Survey Says Majority of Adults Expect Retirement Income to Include Social Security

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A new Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive Personal Finance Poll out today is reporting that despite the general uncertainty regarding the solvency of Social Security, a majority (65%) of respondents expect Social Security to be a primary source of income during retirement. However, as the age of respondents falls, the proportion of respondents who expect

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Ancestry.com Launches Largest Online Collection of African-American Historical Records

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In celebration of Black History Month, Ancestry.com has launched the largest collection of African-American family history records available and searchable online. This month, you can search the African-American Historical Records Collection and receive free access to Ancestry.com for three days. This expanded collection trackes back to thousands of African-Americans living before the Civil War. The

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Survey Says Affluent Teens Don’t Fit Tabloid Stereotype

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PNC Financial Services Group commissioned a survey to identify attitudes among high-net-worth individuals and how it affects their lives and needs in managing wealth. The survey, which polled 210 wealthy teenagers (ages 14 to 20) and 272 affluent parents of children under age 18, found parents are instilling strong values, but many fail to practice

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Democratic National Committee Says Bush Ignored Afghanistan While Escalating War in Iraq

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The Democratic National Committee, in a statement released today in a press release, says that President George W. Bush ignored Afghanistan while he was escalating the War in Iraq. Here’s their official statement: Five years after September 11, 2001, as experts predict that Afghanistan could slip back into chaos and Osama bin Laden is still

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Alchemy World Charitable Foundation Launches, Focused on Improving Ethiopian Economy through Information Technology

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Poverty alleviation through social entrepreneurship and focusing on Information Technology. This is the idea behind Alchemy World, a new Charitable Foundation based in Addis Ababa and Oxford. Launched today, the concept behind this Non Governmental Organization (NGO) is to try to alter the economic situation in the Ethiopia via Information Technology entrepreneurship. By the development

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Hackers Taking Advantage of Valentine’s Day

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Hackers are taking advantage of Valentine’s Day and the vulnerabilities that people have when they see an email related to Valentine’s Day. The Nurech.B arrives in emails with subject lines such as: “Happy Valentine’s Day,” “Valentines Day Dance,” “The Valentines Angel.” The email sender is always a woman’s name such as Sandra, Willa, Wendy, or

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Compu-Sketch Helps Solve Crime – Featured on Forensic Files TV Show

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Compu-Sketch is computer software that contains a library of more than 40,000 artist-rendered physical features and uses pull-down menus to simply define specific features and accessories. A built-in witness module helps stimulate memory, assuring a most accurate sketch. Compu-Sketch is going to be featured on Court TV’s “Forensic Files,” 9 pm on April 18, 2007.

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DEA Judge Recommends End to Government Obstruction of Medical Marijuana Research

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MAPS, the ACLU, and a broad array of medical and public policy groups nationwide are commending the recent official recommendation by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrative Law Judge Mary Ellen Bittner that University of Massachusetts- Amherst Professor Lyle Craker be permitted to grow research-grade marijuana for use in privately-funded government-approved studies that aim to develop

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