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		<title>First &#8216;doughnut hole&#8217; checks go to seniors to help with Medicare prescription shortfalls</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Julie Chang jchang@mercurynews.com Sura Weiner says her life began at 65. That&#8217;s when she was able to fulfill her childhood dream of tap-dancing as well as learning to lay down a pretty sweet hula dance. The longtime Milpitas resident, who maintains a healthy diet and an exercise regimen, also now plays the guitar and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HUD to Require Grant Applicants to Comply with State and Local Laws Protecting LGBT People from Discrimination</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it will, for the first time, require applicants for funding to comply with state and local LGBT anti-discrimination laws, the agency announced today: &#8220;Traditionally, HUD requires all applicants for competitive grant funding to comply with all applicable federal fair housing and civil rights requirements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay Retirees Face Extra Challenges</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kimberly Palmer Couples headed towards retirement face a double-whammy: First, according to a new study, they are less likely to be financially prepared to stop working compared to members of the general population. Second, since most states don’t allow gay couples to marry, they are unable to access tax benefits such as inheriting their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marijuana use by seniors goes up as boomers age</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 18:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In her 88 years, Florence Siegel has learned how to relax: A glass of red wine. A crisp copy of The New York Times, if she can wrest it from her husband. Some classical music, preferably Bach. And every night like clockwork, she lifts a pipe to her lips and smokes marijuana. Long a fixture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrities from the 70&#8242;s and 80s have retired.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 06:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of celebrities from the 70&#8242;s and 80s have retired. It&#8217;s good to see how some have aged. See the pics below.>>That last one is just cruel. For a true perspective after viewing these pictures, each of us should go find a picture taken of ourselves back in the &#8217;70&#8242;s or 80&#8242;s and then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sanchez To Introduce Social Security Bill</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Linda Sanchez will announce the introduction of a bill that would level the playing field for same-sex couples who lose major benefits under the Social Security system. By Kerry Eleveld Rep. Linda Sanchez of California is expected to announce Sunday that she will be introducing legislation to equalize social security benefits for same-sex couples. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palm Springs Considers Senior Home Next to Gay Nude Resort</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Advocate.com Editors The Palm Springs Architectural Advisory Committee recommended plans Monday to build an assisted living facility next door to the Canyon Club Hotel, one of the Southern California city&#8217;s gay-owned and -operated clothing-optional resorts. According to the Mercury-News,developers with Tappan Enterprises say they hope to break ground this year on the 190-bed facility. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Workers Hit Hard by Decade of Doom and Gloom</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More older people were hired—and fired By: Carole Fleck &#124; Source: AARP Bulletin Today It’s been a dismal decade for older workers. But it didn’t start out that way. Americans age 55 and older entered the year 2000 with optimism. One-third of them worked, and their unemployment rate was a mere 2.7 percent in January. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Top Ten Perks of being over 60 and heading towards 70!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[10. Kidnappers are not very interested in you. 9. No one expects you to run&#8211;anywhere. 8. People call at 9 pm and ask, did I wake you? 7. People no longer view you as a hypochondriac. 6. There is nothing left to learn the hard way. 5. Things you buy now won&#8217;t wear out. 4. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retirees Trade Work for Rent at Cash-Poor Parks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By KIRK JOHNSON ROMA, Tex. — A cold wind whipped down the Texas plains on the night last month that Sharon Smith, 68, and her husband, Bill, 73, arrived here to be work-campers. In the dark, they had trouble setting up their camper. But Ms. Smith, a former teacher’s aide from Sioux Falls, S.D., said [...]]]></description>
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