AP answers your questions on the news, from geo-engineering to Bernard Madoff's assets Purposely polluting the upper atmosphere? Reflecting sunlight with giant space ...
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: Oct. 18 Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader, on health care reform and the ...
Obama calls for $250 payments to older Americans to make up for no increase in Social Security President Barack Obama called on Congress Wednesday to approve $250 payments to more than 50 million seniors to make up for no increase in Social ...
More 62-year olds opting for benefits than expected Like everyone else in this economy, the Social Security Administration is feeling the pinch. In January, when most social security recipients anticipate a small cost of living adjustment, there is probably not going to ...
Millions face smaller Social Security checks next year as rising drug costs diminish payments Millions of older people face shrinking Social Security checks next year, the first time in a generation that payments would not rise. The trustees who oversee Social Security ...
Colorado's inflation-adjusted minimum wage may fall since stats show cost of living is lower Colorado's lowest-paid workers could make even less money next year. That's because the state has an adjustable minimum wage that may become the first in the nation to ...
City firefighters would receive no cost-of-living raises for two years After four months of tough negotiations, the union representing the citys firefighters has finally reached a tentative accord with the city on a two-year contract calling for no cost-of-living raises, sources confirm. ...
