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Nearly everyone has days at work where retiring as early as you can sounds like the best possible strategy for happiness. Yet we all face the challenge of figuring out where the right balance is between working longer to get the financial security of a larger retirement nest egg and taking the plunge into retirement. There are some situations in which most people would agree that it's smart to retire as early as possible. Here are three of them.

1. Your health depends on it. Читать дальше...

The heavy rain and strong winds will likely continue well into Thursday, posing a serious flooding threat across most of the Southeast.

Long before he entered politics, presidential candidate Ted Cruz said Wednesday, he considered moving to Hollywood to pursue one of his early passions: acting.“When I was in high school, I did a lot of shows and then actually thought about dropping out of school and heading to California and trying...

Having famously kicked off her career by interacting up-close and personal with fans in shopping malls, Tiffany is again reaching out to her...

A hit-and-run driver behind the wheel of a stolen car left a teenager clinging to life on a Bronx street Wednesday afternoon.

There's one especially familiar face at the Los Angeles Lakers game tonight. Former purple-and-gold forward Lamar Odom stepped back into Staples Center tonight to root on his old...

Jason Roy has promised England won't shun their aggressive brand of cricket and cannot wait to play in the World T20 final at Kolkata's Eden Gardens.

Busy = Successful. Hip. Cool.

Bullsh*t.

Busy = Burned out. Tired. Out of balance.

At least that is how it is in my book. I know that it can be almost addicting to fill my every minute of my day with being what I consider "productive." But the more I fall in love with life and the sole experience of its beauty, the less attractive being "busy" for the sake of being busy is.

Recently I have made it my full-time job to observe my emotions and where energy wants to flow in my life. Читать дальше...

In the 2000 presidential election campaign, my newspaper paid more than $1,000 for a telephone-line connection to my seat at the filing center in Los Angeles where George W. Bush was announcing his educational platform.

I plugged in my laptop computer and spent little more than an hour filing my story about the candidate's plans for combatting "the soft bigotry of low expectations." Good line, good story.

In the 2004 campaign, an entrepreneurial fellow started erecting portable... Читать дальше...

We’re smitten with Cody Mitschelen, who asked to mow his neighbor’s lawn so he could have money to take his girlfriend out on a date.

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks rose Thursday for a second day after Wall Street gained on expectations U.S. interest rates will stay low.

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks rose Thursday for a second day after Wall Street gained on expectations U.S. interest rates will stay low.

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks rose Thursday for a second day after Wall Street gained on expectations U.S. interest rates will stay low. "Global markets will probably still have to contend with more Fed tightening this year," said Julian Jessop of Capital Economics in a report. [...] traders were reassured following suggestions by other Fed officials that the central bank should consider possible earlier rate hikes. No one can really give an answer at the moment; but one thing for sure is that Yellen's... Читать дальше...

The city is witnessing a smoking hot phenomenon - hookah bars.A style statement for some and a stress reliever for others, the hookah is gaining massive popularity among the youth of the city.

AN EMOTIONAL Brisbane Lions defender Justin Clarke has told of the ‘scary’ memory loss caused by a freak training accident that has ended his career at age 22.

The blue swimsuit looked like a scrap of fabric in Futi Tavana's hands, but he carried it carefully from the front register of Dick's Sporting Goods in Newport Beach, where it had been left by an indecisive shopper, and restores it to its place on the sales floor. A few moments earlier, he had...

Een professionele surfer is woensdag aan de oostkust van Australië ernstig gewond geraakt toen hij werd aangevallen door een haai. De 22-jarige Brett Connellan werd in zijn dijbeen en hand gebeten.

We just had the official start of spring and, looking back on winter, we see that lots of blondes remained devoted to their fun, beachy colors through the cold months when lots of us follow tradition for darker, romantic reds and browns.

There were some happy exceptions. Amy Poehler traded her blonde hair for a sexy coppery red to walk the red carpet at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in late January. That color has been trending so strong in recent months. Meghan Trainor also exchanged her... Читать дальше...

Demi Lovato keeps it casual in an iHeart Radio hoodie as she leaves a studio on Wednesday (March 30) in Los Angeles. The 23-year-old singer had reportedly been rehearsing for her Future Now Tour with Nick Jonas. Demi shared her love for Nick’s upcoming album Last Year Was Complicated on Twitter, sending out a link [...]

A flight attendant accused of carrying nearly 69 pounds of cocaine. A pilot charged with moonlighting as a pimp. An allegedly drunk co-pilot stopped before takeoff. A ramp agent charged with trying to move almost $300,000. The recent spate of airline employee arrests — including the above examples — might make travelers wonder about the […]

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DONALD Trump has a solid track record of woman-baiting but his latest effort is nothing short of dangerous, writes Wendy Tuohy.

Coping with and recovering from an injury is never easy. Especially for those who dream of playing sports at a high level.

IF YOU can’t stand the heat, brace yourselves: Australia is only going to get hotter over the next few decades. This is the outlook for Melbourne.