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Fastest-growing baby names: Would you consider them?
The fastest growing baby names for boys, King and Messiah, suggest great power, while the fastest-growing baby name for girls, Arya, comes from a fierce princess in 'Game of Thrones.'
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Jacob, Sophia top last year's baby names; King and Messiah make biggest jump
Last year's most popular baby names, according to the Social Security Administration, were Jacob and Sophia. Arya, first name of a 'Game of Thrones' character, showed the largest increase for girl's names.
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Cover Story Immigration reform: What the last 'path to citizenship' did for immigrants
Congress is considering comprehensive immigration reform, including amnesty, work visas, and guest worker programs. What this path to citizenship could mean for 11 million illegal immigrants can be seen in the 1986 amnesty of 3 million legalized in the last major immigration overhaul.
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Social Security deadline: how recipients can switch over from checks
With rare exceptions, the Social Security Administration is requiring people who still get their benefits by check to switch to some kind of electronic transfer by March 1.
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Boy abducted in '94 found in Minnesota (+video)
A boy abducted '94 from Indiana has been found in Minnesota, officials report. The boy's identity - Richard Wayne Landers Jr. - was confirmed by his paternal grandparents, who abducted him during a custody dispute when he was 5 years old.
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Modern Parenthood Baby names advice: Keep it to yourself
Baby names, baby names, baby names: Nothing is mulled over and debated more during a pregnancy than what to name your newborn. One mom warns: Keep it to yourself, or the chatter may sully your bright idea.
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Saving Money How to pick the right credit card if you are retired
Retirees should look for easy-to-understand credit-card terms and low-tech customer service. Avoid carrying a balance because finance charges can quickly diminish retirees' modest monthly income.
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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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Saving Money Social Security: 7 common myths busted
Whether it will be around when you retire or not, Social Security is a difficult thing to understand. Here are seven common questions about the program, explained.
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Why have millions of Americans given up looking for work?
The August jobs report sent chills through Wall Street and Washington because of one eye-popping number: 368,000 Americans gave up looking for work. That makes 7 million people not counted as part of the labor force who want a job.
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Chapter & Verse 'Game of Thrones' and 'Hunger Games' inspire baby names
The baby name website Nameberry says names from fantasy novels 'Game of Thrones' and 'Hunger Games' are among the most popular this year.
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Modern Parenthood Most popular baby names ... for now. Beware, Sophia.
The most popular baby names in the US are Sophia (for girls) and Jacob (for boys), according to the Social Security Administration's new list of top 2011 baby names. But if history is any guide, it won't take long before Sophia goes the way of Barbara (No. 764).
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Tax VOX Just how big is the payroll tax cut?
The payroll tax cut extension will save workers a total of $114 billion this year. That means an average cut of $714 per worker, though some will take home more (and some less).
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Robert Reich Obama is no 'food stamp president'
Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich agree that President Obama is turning America into “European-style welfare culture,” pointing to a rise in the number of citizens relying on federal aid. Here's why they have it backwards.
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The new American standard of living
Americans are getting poorer faster than they got rich
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Medicare premiums taketh what Social Security giveth?
Medicare premiums are slated to rise – by about $10 a month – for most recipients in 2012. These higher Medicare premiums will eat into the extra $39 a month that the average Social Security recipient is expected to get from next year's cost-of-living adjustment.
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Social Security increase reduced after Medicare premiums increase
Social Security increase less than previously thought after Medicare premiums: The anticipated 3.6 percent increase in Social Security payout next year will only amount to $29 extra per month on average after an increase of Medicare premiums.
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A long, steep drop for Americans' standard of living
Not since at least 1960 has the US standard of living fallen so fast for so long. The average American has $1,315 less in annual disposable income now than at the onset of the Great Recession.
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Social Security recipients see 3.5 percent raise
Social Security recipients have not received a raise since 2009. That is set to change in 2012, when Social Security checks will be about 3.5 percent more than the last two years.
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To fight hunger, donate 'Just One Can'
Tony Marren founded Operation Just One Can to make it easy for Americans to get involved in solving the problem of hunger in the United States.
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Are 'Pippa' and 'Asher' really the top baby names of 2011?
A new online baby names list says that 'Pippa' and 'Asher' are the top trending monikers for babies. Is that true?
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Social Security: the political monster that lurks in debt talks
Long the "third rail" of politics, Social Security has emerged as a part of bipartisan talks aimed at stabilizing America's public debt. Will it finally be restructured to reflect today’s economy?
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AARP agrees to benefit cuts!?
AARP may have changed its position on Social Security cuts. But how much is the shortfall, anyway?
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Social Security payments: $6.5 billion in overpayments
Social Security payments were made to seniors in 2009, federal investigator says. One in 10 Social Security payments to very poor were improper.
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