Boomer Time Bomb Threatens Boomers Finances
A looming crisis from insufficient retirement planning plagues the baby boomer generation. With savings often only 1 2 percent, many face debts from mortgages and rising health care costs as they near 65. The piece notes political stakes as retirees vote and federal and state budgets strain under debt, shaping policy responses.
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Associated Press
Yesternday
New Castle News
Pennsylvania
Washington
Congress
White House
Washington in 2011: A gridlocked year of promises and strain
Scripps Howard News Service surveys 2011 expectations as Pelosi and Reid exit. Tea Party newcomers bring murky aims, budget fights loom, debt nears 15 trillion, and major reforms face a tough year. Republicans push for cuts while Obama negotiates amid partisanship. January could bring a rude awakening.
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Nancy Pelosi
Obama
Congress
House
Harry Reid
Senate
Washington
Obame
Iraq
Afghanistan
Pelosi
Reid
Scripps Howard News Service
Lessons from the Battle of the Bulge decades later
A reflective piece notes the 66th anniversary of the Bulge and compares WWII lessons to current U S military engagements in Afghanistan and Iraq. It highlights Eisenhower and Patton’s leadership, logistics, discipline, and adaptability, with a brief Civil War and Pacific war contrast and a Medal of Honor story about Corporal Henry F Warner at Dom Butgenbach.
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U.S
Afghanistan
Iraq
Nazi Germany
Ardennes Forest
Belgium
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Patton
Third Army
101St Airborne Division
Bastogne
Germany
Gettysburg
Normandy
Iwo Jima
Leyte Gulf
Philippines
Eisenhower
Patton
Ardennes
Cpl
Henry F. Warner
Dom Butgenbach
Warner
Warmer
United States
Scripps Howard News Service
Economic numbers don’t seem to add up
Reader letter from The News editor questions inflation contrasts across decades. It recalls historic prices for houses, jewelry, cars, and bonds, contrasts with current values, and notes widening gaps between bank deposit yields and loan interest. The writer laments political fault finding and a sense of a changing world.
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the News
Volant
Jack Gerson
Florida
Newspaper staff contacts listed for sections desk
The excerpt provides newsroom roles and contact ext numbers for Sections Editor Dan Irwin Editorial Page Editor Mitchel Olszak Rapid Response Editor Lisa MICCO Government Editor Sports Editor DuWayne Nelson Kayleen Cubbal Circulation Director Advertising Director Richard Work with their extension lines.
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Dan Irwin
Mitchel Olszak
Lisa Micco
DuWayne Nelson
Kayleen Cubbal
Richard Work
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Boomer Time Bomb
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Retiree Financial
Ning
Ann McFeatters
Aniceatters
Nationalpress
Arthur I. Cyr
New Castle
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