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Healthy Summer Grilling
Any type of high-heat cooking can sear or burn the outside of your meat, causing chemicals to form that have been linked to cancer. Follow these 5 easy tips to help lower your risk. Read
9 Ways to Reduce Your Risk for Animal-Borne Diseases
Getting too close to pets, wildlife and insects can make you sick. How to guard against Lyme disease, rabies, bug bites and more. Read
9 Foods to Protect Summer Skin
Pore over this list of fruits, veggies, drinks and other treats that can help ward off unhealthy UV rays, wrinkles and more. Read
Happy 114th to the Oldest Living American!
When Jeralean Talley was born in 1899, the U.S. flag only had 45 stars and William McKinley was president — but women couldn't vote. Read
Is Poverty Among Seniors Undercounted?
When you factor in how much older Americans need to spend on health care, the levels are much higher, according to the Census Bureau. Read
Beware of Oklahoma Tornado Relief Scams
Make sure your donations are going where you intended — and not to crooks. Tips for finding reputable organizations and websites. 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
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MAY 24
1830: Sarah Josepha Hale publishes the poem "Mary's Lamb," which begins with the line "Mary had a little lamb." It would become an enduring nursery rhyme when set to a melody by Lowell Mason, and would be the first verse recorded on Thomas Edison's phonograph in 1877.
1844: From the U.S. Capitol, inventor Samuel Morse sends the first message via commercial telegraph line, to his assistant Alfred Vail in Baltimore. Morse's message to Vail is the biblical quote "What hath God wrought."
1883: President Chester A. Arthur and New York Gov. Grover Cleveland preside over the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge across the East River, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn. Designed by John A. Roebling, the Brooklyn Bridge has a main span of 1,595.5 feet and is the longest suspension bridge in the world — a record it would hold until 1903.
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