Today's Fresh Blogs...

• Better headline writers

  Published: September 9, 2007, 10:58 am

  Tags: Globe, Hillary, Huckabee, Headline, Media, Aarp

  So, Hillary says health care for all, and Mike Huckabee says take better care of yourselves, but the Globe titles the article:Clinton, Huckabee champion healthcare at AARP eventAbout the only thing they agree on is that health is good. Oh, and they both showed up.

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• Hey Tony! Sign My AARP Mag?

  Published: September 28, 2007, 7:56 am

  Tags: Aarp, Tony Bennett, Tonybennett

  Filed under: Paparazzi Video, MusicTMZ.com: Legend Tony Bennett was in New York yesterday for an appearance on "Regis and Kelly," and signed an autograph for a fan -- on an AARP magazine! It never gets old for the Jurassic 81-year-old newlywed crooner, who saw combat in WWII, got his big break... Read more

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• Means Test Sought for Medicare Drug Plan

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Means, Test, Sought, For, Medicare, Drug, Plan, George W Bush, Scott Lilly, Ron Pollack, The White House, Aarp, Christopher Lee, Jim Cooper, John Ensign, John Rother, Center For American Progress, Centers For Medicare Medicaid Services, Families Usa

  The Bush administration is advancing a proposal to levy higher premiums and deductibles on upper-income seniors enrolled in Medicare's new prescription drug benefit, raising fees on beneficiaries with incomes over about $80,000 a year, administration officials said yesterday.

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• Means Test Sought for Medicare Drug Plan

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Means, Test, Sought, For, Medicare, Drug, Plan, George W Bush, Scott Lilly, Ron Pollack, The White House, Aarp, Christopher Lee, Jim Cooper, John Ensign, John Rother, Center For American Progress, Centers For Medicare Medicaid Services, Families Usa

  The Bush administration is advancing a proposal to levy higher premiums and deductibles on upper-income seniors enrolled in Medicare's new prescription drug benefit, raising fees on beneficiaries with incomes over about $80,000 a year, administration officials said yesterday.

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• Means Test Sought for Medicare Drug Plan

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Means, Test, Sought, For, Medicare, Drug, Plan, George W Bush, Scott Lilly, Ron Pollack, The White House, Aarp, Christopher Lee, Jim Cooper, John Ensign, John Rother, Center For American Progress, Centers For Medicare Medicaid Services, Families Usa

  The Bush administration is advancing a proposal to levy higher premiums and deductibles on upper-income seniors enrolled in Medicare's new prescription drug benefit, raising fees on beneficiaries with incomes over about $80,000 a year, administration officials said yesterday.

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• Moves That Save, And Parents Who Won't

  Published: October 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Moves, That, Save, Parents, Who, Won T, The Washington Post Company, Xm Satellite Radio Holdings Inc, Michelle Singletary, Aarp, National Public Radio Inc

  Giving advice to people in financial trouble is like throwing dust into the wind. You toss it out and, depending on the wind's direction, it either gets carried away or thrown right back in your face.

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• You don't call, you don't write ... unless you're a telemarketer [Scams]

  Published: October 26, 2007, 2:15 pm

  Tags: Aarp, Choicepoint, Scams

  claim of an affiliation with AARP. And it's perfectly legal. The only recourse is if the marketer is particularly deceptive. One such company, unsurprisingly, is ChoicePoint. Yes, the same company that allowed the data of hundreds of thousands of individuals to leak to other scammers data brokers. ChoicePoint is sending more than a million of

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• A Check for Social Security

  Published: November 2, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Check, For, Social, Security, Michael J Astrue, George W Bush, Richard E Warsinskey, Ibm Corporation, J David Cox, Jeff Bingaman, John Gage, Mark Lassiter, Stephen Barr, Tom Harkin, Tyler D Duvall, Aarp, American Federation Of Government Employees, Easter Seals Inc, Nati

  The Social Security Administration -- where staffing is at its lowest levels since the 1970s and the number of disability claims are at an all-time high -- got some hopeful news on its budget yesterday.

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• A Check for Social Security

  Published: November 2, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Check, For, Social, Security, Michael J Astrue, George W Bush, Richard E Warsinskey, Ibm Corporation, J David Cox, Jeff Bingaman, John Gage, Mark Lassiter, Stephen Barr, Tom Harkin, Tyler D Duvall, Aarp, American Federation Of Government Employees, Easter Seals Inc, Nati

  The Social Security Administration -- where staffing is at its lowest levels since the 1970s and the number of disability claims are at an all-time high -- got some hopeful news on its budget yesterday.

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• Sleep-Deprived Caroline Kennedy To Receive Impressive Post-Menopausal Accolade

  Published: November 28, 2007, 9:02 am

  Tags: Aarp, Awards, Caroline Kennedy, Neil Diamond

  for membership in the AARP. Thankfully, the expression is devoid of actual meaning, and the former first daughter will be dutifully honored by the non-profit organization of choice for quinquagenarians. The AP reports: Caroline Kennedy turned 50 Tuesday, becoming eligible for membership in AARP. But the nonprofit organization for people 50

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• Showdown Nears on Stimulus Bill

  Published: January 31, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Showdown, Nears, Stimulus, Bill, Max Baucus, Chuck Grassley, George W Bush, Mitch Mcconnell, U S Senate Committee On Finance, Iowa, Maine, Barack Obama, Charles Schumer, Gordon Smith, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Jon Kyl, Olympia Snowe, The White House, Aarp

  With bipartisan support, the Senate Finance Committee yesterday approved a $157 billion economic stimulus plan that rivals the measure fashioned by President Bush and House leaders, setting up a Senate showdown today that could determine who will receive rebates from the federal government and how...

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• Senate's Stimulus Measure Blocked

  Published: February 7, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Senate S, Stimulus, Measure, Blocked, Harry Reid, Aarp, U S Senate Committee On Finance, George W Bush, John Mccain, Arizona, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Holdings, General Motors Corporation, Barack Obama, Byron Dorgan, Hillary Clinton, John Rother, John Sununu, Juliet Eilperi

  A $158 billion economic stimulus plan drafted by Senate Democrats that included relief for low-income seniors, disabled veterans and the unemployed was blocked by a Republican filibuster last night when the Senate fell a single vote short of the 60 needed to consider the measure.

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• Senate's Stimulus Measure Blocked

  Published: February 7, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Senate S, Stimulus, Measure, Blocked, Harry Reid, Aarp, U S Senate Committee On Finance, George W Bush, John Mccain, Arizona, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Holdings, General Motors Corporation, Barack Obama, Byron Dorgan, Hillary Clinton, John Rother, John Sununu, Juliet Eilperi

  A $158 billion economic stimulus plan drafted by Senate Democrats that included relief for low-income seniors, disabled veterans and the unemployed was blocked by a Republican filibuster last night when the Senate fell a single vote short of the 60 needed to consider the measure.

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• Lenders Fighting Mortgage Rewrite

  Published: February 22, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Lenders, Fighting, Mortgage, Rewrite, Aarp, Dick Durbin, Capitol Hill, Edward L Yingling, Harry Reid, Jim Dau, Afl Cio, America Bankers Association, American Bankers Association, Center For Responsible Lending, Consumer Bankers Association, Consumer Federation Of Americ

  The nation's largest lending institutions are lobbying hard to block a proposal in Congress that would give bankruptcy judges greater latitude to rewrite mortgages held by financially strapped homeowners.

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• Rebate Fact and Fiction

  Published: February 21, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Rebate, Fact, And, Fiction, Internal Revenue Service, Eric Smith, The Washington Post Company, Linda Stiff, Michelle Singletary, Aarp, National Public Radio Inc, U S Department Of Veterans Affairs

  The recent economic stimulus bill passed by Congress and signed by the president promises checks in the mail to millions of taxpayers. But the question of how much you get -- and when -- will no doubt result in some confusion.

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