Author: Matt Sedensky
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Will surge of older workers take jobs from the young?
CHICAGO – It’s an assertion that has been accepted as fact by droves of the unemployed: Older people remaining on the job later in life are stealing jobs from young people. One problem, many economists say: It isn’t supported by a wisp of fact. “We all cannot believe that we have been fighting this theory…
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Victims remembered for smiles, potential, compassion
Most died at the very start of their young lives, tiny victims taken in a way not fit for anyone regardless of age. Others found their life’s work in sheltering little ones, teaching them, caring for them, treating them as their own. After the gunfire ended Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the trail of…
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Pythons apparently wiping out Everglades mammals
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — A burgeoning population of huge pythons — many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big — appears to be wiping out large numbers of raccoons, opossums, bobcats and other mammals in the Everglades, a study says. The study, published Monday in the…
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11-11-11 brings hopes of good luck
From China to New York, place your bets! Tie the knot! Make a wish! Friday marked the 11th day of the 11th month of 2011. Around the world, people celebrated the triple convergence of 11s with a splash. Some 1,000 ethnic Chinese couples exchanged vows across Malaysia on a date viewed as auspicious and romantic.…
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Miami priest in photo scandal weds girlfriend
MIAMI – A telegenic Miami priest who left the Catholic Church amid an uproar over published photos of him kissing his girlfriend on the beach made the relationship official Tuesday, marrying the woman he was involved with for about two years. The Rev. Alberto Cutie and Ruhama Canellis were married by a judge in Coral…
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Wander Italian elegance at Versace Mansion
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. • For years, the iconic South Beach mansion best known as the place Gianni Versace lived and died was open only to the privileged few. His celebrity friends stayed so often, rooms were outfitted with them in mind. After Versace’s murder and the house’s sale, it become home to another mogul with…
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Bankruptcy is soaring among the elderly
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. • First came the health problems. Then, unable to work, Ada Noda watched the bills pile up. And then, suffocating in debt, the 80-year-old did something she never thought she’d be forced to do.She declared bankruptcy.While the bankruptcy filing rate for those under 55 has fallen, it has soared for older Americans,…