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Today's Most Popular News: Baby boomers near 65 with retirements in jeopardy US Muslims: a new consumer niche Experiments test if implant can block sleep apnea 400 spend frigid night on A train in NYC nightmare Researchers: Ancient human remains found in Israel Lula's legacy, leaving behind a transformed Brazil Ceiling lights in Minn. send coded Internet data Man quits job, makes living suing e-mail spammers Thousands stranded by 2-foot blizzard in Northeast S.Korea schools get robot English teachers Wild Oats XI yacht leads Sydney to Hobart race 50 Ways to Improve Your Finances in 2011 Russia finds oil tycoon guilty in second trial 5 ways boomers can reduce retirement shortfall Florida Betting on Casinos with No-Maximum Poker Rules Man in legal trouble for reading wife's email Natalie Portman to wed 'Black Swan' choreographer GOP hopefuls find some issues a hazard early on Coroner: Girl killed in Wyo. ski crash wore helmet Piano man to diaper man: Elton John becomes a dad Baby boomers near 65 with retirements in jeopardy Mon, 27 Dec 2010 06:33 pm PST AP - Through a combination of procrastination and bad timing, many baby boomers are facing a personal finance disaster just as they're hoping to retire. Starting in January, more than 10,000 baby boomers a day will turn 65, a pattern that will continue for the next 19 years. Full Story Top US Muslims: a new consumer niche Sun, 26 Dec 2010 11:02 pm PST AP - In the ballroom of an upscale hotel a short train ride from New York, advertisers, food industry executives and market researchers mingled — the men in dark suits, the women in headscarves and Western dress. Chocolates made according to Islamic dietary laws were placed at each table. Full Story Top Experiments test if implant can block sleep apnea Mon, 27 Dec 2010 06:32 pm PST AP - Loud snoring may do more than irritate your spouse: It can signal sleep apnea, depriving you of enough zzzz's to trigger a car crash, even a heart attack. Full Story Top 400 spend frigid night on A train in NYC nightmare Mon, 27 Dec 2010 06:51 pm PST AP - It took hours for Christopher Mullen to get off a plane from sunny Cancun and on to a half-empty subway car, his only way home. It would be another eight hours and more — a night spent huddled under a thin blanket on the frigid, grungy car — before he could get off the A train. Full Story Top Researchers: Ancient human remains found in Israel Mon, 27 Dec 2010 03:13 pm PST AP - Israeli archaeologists said Monday they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man, and if so, it could upset theories of the origin of humans. Full Story Top Lula's legacy, leaving behind a transformed Brazil Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:05 pm PST AP - Plopping her swollen ankles upon a purple couch, 72-year-old Dilma de Lima exults in the new government-built apartment she now calls home after a lifetime of misery in Brazil's slums. Full Story Top Ceiling lights in Minn. send coded Internet data Mon, 27 Dec 2010 06:56 am PST AP - Flickering ceiling lights are usually a nuisance, but in city offices in St. Cloud, they will actually be a pathway to the Internet. Full Story Top Man quits job, makes living suing e-mail spammers Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:22 am PST AP - Daniel Balsam hates spam. Most everybody does, of course. But he has acted on his hate as few have, going far beyond simply hitting the delete button. He sues them. Full Story Top Thousands stranded by 2-foot blizzard in Northeast Mon, 27 Dec 2010 09:17 pm PST AP - Thousands of travelers trying to get home after the holiday weekend sat bored and bleary-eyed in airports and shivered aboard stuck buses and subway trains Monday, stranded by a blizzard that slammed the Northeast with more than 2 feet of snow. Full Story Top S.Korea schools get robot English teachers Mon, 27 Dec 2010 09:19 pm PST AFP - Almost 30 robots have started teaching English to youngsters in a South Korean city, education officials said Tuesday, in a pilot project designed to nurture the nascent robot industry. Full Story Top Wild Oats XI yacht leads Sydney to Hobart race Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:27 pm PST AFP - Wild Oats XI was leading the Sydney to Hobart ocean race Tuesday after surviving a night of violent seas in which one yacht was dismasted and more than a dozen others forced to withdraw. Full Story Top 50 Ways to Improve Your Finances in 2011 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 06:15 am PST U.S. News & World Report - Whether you want to ramp up your earning power, finally start a retirement savings account, or just stop feeling like you're wasting money, now is the time to put together your New Year's resolutions. We've pulled together 50 ways you can improve your financial life in 2011, based on the latest economic research and interviews with financial experts. These ideas, which focus on spending, saving, and earning, give you the tools for a complete financial makeover. Full Story Top Russia finds oil tycoon guilty in second trial Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:05 pm PST AFP - A Moscow court found tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky guilty in his second fraud trial, provoking condemnation from the West over a case seen as an indicator of Russia's political future. Full Story Top 5 ways boomers can reduce retirement shortfall Mon, 27 Dec 2010 01:27 pm PST AP - As Theodore Roosevelt once said: "Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young." But it's not too late for baby boomers who put off retirement planning and haven't saved enough. Here are five key steps: Full Story Top Florida Betting on Casinos with No-Maximum Poker Rules Mon, 27 Dec 2010 03:35 pm PST Time.com - There's an added reason the Seminole Hard Rock complex is drawing such a horde of gamers these days: poker Full Story Top Man in legal trouble for reading wife's email Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:45 am PST Digital Trends - The Detroit Free Press is reporting that a Michigan resident could face five years in prison for reading his wife’s e-mail. 33 year old computer technician Leon Walker had been snooping through wife Clara Walker’s Gmail account after finding her password written in a book next to their shared laptop, and by doing so discovered that she had been having an affair with an ex-husband. In response, Clara filed for divorce and had her now ex-husband arrested. Full Story Top Natalie Portman to wed 'Black Swan' choreographer Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:47 pm PST AP - Natalie Portman is pregnant with her first child and is engaged to Benjamin Millepied, the choreographer of "Black Swan." A publicist for Portman confirmed Monday that the couple are engaged and expecting, but declined to give any further details. People magazine first reported the news. Full Story Top GOP hopefuls find some issues a hazard early on Mon, 27 Dec 2010 06:33 pm PST AP - This month's early, under-the-radar campaigning by potential Republican challengers to President Barack Obama is a reminder of something too easily forgotten: Running for president is harder than it looks, and Obama ultimately will stand against a flesh-and-blood nominee certain to make mistakes along the way. Full Story Top Coroner: Girl killed in Wyo. ski crash wore helmet Mon, 27 Dec 2010 01:42 pm PST AP - A Wyoming coroner says a 5-year-old skier who died in a collision with a snowboarder was wearing a helmet, contrary to officials' earlier reports. Full Story Top Piano man to diaper man: Elton John becomes a dad Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:11 pm PST AP - Sir Elton John is holding close a new tiny dancer. Full Story Top

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