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...child molesters who abuse children for reasons that may not even be sexually motivated. While child molesters are largely male and fit a certain stereotype-social misfit, living alone, unemployed, unable to form adult relationships-pedophiles could be anyone. They stalk playgrounds and schools, identify vulnerable children and spend much time "grooming" the victim. They may be the rich uncle who showers kids with gifts while hugging them too tight and for too long. Or the boyfriend who insinuates himself into a struggling single-mother family. The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that in over 90% of rapes of children...
Millions of boomers are entering their 60s and are more concerned than ever about retirement. They know they need to save, but how much? And what exactly are they saving for--to spend more time spoiling the grandkids, start another career, or sip Chianti in Tuscany? Turns out that husbands and wives may have radically different ideas about the subject. "Married couples can be relatively in synch with one another when it comes to making decisions about how they want to live today--where to go to dinner or where to take the next family vacation," says Jon Skillman, president...
...what you'll do. "Most couples start with a number, just a number based on what they think they'll need in retirement, without any real deep thought and consideration," says Robin Dziuba, a wealth- management adviser with Merrill Lynch in Providence, R.I. Such as? "How they'll spend their day, what type of organizations they'd like to join, how much they'd like to travel. Once they do that, it's easier to find out what income they need to support that," he says...
...long ago, the best one could hope for in extraordinary hotel service was an unusually fluffy imported duvet, express dry cleaning and perhaps even fulfillment of a random late-night food craving. But as discerning travelers spend more extravagantly, they have become increasingly demanding. Luxury hotels are responding with all kinds of new, over-the-top amenities--from decadent sundaes dished up in guests' rooms to poolside tanning butlers or canine room service...
...some. He is set to be named this morning as the new president of the World Bank, an institution that wrestles with poverty and corruption overseas in its mission to help the underdeveloped world. As president, Zoellick will also have to contend with unending international politics about how to spend its multibillion-dollar budget...