The federal government has decided to abandon a Bush administration plan that would have permitted mutual fund companies and brokerage firms to offer investment advice to 401(k) customers.
A member of the independent panel whose new mammogram recommendations have led to confusion defended the task force's report, saying Thursday that it was based on the most up-to-date, accurate information available.
For many women, getting a mammogram is already one of life's more stressful experiences.
Billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates will meet with Columbia University business students on Thursday and answer their questions about business and life.
Some tips from former convicts to help tourists avoid muggings and other perils in Naples:
Russia's ambassador to Afghanistan has some advice for top NATO commanders fighting the Taliban based on the Soviet Union's bitter experience battling Islamist insurgents here in the 1980s: Don't bring more troops.
The World Health Organization said Friday that Tamiflu should only be given to particularly vulnerable people — a warning to countries like Britain where the swine flu drug is being handed out freely.
A man said it's a tough way to learn a lesson but he's a lot wiser. Someone made off with Mark Neary's driver's license and other items from his unlocked car early Wednesday, and left a message behind. Neary said he found a note telling him he had "amazing taste" in music.
Former U.S. Sen. Zell Miller criticized President Barack Obama's recent travels overseas, telling a group of mostly Republican lawmakers Thursday that the White House Chief of Staff needs to put "Gorilla Glue" on Obama's chair to keep him in the Oval Office.
Recognizing that workers are anxious about their finances, in increasing numbers companies are reaching out to help by setting up seminars at the office and making one-on-one advice available.
There are a lot of differing opinions and advice from financial 'experts' about where stocks and the economy are headed. How do you tell who's right?
In hindsight, maybe Jesse Ashlock shouldn’t have walked out of the New York emergency room last summer, only a couple hours after being knocked unconscious in a Brooklyn bicycle crash.
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that schools should close temporarily if any students have confirmed or suspected cases of swine flu.
I read your advice about leaving an abusive husband. What advice do you have for a man who has been physically abused (I have never hit back) and who is demeaned verbally for being out of work for an extended period of time. (I work part-time.) I love my wife but am worried that by staying I don’t love myself.
President Barack Obama is telling people worried about the economy not to "shortchange the future because of fear of the present."
Just in time for move-in day, the Bush twins offered their best advice Tuesday to Sasha and Malia Obama on living in a "magical place" called the White House.
The current homeland security secretary advised his successor Wednesday not to reorganize the young department or try to please everyone.
A group of business executives on Tuesday urged President-elect Barack Obama to "quickly implement" a large stimulus package soon after taking office.
President-elect Barack Obama, plotting his strategy on Iran, is getting this advice from a panel of American diplomats and other experts: Don't pile on economic and military threats; it doesn't help.
Five former secretaries of state, gathering to give their best advice to the next president, agreed Monday that the United States should talk to Iran.
The federal government's new advice to doctors for helping smokers quit recommends the drug Chantix, which has recently been linked with depression and suicidal behavior. The new guidelines mention the psychiatric risks but also say the popular Pfizer Inc. drug is the most effective at helping people get off cigarettes.
Five former U.S. secretaries of state on Thursday urged the next presidential administration to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and open a dialogue with Iran.
When it comes to technology, female consumers can’t get too mad when they surf a Web site that’s hard to navigate or their cell phones aren’t designed to cradle easily between their shoulder and ear.
Even though he's not running for re-election this year, President Bush knows just what he would focus on if he were: the economy and taxes.
A British police force on Thursday defended a magazine article advising women intent on getting drunk to make sure they are wearing nice underpants.
You've walked innocently past issues of Cosmopolitan magazine a thousand times, every time you've checked out at a grocery store. If you glanced at the covers then you know it's all about sex, and helping girls bring out the sexual animal in their man.
The current dispute over mammograms gives many people who've been around since the 1980s a sense of déjà vu. Like archeologists arguing endlessly over the same set of bones, cancer specialists, it can seem, have been arguing endlessly over pretty much the same set of data.
Always a heart-rendering experience. Mine leaps whenever I see a poster announcing a lost pet. Recently I was able to return a grey Siamese kitty to someone on my block. He'd been dashing through my garden for several days. I don't think he was lost. Just adventurous.
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As to the design of an eco-restorative settlement of your own or of like-minded beings, it is key to remove all the concepts of boundaries that you come with.
Earthships, which I will hereafter refer to as earthhomes, are a concept introduced in the 1970s, of using waste tires, glass bottles, and cans to create a structure that would be minimally impacting of the environment; off the grid and making its own water, heat and cooling.
A survey of 16 to 24 year olds has found that 75% of them feel they "couldn't live" without the internet. The report, published by online charity YouthNet, also found that four out of five young people used the web to look for advice.
A question in the spirit of the season: can zombie sex ever be consensual? Because I think if confronted with a zombified Zac Efron, I might go for it if he were properly restrained.
Great tips on the writing process or rather things not to do. Nonetheless, the advice is informative and worth the read.
An interesting article with useful advice on how to submit to the New Yorker.
"Most of us have experienced those maddening midnight moments when, no matter how tired we are, we either can't fall asleep, can't stay asleep or our sleep is of such poor quality it feels as if we were awake.
I think my husband is, if not involved in a real-life affair, definitely too close for (my) comfort with a woman..... They chat constantly online and play some interactive video game together where they are married. He hides his computer screen from me constantly...
Through wars, sexual revolutions, recessions and housing crises, the Citizens Advice Bureau has been on hand to help those most in need
You have probably heard a lot about this whole app craze, but without having actually downloaded an app, you are not sure where to begin. Fear not! You have come to the right place.
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Today, I am going to talk about my battle with cancer, Ewing's Sarcoma, and how it has impacted my life. The entire purpose of this article is to help inform, uplift, and encourage all. Let me start out by saying that I am a survivor.
Eat well before-hand. It's generally a long day and there's a lot to get in before the meal.
At the wedding reception, there will most likely be a seating plan. You can check this and then you'll have an idea where you will be going once inside the room in which you will be eating.
Memo to Whole Foods CEO John Mackey: when much of your customer base consists of reusable-bag-using, wheatgrass-munching "progressive" types, it's probably not such a good idea to publish an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal criticizing current health care reform proposals.
Russian football fans have been told to drink whisky on their trip to Wales for next month's World Cup qualifier to ward off the swine flu virus, the head of the country's supporter association (VOB) said today.
- A wee bit of humor on the ravages of time – From Forsyth, Georgia -- Author: Anonymous (because an elf sent it to me in my email and I have no idea who really wrote it, maybe George, maybe not)
GET PRE-APPROVED - It is important to get pre-approved for a mortgage before you make any offers. The housing market is competitive, regardless of the economy, and if you have outstanding conditions such as unsecured financing, it can be a deal breaker.
If at all possible, don't go into education journalism or stay there long.
Unlike disgraced financier Bernard Madoff, sentenced last week to 150 years in prison, most federal inmates are eventually released and need to find some way to make a living. Larry Levine had a brilliant idea when he got out — he'd be a consultant to people about to go in.
Wedad Lootah does not look like a sexual activist. A Muslim and a native Emirati, she wears a full-length black niqab - with only her brown eyes showing through narrow slits - and sprinkles her conversation with quotes from the Qur'an.