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What do you do when you want something more and different than you’re getting in your home country? For an increasing number of 60+ women, the answer is to move overseas. According to the data we collected through our website, Best Places in the World to Retire, there can be a better life out there, if you are willing to uproot and reinvent yourself as an expat in Belize, Nicaragua or Panama. In addition to the over 5,000 answers and 200 stories on our website, in early July, we released Expats: Expectations & Reality, the first in a series of...

On Thursday night, MSNBC host Chris Matthews will sit down with President Barack Obama for an interview which will, in part, focus on the problematic roll-out of the Affordable Care Act. Matthews said that he intends to grill the president on this failure and contended that this incident was akin to “a brilliant writer” who, despite a “great theme,” turns in an essay full of technical flaws. “I’ll be talking about executive accountability and the strange way of this roll out, as it has occurred,” Matthews told MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell. “I think I would compare it, Andrea, to a

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama made a sales pitch on Saturday for his forthcoming fiscal year 2012 budget, pledging that it would help the United States "live within our means while investing in our future." The budget, to be unveiled on Monday, contains a mix of cost cuts and targeted spending aimed at achieving Obama's twin goals of reducing the deficit and boosting U.S. competitiveness. But Republicans, who control the House of Representatives, have balked at any spending increases and accused the Democratic president of not being serious about reining in the deficit, which is forecast to reach $1.48...

Here’s the pitch: The FairTax — a plan to replace the federal income tax and payroll tax with a national sales tax — will get rid of the IRS forever. It will let workers keep their entire paychecks and retirees keep their entire pensions. It will raise just as much money as the current tax code. It will promote economic growth. It won’t hurt the middle class, and it won’t cause prices to rise. It will even end our illegal-immigration problem. These claims are drawn from the leading proponents of the plan: a group called Americans for Fair Taxation, former...

North Korea Advertises Its Nukes Syria has already been a customer. By GORDON G. CHANG North Korea yesterday tested a second nuclear weapon at its underground site near the northeastern city of Kilju. This follows the launch of a long-range missile early last month. What does Kim Jong Il want? First and foremost, he wants the international community to recognize his nation as a nuclear weapons state. Second, the regime seeks to destabilize the South Korean government of President Lee Myung-bak, who has taken a much tougher approach to Pyongyang than his two predecessors. Third, Kim undoubtedly wants additional assistance...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DURKA 3D: THE FALL OF AHMADINEJAD: DIE WITH LAUGHTER AS ACTION-PACKED 3D SHOOTER VIDEO GAME LETS YOU LIBERATE A NATION25-Year-Old Creator of Smash Hits Quest for Saddam, and Quest for Al-Qa’eda Returns with Bitingly Satirical Ahmadinejad Game for Immediate Online Download (LOS ANGELES)-Petrilla Entertainment, best known for generating a remarkable two million downloads for its original Quest for Al-Qa'eda game, followed by its sequel Quest For Saddam, today released a third, more sophisticated PC-based, multilevel 3D shooter game with the same style of satirical humor that made its predecessor titles such smash hits. Durka 3d: The Fall...

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PORTLAND - It worked for Nike. The advertising company that invented the phrase ``Just Do It'' for the shoe giant has coined a new tagline to sell Oregon's tourist and business potential in other parts of the country. On Monday Gov. Ted Kulongoski unveiled the new slogan: ``Oregon. We Love Dreamers.'' The slogan - which replaces the old ``things look different here'' catch phrase - was devised by Wieden+Kennedy, the Portland advertising firm that created Nike's most famous slogan. The ``dreamers'' slogan and a series of sample ads, presented at an Oregon business summit Monday in Portland, are designed for...

h1>'Constantly Increasing Common Ground': Hu's Speech To Australian Parliament October 24, 2003This is the transcript of the Address to a Joint Sitting of the Australian Parliament by the President of China, Hu Jintao. Listen to President Hu Jintao's SpeechText and Audio of John Howard's Speech of WelcomeText and Audio of Simon Crean's Speech The Honourable Neil Andrew, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honourable Paul Calvert, President of the Senate, the Honourable Prime Minister John Howard, distinguished members of the federal parliament of Australia, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am delighted to meet with you today, and address such a...