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A US nuclear sub rammed another ship causing nearly £60MILLION damage - while its navigator was listening to his iPod. iPranged a submarine | The Sun |News This may be interesting to ex-Navy folks.

While we discuss the merits and risks of screening, we should not forget that screening is not prevention of disease - prevention is really prevention. Two of my favorite websites that are really about prevention are: fitnessrocks.org -- Dr. Monte Ladner, MD, presents free podcasts (he has...

Ranks of Older Workers Swell as Losses as Shorten Retirement - May 9 WSJ This article describes two families who lost their retirement funds on "business ventures" and now are having a difficult time finding a job in their 60's. And they are lamenting that they can't retire. The most...

I had the opportunity to learn more about breast cancer during the last two weeks. It is not certain that I have it but it is a possibility. I found a lump under my left nipple about 9 months ago because it was slightly painful as I was working out. I dismissed it as "not a problem since I am...

I just received a W2 from my former Megacorp employer yesterday. The W2 had my 2008 wages as being $331. The problem with this is that I retired from Megacorp 7-1/2 years ago and never received another penny from them since. This is the first W2 I have received since I left. I do have...

I have been reading and occasionally posting for the last several years. Thanks to all the experience and knowledgeable poeple here I have learned much about finances, living in various places all over the world, health and much more. We live in Upstate South Carolina where I have taught...

We are thinking of moving to the Tampa area (Riverview or possibly Sun City Center) in 2010. We would most likely purchase something like a $200K single family single story home. Can someone give me a likely range for the cost of homeowners insurance? Can one purchase high deductible...