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...sure I'm not the only one contemplating this question. Named after section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code, these plans can be a terrific tax-advantaged way to save for college, but many of these accounts have been seriously thwacked in the bear market. As of Feb. 28, half of 529 portfolios had one-year returns of -30%, and a third had returns of -40% or less, according to Morningstar, which tracks the performance of over 3,600 plan portfolios. In some cases, 529 investors may not have been well informed of the risks. On April 13, the state...
...what effect does your personality have on your longevity? Do some kinds of temperaments lead to longer lives? A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at this question by examining the personality traits of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100. (The study chose the offspring of centenarians because they are easier to follow over time than the very aged since they don't die as often before follow-up interviews can be conducted. Also, children of those who live to 100 are themselves likelier to live longer.) (See pictures...
...Upcoming excavations of Flores spearheaded by Mike Morwood, the lead researcher of the Australian-Indonesian team that first unearthed the bones, may help answer the essential question, as Falk puts it, "When did the first [hobbit ancestors] get to the island, and what did they look like...
...Bill Clinton took care to point out, it's the good guys who have been winning lately in Russia, the Middle East and other areas far more vital to American interests than Haiti. Nonetheless, the Haitian's anguished question had a point. Some extremely bad guys in his poverty-stricken Caribbean nation had just won a round in a showdown with the world's lone superpower. Not necessarily the decisive round; at week's end Haiti's military leaders were backing off a bit from their early defiance. But if the showdown goes the wrong way, other bad guys around...
...beloved Fido or Fluffy, offering dogs, cats and other domestic animals "first class pet travel" in the cabin instead of the cargo hold. Pets even get access to a special arrival lounge. Sadly, you can't fly with your baby; the aircraft are for animals only. Which begs the question, how is that different from every other airline you'd normally fly? Service starts between select cities - New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago and Los Angeles - on July 14. Fares start...