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...your grown kids. Nine in 10 parents of adult children admit to having helped their kids financially - and a third of them concede that this aid is setting back their retirement aspirations, according to financial advisers at Ameriprise. "Have the courage to say no," says Renee Porter-Medley, a financial planner at Key Private Bank in Fort Myers, Fla. State colleges and small weddings are fine; you are under no obligation to help with a down payment. If the kids need money, let them get loans. They have decades to repay them; you can always help out later...
...people say Wikipedia is facts, but a lot of it is analysis and interpretation. If you're talking about why the U.S. got into World War II, that's all analysis and opinion," says Foodista CEO Barnaby Dorfman, who launched the site nine months ago. Likewise, he says, "if you asked 100 people what's in apple pie, you're going to get tight agreement about the fact that it has apples, cinnamon, sugar, a crust and probably some lemon. I really feel like we're on the path to focusing the agreement and highlighting the disagreement and the creativity...
...best chocolate-chip cookies I've ever had: the ones that chef Kerry Simon, of the restaurants Simon in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, includes with a glass of milk on his platter of Rice Krispies treats, cotton candy, sno balls and other childhood favorites. (See nine kid foods to avoid...
...previous week had not been kind to Harvard. After opening the season by winning eight of its first nine matches, the Crimson sputtered to a 1-1 draw with Cornell, an early setback in its quest for the Ivy League title. The midweek trip to Connecticut followed. The 4-0 loss to the Huskies marked the first game this season that Harvard had allowed more than one goal. In a matchup that was billed as a battle between two of the nation’s top defenses, the lopsided scoreline served as an embarrassing reminder that most of the Crimson?...
...Crimson was able to pull things together in the fourth quarter, with two touchdown drives and nine first downs, compared to just three first downs for the Leopards...