especially when they hear about their counterparts who can rise before the sun and get half a day's work done before much of the world eats breakfast.
MINNEAPOLIS — This great horned owl is one lucky, or unlucky, bird _ depending how you look at it. A fish hook got stuck on her wing in a Burnsv...
We need comprehensive elder abuse prevention laws -- using the models of prevention for violence against women and child abuse. It's about time. It's about our mothers.
HARRISON, Ark. — A Home Depot in northern Arkansas has someone new looking out for mice at the warehouse store. A great horned owl now lives in ...
