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Over the last year it's become abundantly clear that the stock market can devastate even seemingly healthy retirement accounts. Even so, with the guaranteed income of traditional pensions disappearing, most investors have little choice.
Microsoft Corp. is giving its MSN Web portal a long-overdue makeover and says it hopes the new site will funnel more people to Bing, the software maker's search engine.
A federal Agriculture Department official in southeastern Minnesota is announcing $17 million in grants to address the needs of beginning farmers and ranchers.
A federal judge is reconsidering his decision that the mothers of two women allegedly slain by FBI informants James "Whitey" Bulger and Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi are not entitled to compensation for loss of emotional support.
Horrified by the excesses of dictatorship, Latin Americans discarded the strongman model at the end of the 20th century and limited politicians' time in power.
Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hulkenberg will drive for Formula One team Williams next season.
Gov. Bill Richardson predicted that New Mexicans will face higher taxes next year to deal with the state's continuing budget problems.
A jury found Dell Inc. liable Monday for $12.8 million in damages over unfair competition and conspiracy claims in a lawsuit involving the city's problematic crime camera surveillance program.
If it were a television series, it would be called "Defying the Odds."
State regulators have given approval for a surface coal mine on private lands in southern Utah.
Sandia National Laboratories scientist Jerry Simmons envisions a future of brighter, more efficient lights, with people even being able to tune the color of light in a room to suit a mood or the time of day.
Angela Merkel was sworn in Wednesday for a second term as German chancellor and her new center-right government took up the task of tackling the country's tough economic situation a month after national elections.
Ford Racing says its first motor built specifically for NASCAR will make its debut next weekend in the Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway.
A small company that's pushing a billion-dollar nuclear power plant in Idaho now says it wants to build another one at a different location.
Apple Inc. updated its iMac desktop computer line Tuesday and introduced a mouse that responds to the touch of fingers instead of using buttons or scroll wheels.
Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled a more expensive and bigger hybrid-only model than its hit Prius, underlining the Japanese automaker's ambitions to make green technology more widespread.
A Massachusetts man who allegedly kidnapped a car salesman during a test drive and drove the vehicle more than 1,000 miles was in custody in Wisconsin. Authorities said a Wisconsin State Patrol trooper pulled over a 32-year-old man near Edgerton, Wis. on Friday for speeding, reckless driving and operating a motor vehicle without owner consent.
Bengt Walden is entering his third year as a member of the U.S. national luge team and it's certain to be unlike either of the others.
Millions of fans wish they could've seen Garth Brooks where it all started at Willie's Saloon in Stillwater, Okla.
At 6 weeks old, Ava Madelyn McGee is already showing a stubborn streak — just like her mom.
A 19th-century priest whose courageous work with leprosy patients in Hawaii has been likened to the efforts of those battling the stigma of AIDS was elevated to sainthood Sunday by Pope Benedict XVI, along with four other Catholics he hailed as heroes of holiness.
Golfers from nine countries are staying together this week in a hotel that could pass for an Olympic village. They are playing for the flag, not cash, with a gold prize going to the winning team.
BMW Manufacturing Co. will add 700 temporary workers to its South Carolina work force.
RULES — Rugby sevens uses the same rules as traditional 15-a-side rugby union, with two major differences: Each team has only seven players and each half lasts seven minutes (rather than 40), separated by a one-minute break. Also, the scrum involves three players from each team, instead of eight, and conversion attempts after a try must be drop-kicked — instead of them usually being place-kicked. Matches even after regulation time go into extra time in five-minute periods.
OLYMPIC FORMAT — A 72-hole stroke-play tournament for 60 men and 60 women. The top 15 players in the world rankings qualify automatically.
'Teabaggers' Aggressively Pushing Hoffman's Candidacy Prompt Poll Workers in Two Towns in 23rd Congressional District to Call the Cops to Stop Them From Violating State Law Against Campaigning Within 100 Feet of Voting Stations; Backlash Against $2 Million Ad Blitz By Outsiders M …
Republican Candidate Pulls Out a Day After Right-Wing Group Pulls Dirty Trick With TV Ad Disguised as Liberal Group Praising Her Support for Abortion Rights and Same-Gender Marriage; With Less Than 24 Hours to Go Before Voters in Upstate New York's 23rd Congressional District Go …
Capitalist With a $A specter is haunting the Republican Party — the specter of John Galt. In Ayn Rand's libertarian epic "Atlas Shrugged," Galt, an inventor disgusted by creeping American collectivism, leads the country's capitalists on a retributive strike.
'America's Next Top Model' Creates Stir After 'Bi-Racial' Photo ShootWeeks after an Australian variety show made headlines around the world after a group of white performers donned blackface to perform as the Jackson brothers, Tyra Banks is making headlines herself for turning her latest "America's Next Top Model" candidates bi-racial for a photo …
Senate panel kicks off climate bill drive - Yahoo! News on Yahoo! NewsChu talks of energy opportunity in the United States Congressional hearings with DOE, but why is he giving all of the research and development obtained in proposals to China, then? He funded only 20 million for US biofuels companies and set up a technology transfer mechanism to C …
Florida Bracing Itself for Even More ForeclosuresThe Florida housing market is slowly and steadily recovering after a surge of foreclosures left the state with dwindling home values. However, a new rush of foreclosures looks as if it will saturate the area once again.
President Obama's speech to New Orleans Gloria Keith comments: President Obama's speech to New Orleans is a message about "Our (America's) Duty to the Unfortunate".
Design Plans for Midtown TowerRochester's Midtown Tower will be a place to live and work. We'll learn more about the vision and the design for the structure Monday Morning.
Radio New Zealand News : Stories : 2009 : 10 : 14 : NZ man to receive 'alternative Nobel' awardA New Zealander is one of four recipients of the Right Livelihood Awards in Sweden.
Kinder, Gentler Spider Eats Veggies, Cares for KidsEach of the world's 40,000 spider species survives by hunting and killing — except, that is, for Bagheera kiplingi, the world's first vegetarian arachnid.
Submit to the New YorkerAn interesting article with useful advice on how to submit to the New Yorker.
Every so often a game hits shelves that captivates and entrances the audience from start to finish. Uncharted hit shelves two years ago with audiences expecting a good game, but a getting more than they bargained for – a great game.
Gas Extraction Method Could Greatly Increase Global Supplies OKLAHOMA CITY — A new technique that tapped previously inaccessible supplies of natural gas in the United States is spreading to the rest of the world, raising hopes of a huge expansion in global reserves of the cleanest fossil fuel.
A copy of "Manual of the Common Council of New York" has recently surfaced in rural Alabama. Mrs. Wendy S Sherker has recently revealed her discovery of the historic volume. Published in 1836, it has been hidden unseen in a secretary cabinet belonging to her for many years. Mrs.
Titanic anniversary cruise to repeat original route, menuThe historic journey will leave Southampton in early April, 2012 and will reach the exact location where the Titanic sank on April 14, 2012, marking the 100th anniversary of the tragedy.
New York City spending $24M Homeland Security windfall on wide-ranging security updateThe "Ring of Steel" security plan is coming to midtown Manhattan. The Empire State Bldg., Grand Central Terminal, and the United Nations will be surrounded with cameras, license plate readers, and chemical weapons detectors under the new plan to go into effect by 2011.
Pensioner grows new skull Gordon Moore, 72, had worn a metal plate to protect his brain for more than 50 years after he was involved in a car crash. But when surgeons removed the titanium plate to treat an infection, they were astonished to find the had grown a new skull underneath.
Chiefs launch Anzac rapid reaction force - National - NZ Herald NewsCANBERRA - New Zealand and Australia will form a joint Anzac rapid reaction force whose duties will include future disasters such as the Samoan tsunami, the two countries' defence ministers said yesterday.
Mark Memoly & Missouri Will Show The Way Campaign Offers A Program To Establish New Jobs In The Heartland!America has lost a significant segment of its manufacturing base primarily because of three reasons:
Probe launched into Obama school song (OneNewsNow.com)An investigation is underway in New Jersey into why an elementary school teacher decided to teach a bunch of students a song that praises Barack Obama. "Hmm, Hmm, Hmm Barack Hussein Obama, He said that all must lend a hand, To make this country strong again. Hooray, Mr.
How New York Became Safe: The Full Story[A]fter New York City's astonishing crime drop in the nineties—much of which Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Police Commissioner William Bratton credited to the Broken Windows approach—a firestorm of academic criticism erupted, claiming that Broken Windows was racist, it harasse …
Local grocery store accepts cash onlyEven w/o accepting checks, it's WAY too expensive of a grocery store for my budget!
I've told parts of this story before on NV, but I decided this old toaster was worthy of it's own article. It's a Toastmaster and it was made in 1947. I was born in 1947. So my toaster and me are the same age.
Does Wall Street Need More Women?Report Shows Hedge Funds Run by Women Outperformed Those Run by Men, Whose Risk-Taking May Have Fueled Financial Meltdown (CBS) Investor and philanthropist Jacki Zehner knows a thing or two about money.
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