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...haven't done so already, get started now. Whether you're in the peak earning years of your 50s or well into retirement and trying to make your money last, it helps to understand that the old rules of saving and planning for retirement have been thrown out the window by America's happy boom in longevity. It's still true, as New York City-based financial planner Jonathan Satovsky says, that you should "save like mad as early as possible." But that's where the similarities end between your retirement plan and your parents'. If you quit work...
...desperate homeowner was buttonholing government officials, pleading for clemency. Her 30-year-old Norway maple did not deserve to die, she insisted. "I thought this can't be. Where's the Pope when you need him?" she said, staring forlornly at the sprawling branches framing her living-room window for the last time. "It had to be a mistake since it wasn't on the original list...
...from India. She slices the roast beef and reaches for the lettuce. My arm brushes against her wrist. We fix each other in a longing gaze. The lights in the deli go out, and then, in the sweaty summer evening, with the red neon pastrami sign flashing in the window, we roll around on the checkered linoleum among the containers of cole slaw and potato salad with chives. In the morning we run off together to set up a new deli in New Delhi. That's the way men "think." What we say is, "No mayo, please...
...supply gets cut off. Three years ago, researchers showed that physicians can, in many cases, prevent death or permanent disability from stroke if they give the victims a drug called TPA within three hours of the first symptoms. Last week investigators using another drug therapy proved that the treatment window can be stretched to six hours. Yet most emergency rooms aren't set up to treat a stroke that quickly. And most stroke patients wait an average of 13 hours before seeking medical attention...
Hanson said that the thief now has a window of opportunity to return the painting without punishment. If the painting is not returned during this grace period, the thief will face "extremely severe" consequences, Hanson said...