Survey: 1 in 10 boomers borrowing for each day expenses - Atlanta Journal Constitution
New York — The economic downturn is hitting roughly one in 10 middle-aged and older Americans especially hard, compelling them to borrow money for everyday living expenses and to seek help from family, friends or charities, according to a survey

Detectives probe whether ‘cult’ took woman’s money - Chicago Tribune
MAUSTON, Wis. - Someone continued to write checks on an account belonging to a 90-year-old woman whose remains were found on the toilet in a Necedah home two months after she died, according to court documents released Monday. Prosecutors say Tammy

Gates: ‘Next-War-itis’ plagues military - MSNBC
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado - The Defense Department must focus on current war demands, even if it means straining the U.S. armed forces and devoting less time and money to future threats, Defense Secretary Robert Gates stated Tuesday. Meeting the war

Woman mistaken for man wins suit - News.com.au
A WOMAN kicked out of a women’s toilet after a New York City restaurant mistook her for a man has settled her discrimination lawsuit for $US35,000 ($37,116). Khadijah Farmer , a 28-year-old lesbian, ate at the Caliente Cab Restaurant Co. last July

RBA ‘won’t like Budget’ - News.com.au
THE Reserve Bank of Australia won’t be impressed by the Rudd Government’s first Budget, Opposition treasury spokesman Malcolm Turnbull says. The Budget was a high-taxing, high-spending, old-fashioned Labor Budget despite Treasurer Wayne Swans’s

Maintaining growth hard, but only, option - Xinhua News Bureau
BEIJING, Might 14 — For quite some time, “overheating” has been taken as one of the biggest potential threats to China’s economic soundness. And the figures about the investment in fixed assets in the first three months of the year were taken as a

53 illegal immigrants held against will in Phoenix - USA This day
PHOENIX (AP) — Fifty-three illegal immigrants were held against their will in a fortified home by suspected smugglers demanding more money, authorities stated. Eds: PMs. AP Pic NY130 The group of rescued immigrants included two 13-year-old girls

Tax package ‘may break debt rule’ - MSN UK News
Economic experts are questioning the impact of Chancellor Alistair Darling’s surprise announcement of £2.7 billion to compensate people who lost out from the abolition of the 10p income tax rate. Some commentators suggested that the extra borrowing

US Virgin Islands Daily News finds buyer - CNN Money
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - A buyer has been found for The Virgin Islands Daily News, the paper reported Tuesday, but the new owner and other details will not be announced until the sale is approved by a bankruptcy court judge. The paper, the

NCAA president has ‘new information’ on USC’s Mayo - Los Angeles Times
HOUSTON — Saying the NCAA has “new information,” president Myles Brand promised to investigate former Southern California basketball star O.J. Mayo, who allegedly received thousands of dollars in gifts from money given to an event promoter by a

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