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  • Becks facing adjustment issues post-retirement

    Football ace David Beckham is facing difficulties coming to terms with his retirement from the sport. The former England captain who played his last game in Paris Saint-Germain's 3-1 win over Brest, will now take up other projects which might possibly include purchasing a U.S. Major League Soccer franchise, The Sun reports. Beckham said he will find it difficult after two months of rest to ...

  • Sleep apnea in seniors linked to Alzheimers

    A new NYU study looking at sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and markers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and neuroimaging has supported the growing body of research linking the two. But this latest study also poses an interesting question: Could AD in its "preclinical stages" also lead to SDB and explain the increased prevalence of SDB in the elderly? "It's really ...

  • For the elderly in US poetry blunts the pain of isolation

    A woman in her seventies takes the microphone to recite a short poem, which, she warned the men present, was on the hazards of flirting. "Cheda na karo ate jatein raston mein, pale pad gayi to mushkil hogi" (Do not flirt with every girl who crosses your path, if she falls for you, you will have a problem). It was a couplet which would have been greeted with cat calls and whistles among college ...

  • Beckham facing difficulties coming to terms with his retirement

    Beckham said he will find it difficult after two months of rest to spend his time, although the footballer believes he will have enough projects to keep himself busy and that this is the right time to ...

  • Retiring baby boomers are selling their small businesses

    Roberta Bonoff, new owner of Creative Kidstuff, a toy store chain based in Minneapolis. Bonoff said the previous owner was tired and ready to sell. Baby boomers preparing for retirement are driving a surge in small business sales, as they find more and more buyers confident enough in the improving economy to expand their own businesses through acquisitions.In the first three months of this ...


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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

As a Southern-fried tale of teary mother-daughter redemption, Callie Khouri's Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood strikes a few resounding notes of truth. Unfortunately, those notes of truth, however moving, are otherwise submerged in a generally hackneyed comedic melodrama full of eccentric caricatures and forced plot devices that make you want to roll your eyes. ...

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  • How to prepare for your parents retirement

    It may be tough, but we have to consider our parents' retirement as part of our own future. When Eileen Crehan thinks about her parents' retirement plans, she worries.The 27-year-old PhD candidate, like many young adults, knows that her parents' future finances aren't only a source of concern for them--they directly impact her life as well."They are careful spenders and ...

  • Mork returns to prime time with Bauers 24 in nostalgia push

    Cast member Kiefer Sutherland poses at the party for the television series finale of "24" in Los Angeles April 30, 2010. TV viewers will be forgiven if they feel a sense of deja vu when new shows debut in September. With competition from cable and the Web growing, broadcasters are leaning more on past successes and big names to find fresh hits. NBC is ...

  • In retirement can more debt be wise

    Other seniors are converting a primary home into a rental property and obtaining financing for a second retirement home, he added. "For high-end borrowers that usually have other assets accumulated at retirement, being debt-free is more of a matter of choice," Padilla ...

  • Retirement outlook isnt good for youngest workers

    A new report by the Pew Charitable Trusts shows t A new report by the Pew Charitable Trusts shows the countrys youngest workers could face tough times in the future. The study shows that although all age groups lost wealth during the recent recession, those known as Gen-Xers took the hardest hit, losing almost half of their wealth. Other age groups, according to the study, have recovered much of ...

  • Neville Neville father of footballers Gary and Phil charged with sexual assault against 46-year-old woman

    Neville Neville, the father of former footballers Gary and Phil Neville, is to be charged with sexually assaulting a 46-year-old woman the Crown Prosecution Service said ...

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