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...Amid such a complicated landscape, some experts question whether there could ever be enough education to adequately prepare Americans for financial life. A better solution, these critics contend, is to reform the system. "What works is creating institutions that make it easy to do the right thing," says David Laibson, a Harvard economics professor who, like Mandell, has decided after years of research that education isn't a silver bullet. One idea being discussed in Washington is the automatic IRA. Employers would have to enroll each worker in a personal retirement-savings account unless that worker decided...
Perhaps what's most important to remember amid the thicket of memory games, iPhone apps and other newfangled gadgetry is to just do something - preferably something novel - that engages your brain. Oh, and make sure you enjoy it too. "If you hate going to the gym," notes Bill Thies, chief medical officer for the Alzheimer's Association, "you're not going to go there on a regular basis...
Just weeks after authorities gunned down Arturo Beltrán Leyva, one of Mexico's most dangerous drug lords, police arrested his brother Carlos, also a member of the infamous Beltrán Leyva cartel. The arrest comes amid rising violence: 29 people were killed in drug-related attacks in a 24-hour period in Ciudad Juárez, whose turf battles between rival cartels have made it Mexico's deadliest city...
...spat may be a minor compared to incidents in the past - the two countries fought a bloody border war in 1979, and in 1988 a naval battle near the Spratlys left 70 Vietnamese sailors dead. But it comes amid a steady buildup of Chinese might in the region. Ralf Emmers, an expert on the South China Sea and associate professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore, says the Chinese tourism gambit is a move "to make its sovereignty claims over these islands a fait accompli." Vietnam watchers point to an escalation of tensions since...
...sermons have nothing at all to do with radical ideology; they are simple translations from the Koran and stories about the life of the Prophet Muhammad. Al-Awlaki appeals to Muslim immigrants who worry that their English-speaking children are unable to connect to their faith. "He's lived amid such people, and he understands their dilemmas very well," says Jarret Brachman, author of Global Jihadism: Theory and Practice and former director of research at West Point's Combating Terror Center. "He's giving them an option, telling them, 'Here's how to be good Muslims when...