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Budget cuts: five groups likely to feel the pinch
If there's one thing that's lacking in the debt deal that president signed on Aug. 2, it's specifics. It asks for $1.5 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10 years, but gives few concrete details about where they'll come from. The deal does outline some changes for student loans, and it leaves out renewals for a couple of unemployment benefits programs. But most of the envisioned budget cuts won't become clearer until this fall, when a 12-member, bipartisan "super committee" gives its recommendations to Congress. Some Americans may be particularly vulnerable to their budget choices. Here are five groups who could see a reduction in government largesse:
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Economist Mom
With fiscal cliff, is AARP too firm on Medicare?Protecting Medicare benefits has to include figuring out a way of actually paying for them, not just lending moral support for them, Rogers writes.
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Social Security COLA to rise 1.7 percent
Social Security cost of living adjustment, one of the smallest increases in decades, takes effect in January. More than 56 million Social Security recipients will benefit.
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Annual Social Security adjustment will be a meager increase
The annual cost-of-living adjustment to Social Security recipients is expected to be between a 1 to 2 percent increase, among the lowest automatic adjustments since 1975.
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Judge bars Pennsylvania voter ID law until 2013 (+video)
It's expected that supporters of the state's voter ID law will appeal this decision to the Pennsylvania state Supreme Court.
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Doctors' advice to keep older patients off the road can save lives, study finds
A Canadian study found that doctors, rather than well-intentioned family members, are more effective at keeping older patients and other drivers safe on the road.
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Medicare drug plans: Steep hikes loom for millions
Medicare prescription drug plans are raising premiums as much as 23 percent next year. But Medicare recipients can shop around for a better deal.
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Sarah Palin’s advice to Mitt Romney: 'Go rogue'
Mitt Romney has been getting lots of gratuitous advice from fellow Republicans worried about what they see as a presidential campaign slipping toward defeat. Some want Paul Ryan to play a more active role. Sarah Palin says the Romney campaign needs a ‘come to Jesus’ moment.
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Paul Ryan to seniors: Medicare 'going bankrupt,' competition is answer
At an AARP conference Friday, GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan spoke of financial peril ahead for Medicare and contrasted his party's "competition"-based plan to fix it with Obama's plan under the health-care reform law.
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After trial, Roger Clemens looks for some fun pitching again (+video)
Roger Clemens, the former Red Sox, Blue Jays, Yankees, and Astros pitcher, will throw in a minor league baseball game this weekend.
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Diana Nyad ends Cuba-to-Florida swim short of goal (+video)
Diana Nyad ended her attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida Tuesday a.m. after a night of jelly fish stings, storms, and sharks. This was Nyad's fourth attempt to swim the 103-mile crossing.
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Social Security: Surplus dwindling, huge shortfall looms
Social Security surplus is projected to run out in 2033, forcing a 25 percent cut in benefits. To fix Social Security, Congress would have to find $8.6 trillion.
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Saving Money
America's most popular zoos, and 7 ways to saveA visit to the animal kingdom can be a memorable family outing. Some of America's most popular zoos are in places you would least expect -- here's where to go and how to save some serious dough once you get there.
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Saving Money
Hitting the road for July 4th? 7 ways to save on rental cars.Checking for recalled models and not overpaying for gas are good ways to ensure that renting a car isn't a ripoff.
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Retirement: 3 ways to enrich it without adding money
Retirement planning is about more than saving money. It's about what you're going to do. Here are three ways to stay active in retirement.
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Social Security fund: Cash gone in 2033
Social Security fund will run out three years earlier than earlier projections due to boomer retirements, weak economy. If Social Security fund runs out, retirees will get 75 percent of promised benefits.
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Jamie Moyer leads baseball's Ageless Wonders All-Stars
The Rockies hurler becomes the game's oldest pitcher to win a major league game, inspiring the selection of an entire lineup of players who stretched the age envelope.
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Senior discounts: popular, but under fire
Do the swelling ranks of seniors deserve a price break when younger generations are struggling more?
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Social Security: eight key things to know
Social Security recipients should look into the possibilities of spousal benefits, as well as their own, to maximize their Social Security income.
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Opinion: Two cheers for super PACs
Super PACs aren’t the constitution-eating monsters critics have made them out to be. In fact, they engage voters in the democratic process. So why only two cheers? Loopholes prevent full transparency on where these groups get their funding. But Congress can fix that.
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A God-centered career search
A Christian Science perspective.
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E-filing taxes: IRS ready to receive your money
E-filing taxes begins in earnest as Internal Revenue Service begins accepting electronically filed returns. E-filing taxes is free to anyone, but those making $57,000 or less can get more free help.
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The New Economy
In budget battle, voters are the 'adults in the room'Politicians on both extremes think voters want stubborness in the budget battle. They're wrong.
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Robert Reich
Three factors that are polarizing the nationAs they have in the past, the nation's prolonged economic problems will realign the major parties, create new coalitions, and yield new solutions
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Eight days left: Was super committee a bad idea from the start?
As the Nov. 23 deadline to propose a plan to trim $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit approaches, many in Congress are saying that that super committee should never have been created.
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Penn State: College football record one win away for Joe Paterno
Penn State’s head coach Joe Paterno has long been a Nittany Lion in winner’s mode. With a victory over Illinois Saturday, Paterno will have the most wins in the major-college ranks.
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