Provides the latest RSS feeds for Seniors News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Afghanistan Sun.com http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/e974f944f2e7496e/ en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:13:33 -0500 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:13:33 -0500 30 Charlotte Court, the oldest seniors rental housing building on P.E.I., is going to be replaced. People living in Charlottetown residence have been complaining for months about the lack of repairs at ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33064139/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:46:20 -0500 CBC News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33064139/ , according to a study presented today at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). The surgery also significantly improves dynamic balance among elderly patients... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33061757/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:34:26 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33061757/ But while Ian Deary's job is partly carried out with one foot in the past, his quadruple-screened computer in the corner shows just where his research is going – into the future. And he's hoping to ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33061768/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:12:36 -0500 The Scotsman http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33061768/ An Institute of Advanced Motorists online poll has found that 73 percent of people would report elderly friends or relatives if they were worried about their driving. Of 1628 people who responded, ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33061375/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:06:04 -0500 IOL http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33061375/ But while Ian Deary's job is partly carried out with one foot in the past, his quadruple-screened computer in the corner shows just where his research is going – into the future. And he's hoping to ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33060887/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:04:17 -0500 The Scotsman http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33060887/ Two elderly woman, one of whom is in her 90s, have been burgled at a house in the Cavehill area of north Belfast.At about 2040 GMT on Thursday, police received a report that two men had forced their w... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33059771/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:37:02 -0500 BBC http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33059771/ FREMONT — With their eyes set on a parcel tax, the school board this week unanimously approved spending up to $105,000 on consultant fees, public outreach and a poll to determine when and how mu... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33060876/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:23:47 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33060876/ MICKY Jones, guitarist with legendary Welsh rock band Man, has died aged 63 after a long illness. Formed in 1968, Man became known for their progressive rock and “West Coast” psychedelia.... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33057548/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:42:56 -0500 IC Wales http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33057548/ OASIS, one of the most experienced and successful organizations providing lifelong learning and service opportunities for adults age 50 and over, has been awarded an American Society on Aging-MetLife ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33056803/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:07:31 -0500 PRWeb http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33056803/ PORT-AU-PRINCE, 12 March 2010 (IRIN) - Elderly people need more attention in the response to January's earthquake in Haiti and more appreciation of the role they can play in the relief effort, say aid... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33055412/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:59:35 -0500 IRIN http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33055412/ At issue is the health of the Social Security Trust Funds, which collect payroll taxes to pay for Americans' retirement and disability benefits. Since 1984, the funds have taken in more than they have... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33056123/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:46:50 -0500 The Tennessean http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33056123/ The Shankara BioRegenesis Skin Care System includes the gem of the product line: Shankara's transformational, proprietary Regenesis-Energen BioComplex, the core component and catalyst within many of S... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33055413/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:40:53 -0500 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33055413/ Public employees benefits in the state may never be the same -- at least for future hirees. Grappling with a $6.5 billion hole in long-term obligations, lawmakers approved the most dramatic overhaul... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33054657/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:20:37 -0500 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33054657/ A group of elderly veterans from Victoria has pushed the B.C. government into retreat from plans to evict the local legion.The veterans made an emotional plea for help Thursday after the government tr... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33053379/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:17:26 -0500 Times Colonist http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33053379/ A study has shown that older men are more susceptible to absent-mindedness than women. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters It's been an endless source of aggravation between the sexes; how can men so ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33053378/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:08:20 -0500 The Guardian http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33053378/ A protester during a demonstration Thursday in Athens. As a consequence of bargains struck between strong unions and weak governments, Greece has promised early retirement to about 700,000 employees. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33051400/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:48:31 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33051400/ the earthquake , she is a rare repository of this country’s history and culture, but she said she considered her memories as much a painful burden as a proud legacy. No strangers to hardship, e... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33048996/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:49:03 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33048996/ PRESCOTT, Ont. — What began as a 911 call to help a starving disabled man suffering from bedsores in May 2008 ended Thursday with a first-degree murder charge against his younger brother.Police in P... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33049614/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:27:09 -0500 Leader-Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33049614/ Tapping into public resentment toward government pay perks, state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, has introduced legislation that would put limits on the retirement benefits of government workers.The ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33050303/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:18:22 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33050303/ PRESCOTT, Ont. — What began as a 911 call to help a starving disabled man suffering from bedsores in May 2008 ended Thursday with a first-degree murder charge against his younger brother.Police in P... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33049615/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:14:37 -0500 Windsor Star http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33049615/ PRESCOTT, Ont. — What began as a 911 call to help a starving disabled man suffering from bedsores in May 2008 ended Thursday with a first-degree murder charge against his younger brother.Police in P... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33049598/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:14:12 -0500 Canada.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33049598/ John Tran, 37, is charged with having used fraud to take money from the accounts of elderly bank customers at a Wells Fargo branch in San Jose that he managed. He was arrested on March 10, 2010 after ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33047536/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:13:20 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33047536/ Despite the runaway Toyotas, teen drivers texting, commuters using the rearview mirror to check their hair while juggling cups of scalding coffee, the number of people dying on the highway is the lowe... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33048726/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:56:02 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33048726/ the earthquake , she is a rare repository of this country’s history and culture, but she said she considered her memories as much a painful burden as a proud legacy. No strangers to hardship, e... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33047535/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:43:42 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33047535/ (Adds statements from NFL, Rams, other details)LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Football star turned actor Merlin Olsen, who was a key member of the Los Angeles Rams' defensive line nicknamed the "Fearsome... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33044453/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:00:03 -0500 West Australian http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33044453/ The amount of money paid as pensions to many workers in the public sector could more than triple in the next 50 years, the National Audit Office suggests.Its report on unfunded public sector schemes s... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33043781/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:24:27 -0500 BBC http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33043781/ Around 2.30pm, around 20,000 people baying for blood stormed the society. Since the gates of the housing complex were shut and the boundary walls were high, the mob used gas cylinders, taken from hous... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33040998/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:52:48 -0500 The Telegraph http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33040998/ NEW YORK, March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Vitech Systems Group, Inc., a leading provider of benefits administration software, announced today that the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Indust... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33040387/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:49:11 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33040387/ Firefox 3.6 has been a runaway success. The publisher of the open-source browser says that more than 100 million users have downloaded Firefox 3.6 since its launch in the middle of January. However, n... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33043093/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:20:04 -0500 CNet http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33043093/ The number of crashed pension funds in the government's lifeboat scheme swelled to 120 today after seven final-salary schemes were admitted.More than 2,500 former workers at a carpet factory in Lancas... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33041271/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:13:29 -0500 The Guardian http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33041271/ (AP) U.S. highway deaths have fallen to their lowest levels since the 1950s, as more motorists bought into buckling up and embraced safety innovations. A sour economy that dampened traveling instincts... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33041804/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:09:23 -0500 CBS News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33041804/ What if financial planning could be boiled down to a few simple rules and ratios? Denver financial adviser Charles Farrell, with Northstar Investment Advisors, does just that with his book "Your Mone... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33040532/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:53:41 -0500 Denver Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33040532/ If you’re worried about retirement you’re not alone. A new survey out today shows that Americans are increasingly ill-prepared for retirement. US Workers are delaying their planned career end date... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33039856/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:43:55 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33039856/ ADELAIDE - Those joking New Zealand driver Greg Murphy's arrival at Paul Morris Motorsport is part of a team strategy to get more seniors' parking places be warned. Murphy, who has teamed with fellow... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33039907/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:37:16 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33039907/ Seniors stepped up to a microphone set up outside Grant MacEwan University Thursday morning to protest the school's plan to close its pool. "I have been coming to this pool for 15 years," said Margue... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33037762/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:33:16 -0500 CBC News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33037762/ An elderly couple was robbed at gunpoint by men who entered their yard on the pretense of being in search of a room to rent in Tembisa on Thursday evening, Johannesburg police said. Sergeant Tsholo... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33037763/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:22:25 -0500 IOL http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33037763/ Tributes have been paid to Sir Brian Pitman, one of Britain's leading bankers who has died at the age of 78. The former chairman and chief executive of Lloyds TSB died in hospital after suffering a ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33037217/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:00:02 -0500 Ananova http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33037217/ March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Steven Rattner, co-founder of Quadrangle Group LLC, has been in discussions with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to resolve his role in a state pension fund corruption i... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33036799/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:05:06 -0500 Business Week http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33036799/ A protester during a demonstration Thursday in Athens. As a consequence of bargains struck between strong unions and weak governments, Greece has promised early retirement to about 700,000 employees. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33034716/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:01:51 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33034716/ /PRNewswire/ -- Vitech Systems Group, Inc., a leading provider of benefits administration software, announced today that the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Industry Pension Fund (IU... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33033982/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:53:45 -0500 Earth Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33033982/ The Government has reached stage two of its review into free off-peak transport for SuperGold card holders. The scheme looks like it will exceed its $18 million a year budget, with $2 million of that ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33031269/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:39:30 -0500 Newstalk ZB http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33031269/ OAKS, Pa., March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SEI (Nasdaq: SEIC) today announced record sales growth in its corporate defined benefit business over a five year period. From the beginning of 2005 throu... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33030552/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:18:58 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33030552/ www.cognifit.com ), has opened its new United States headquarters in New York City. The new office will help CogniFit to provide improved customer service to the increasing number of businesses and in... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33030551/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:18:14 -0500 PRWeb http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33030551/ The Louisiana Municipal Police Employees Retirement System wants a federal judge in Pittsburgh to stop FirstEnergy's proposed $4.7 billion takeover of the western Pennsylvania electric company. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33030546/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:01:36 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33030546/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GREENSBURG, Pa. -- The Louisiana Municipal Police Employees Retirement System wants a federal judge in Pittsburgh to stop FirstEnergy's proposed $4.7 billion takeover of the we... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33030550/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:56:45 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33030550/ Police are asking for the public's help in finding a missing 76-year-old woman from the Streeterville neighborhood who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Margaret Khanna is described as "endangered"... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33029318/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:34:36 -0500 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33029318/ The Louisiana Municipal Police Employees Retirement System wants a federal judge in Pittsburgh to stop FirstEnergy's proposed $4.7 billion takeover of the western Pennsylvania electric company. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33030547/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:25:28 -0500 Gadsden Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33030547/ GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The Louisiana Municipal Police Employees Retirement System wants a federal judge in Pittsburgh to stop FirstEnergy's proposed $4.7 billion takeover of the western Pennsylvania ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33030549/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:15:25 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e974f944f2e7496e/id/33030549/