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Nuns upset about potential 'Get It' strip club location
The Missionary Sisters of Saint Charles Borromeo and their Stone Park neighbors say the club should be built somewhere else.
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A Thinly Veiled Attack On Social Security And Medicare From Heritage And Its Allies
Yesterday Heritage released an "Index of Dependence on Government" report. Fox and others in the conservative media trumpeted the report.
Troopers: Mahopac woman spent $23G with stolen ID of Somers senior citizen
To hear Dori Berinstein tell it, all she had to do was mention that she was making a film about... SOMERS - A Mahopac woman with a history of scamming people has been charged with stealing the identity of an 86-year-old Somers woman and using it to ring up more than $23,000 in unauthorized credit card charges, state police said Wednesday.
Former Thorpe St Andrew landlady dies aged 96
Readers of a certain age will remember Beryl Firman, who has sadly died aged 96, as the former landlady at the Red Lion in Thorpe St Andrew.
Elderly man killed in Fontana hit-and-run
A search is under way for a hit-and-run driver who mowed down an elderly man in the 8500 block of Calabash Avenue near Fontana on Wednesday, Feb.
Police Find the Body of Missing Elderly Kansas Man
KINGMAN, Kan. - Authorities in Kansas say they found the body of a missing 89-year old man with dementia who disappeared Tuesday.
Grand Obstructionist Party is running on is the privatization of Social Security and elimination of Medicaid, Medicare, as we know it.
Elderly Burien couple say their son swindled them out of a home
BURIEN, Wash. -- An elderly Burien couple is claiming their own son took advantage of them, took their money and thew them out of their home.
Woman Pleads No Contest to Killing Elderly Pedestrian
The woman accused of fatally striking an elderly Los Angeles man last year as he crossed a Santa Monica street was ordered to 360 hours of community service Wednesday after pleading "no contest" to misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter.
No financial reason to change old-age pension system: budget watchdog
The Old Age Security program in Canada can responsibly carry on its current path - with a retirement age of 65 - according to the country's parliamentary budget officer, who said any potential changes to the system likely would be unrelated to financial issues.
Lawsuit filed over denial of senior's home care
A health insurer is being sued for refusing to pay claims for in-home care submitted by California senior citizens.
'25% of elderly forgo heating for financial reasons'
More than a quarter of elderly people are not able to heat their homes during the winter months, a survey commissioned last week by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has revealed.
Elderly Kansas man with dementia is missing
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver Alert for an 89-year-old Kingman man who hasn't been seen since driving away from his home.
DA decides against charges in beating death of elderly assisted living center resident
Dorothy Reeder says she's 'hurt' by the decision to not file charges in her husband's death.
Obama wants to boost Alzheimer's research funding
With the president preparing to unveil his final budget proposal before the November election, the Obama administration announced plans Tuesday to dramatically boost funding for research into Alzheimer's disease.
Elderly man found dead one day after tearful testimony
A Charleston senior citizen who told a jury he was forced to give a man thousands of dollars died Tuesday, a day after giving his tearful testimony.
Trial date set in elderly Hugo woman's murder
A trial date has been set for the man accused of robbing and killing an elderly woman inside her Hugo home last summer.
Appeals court: Seniors can't reject Medicare right
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that seniors who receive Social Security cannot reject their legal right to Medicare benefits, in a rare case of Americans suing to get out of a government entitlement.
Man pleads guilty to cheating elderly woman out of $150,000
Calling it a "heinous crime," a superior court judge sent a Burlington man to prison after he pleaded guilty to cheating an elderly woman out of nearly $150,000. The woman - who continued to work a job into her eighties, before her health began to fail - is now 82, in a nursing home and on the verge of losing the property she and her husband owned ... (more)
10 amazing benefits Of Tai Chi for the elderly
Tai Chi is an ancient healing art that has been used for centuries to help promote the flow of energy throughout the body.
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