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  • General Motors recalls 231000 SUVs over fire risk

    US General Motors Co. is set to recall about 231,000 older SUVs over fire risks and has urged owners to park them outside garages until they are repaired, a media report said. The Detroit-based automaker agreed to recall 193,000 2006-2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier, SAAB 9-7x, Isuzu Ascender and 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT and GMC Envoy XL in the US, reported ...

  • Chidambaram for mobilsation of resources from insurance and pension sector for IDFs

    Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday said that for Infrastructure Debt Funds (IDFs), we should try to mobilise resources from insurance and pension sectors as these funds are available for long term horizon. Chidambaram, who was speaking after launching the maiden IDF scheme of IIFCL Mutual Fund (IDF) here today, later handed over In-Principle sanction approval letters issued by IIFCL ...

  • Women want younger men while dating online

    Women are likely to show five times more interest in a younger man than an older one, while dating online, a report has revealed. According to the study published in Time magazine, the numbers from various dating sites consistently show that both men and women opt for younger partners, New York Daily News reported A website, AYI, examined data from its 68 million downloads and 20 million ...

  • YMCA offers to build operate four Lexington senior citizens centers

    As Lexington plans to build a new senior citizens center, the YMCA of Central Kentucky proposed on Tuesday a partnership in which the YMCA would build and operate four senior center facilities attached to YMCA locations in Fayette County.David Martorano, president and CEO of YMCA of Central Kentucky, told the Urban County Council's social services and community development committee that ...

  • Lexington woman is accused of leaving elderly man in filthy home

    A 73-year-old Lexington woman was jailed Tuesday because police say she left an elderly man under her care in a filthy home.Julia Polsgrove was charged with one count of knowingly abusing or neglecting an adult and was being held in the Fayette County Detention Center.The home on Kilkenny Court was littered with filth and animal feces and was condemned, city spokeswoman Susan Straub ...


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Oblivion

Oblivion

Joseph Kosinskis Oblivion is really no more derivative a science fiction thriller than most these days, it just has the unfortunate tendency of seeming to be more obvious about it. Although he originally conceived of it as a graphic novel in the late 2000s, Kosinski has managed to trans ... ...

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  • RCMP probe suspicious death of 27-year-old woman in Kelowna home

    RCMP are investigating the death of a 27-year-old woman in a Kelowna home.Constable Kris Clark says the death is believed to be suspicious.He is giving few details but says the Serious Crime Unit has been called in.Police have been at the home since early this ...

  • Oklahoma executes man convicted of killing elderly couple

    OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma executed on Tuesday a man who was convicted of stabbing an elderly couple to death during a robbery at their home that netted $73, some of which he and convicted accomplices used to buy ...

  • In praise of older workers Carlos Slim

    Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, among the richest people in the world with a fortune of $73 billion, says that workers in developed countries reach their prime at 60. Billionaire Carlos Slim, age 73, says workers--those in developed economies, anyway--are at their prime in their 60s and there is no reason for them to retire. "When you have an industrial economy like in the past where ...

  • Chrysler backs down agrees to recall 2.7 million older-model Jeeps

    3 hours ago After a public disagreement that threatened to blow up into a larger battle, Chrysler said Tuesday that it agreed to recall 2.7 million Jeep vehicles that a government safety watchdog said could potentially erupt into fire if rear-ended.Chrysler had been expected to file papers Tuesday refusing to comply with a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's voluntary recall ...

  • 5 Methods For Setting Retirement Targets

    The Bureau of Economic Analysis recently reported that personal savings rates in the United States fell to an average of 2.3% in the first quarter of 2013. That's just the latest sign that millions of Americans are heading toward an impoverished old age. Why do people have so much trouble saving for retirement? One problem is that it is not easy to ...

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