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Attracting and keeping older workers take some creativity. John Johns, 65, recently tried to retire from his job as a CVS pharmacist in Sea Isle City, N.J., so he and his wife Patricia could spend winters in Cocoa Beach, Fla. CVS persuaded him to keep working--by creating seasonal jobs for him in both locations. He enjoys the work, and the health plan covers his wife, who is not yet eligible for Medicare. "At this point in my life, I want to have more freedom, and they've accommodated...
DIED. FREDDIE LAKER, 83, ebullient airline-industry underdog and visionary who in the 1970s pioneered the concept of cheap fares for the masses with his short-lived but much admired Skytrain service; in Hollywood, Fla. Launched in 1978, the London-based service encouraged flyers to cross the Atlantic casually, without even booking a flight. (If a flight was full, passengers simply waited for the next one.) Though his company disbanded in 1982 after bigger airlines slashed their fares, Laker became a hero to entrepreneurs including his fellow Briton Virgin Atlantic CEO Richard Branson...
...Bill Ford, for your vision and the capable leadership of your company. They will affect the industry for generations to come. And thanks for my 2006 Mustang GT. It looks great in the garage next to the Taurus and the F-150 Ford truck. BILL HUGHES Lynn Haven, Fla...
...academic place, which I wouldn’t have predicted. There’s been a lot of crying.”“Thin” follows four women who suffer from eating disorders during their stays at the Renfrew Center, an eating disorder treatment facility in Fla. While their experiences are marked by clashes with staff members, tensions between patients, and bouts of severe depression, by far the most wrenching scenes involve food, and Micheli’s camera never falters as the women struggle to force down cupcakes and, more than once, give in to purging...
...Deficit Reduction Act seeks to curb the unsustainable growth rate of mandatory programs that are set to consume 62 percent of our total federal budget in the next decade if left unchecked,” said Rep. Adam H. Putnam, R—Fla, according to the Associated Press...