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<p>AP - Police were working Sunday to unravel the relationship between slain former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and his friend, a 20-year-old woman who was found shot to death alongside him in his downtown condominium.
<img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090704/capt.83dba172857d445ab5d6dffdc658e88b.obama_whmc104.jpg?x=113&y=130&q=85&sig=0r0rk8qlUr0pMRc14Iof5g--" align="left" height="130" width="113" alt="President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, walk back to their limousine after greeting a crowd at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Saturday, July 4, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" />AP - Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev end a seven-year hiatus in U.S.-Russian summitry on Monday, with both men declaring their determination to further cut nuclear arsenals and repair a badly damaged relationship.
AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin didn't wait long to give some hint of what her political life might look like after she leaves office at the end of the month.
AP - The more than 1.6 million fans who registered for tickets to Michael Jackson's memorial service will wait until Monday to learn if they received one of the 11,000 tickets for Tuesday's ceremony.
AP - Fireworks lit the night sky above New York with a kaleidoscope of colors shooting 1,000 feet into the air on an Independence Day that began with the Statue of Liberty's crown opening to the public for the first time since Sept. 11, 2001.</p>
AP - The son of an Iranian revolutionary icon called on parliament to dismiss President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from his post, as the country's conservative political establishment upped pressure Sunday on the reformists.
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Keep salting it away
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BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- Americans need to be salting away a lot more for their retirement. In fact, a whole lot more than you think.
Here's one estimate: Older Americans need to save 35 percent of income to create the ideal nest egg.
So why are Americans not saving and preparing for their financial future, and what will it take to get Americans to set aside money for their golden years? |
02 Apr 2004 by VicLavigne
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All About IRA's
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The Individual Retirement Account (IRA) brings together two tremendously powerful forces, both of which benefit you: 1) compound interest, and 2) tax savings.
If you've got money that you can afford to invest for the long term, there's really no reason not to open an IRA. Lethargy is not a good reason. Inertia is not a good reason. Keeping your eyes wide shut about your future is not a good reason. Compound interest becomes even more powerful when it is not held back by the drag coefficient of taxes.
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21 Mar 2004 by VicLavigne
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Wave of Viruses Continues
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While hackers bicker back and forth, all users want is an end to the torrent of worms that's ravaged the Internet this week.
While it's not difficult to stymie one worm, it's a different story when that one becomes a tsunami that just keeps coming, security analysts said Thursday as they offered advice. Unfortunately, said Ken Dunham, director of malicious code research at iDefense, "there's no single magic bullet and no comprehensive patch against all of these new worms."
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05 Mar 2004 by VicLavigne
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Internet Parasites
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‘Parasite’ is a shorthand term for “unsolicited commercial software” — that is, a program that gets installed on your computer which you never asked for, and which does something you probably don’t want it to, for someone else’s profit.
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04 Mar 2004 by VicLavigne
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FBI issues fraud email warning
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FBI issues fraud email warning
By Rob Lever in Washington
THE FBI and consumer organisations issued a warning today about a growing fraud scheme involving e-mails that lure people to fake websites to collect sensitive personal or financial data.
The scam involves e-mail that links users to sites that are designed to look like legitimate sites and deceive consumers into revealing credit card or bank account numbers or other sensitive data. |
01 Mar 2004 by VicLavigne
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Tending Your Computer Security
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With new viruses and malware being generated ever week, it's a good idea to update all your security utilities and scan your systems. |
29 Feb 2004 by VicLavigne
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