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Nonsmoking Hotel Rooms Still Contain Smoke
A new study finds that nicotine residue and other chemical traces end up in hallways and other rooms, including smoke-free rooms. Read
Study: Recession Will Haunt Us Into Retirement
Surprisingly, older boomers may be the last demographic to retire with enough savings to live comfortably. Younger boomers and Gen-Xers will be the first two generations not to do better than the ones before. Read
Low-Salt Diet May Be Unhealthy for People 50+
For years we've been warned to cut our sodium consumption to protect against strokes, heart attacks and high blood pressure. New research finds that not getting enough salt can actually increase one's risk. Read
Deep Divide in House and Senate Over Domestic Food Aid
Congressional committees are far apart on how much our $80 billion-a- year food stamp program should be cut, reflecting a wide ideological and emotional schism on the government's role in helping the poor. Read
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Social Security Mailbox
Can Young and Teen Kids of Age-60+ Dads Get Social Security Benefits?
Learn more about eligibility requirements for dependent children and grandchildren. Read
Ask Ms. Medicare
Who Pays the Part-D Higher Income Surcharge?
Drug coverage in a retiree plan may not exempt you. Read
Financially Speaking
Choosing the Safest Investment Path
Three ways to help you afford your essential retirement expenses. Read
Scam Alert
Protecting the Dead From Identity Theft
How you can safeguard your deceased loved ones — and yourself, too. Read
Editor's Letter
We Need a New Social Security Yardstick
The budget proposal now being considered in Washington could cut your benefits, on average, by 2.9 percent over 10 years and 8.4 percent over 30 years. Read
Where We Stand
Meeting the Needs of All Generations
AARP's CEO says we need to focus on helping people of all ages attain long-term health and financial security.Read
President's Corner
How the Health Care Law Helps You
AARP's president explains how the Affordable Care Act protects consumers from discriminatory insurance practices and strengthens coverage for people who are on Medicare. Find out more. Read
they made history
MAY 20
1873: San Francisco businessman Levi Strauss and Reno tailor Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent entitled "Improvement in Fastening Pocket-Openings," for their design of work pants with metal rivets — now known the world over as blue jeans.
1916: Norman Rockwell's first cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post is published, depicting two boys laughing at a friend dressed in his Sunday clothes and pushing a baby carriage. The celebrated illustrator would draw more than 300 covers for the publication over the next 47 years.
1939: Pan American Airways begins regularly scheduled trans-Atlantic mail service flights when the Boeing 314 Yankee Clipper departs Port Washington, New York, bound for Lisbon, Portugal. Pan Am would inaugurate regular passenger service a month later.
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