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...Middle Awash in the early 1990s that was the previous record holder, he realized that the two creatures were very similar. But the older one's teeth, while different from an ape's, do have a number of characteristics that are decidedly more apelike than those of the younger hominid...
...subspecies, or variant, of ramidus and has given it the name Ardipithecus ramidus kadabba. (The name is derived from the local Afar language. Ardi means ground or floor; ramid means root; and kadabba means basal family ancestor. In accordance with the sometimes bizarre nomenclature of science, the younger creature now gets renamed Ardipithecus ramidus ramidus...
...Living beyond your means. Too many of us love to buy now and pay later. Metropolitan Life estimates younger boomers have amassed personal debt equal to 95% of their income. Between paying off the mortgage and saving for the kids' education, there's little extra cash to put away for the golden years. Solution: Start paying off those credit cards now. Whittle down as much as you can afford each month--and save. If you start today by investing $150 monthly (with an 8% return), you will have about $27,625 after 10 years, according to Putnam Investments. Start three...
...financial shape of Social Security in the worst possible light," says William D. Novelli, executive director of the AARP. Social Security will need fixing, but it is far from being on the brink of financial collapse, argue critics of the commission. The panel's report tries "to convince younger Americans" that Social Security is "falling apart and that a radical solution is needed to fix it," says Congressman Robert Matsui, the senior Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee's Social Security subcommittee. "Unfortunately, this commission's foregone solution of individual [retirement]accounts is the worst possible reform...
...Bush and his top aides argue that allowing Americans to put a part of their Social Security nest egg into personal retirement accounts makes good sense for the retirees and the system as a whole. The return on Social Security is pitifully low, they complain, an argument appealing to younger voters who are just starting to pay into the system. They have more experience than their elders in playing the stock market where there can be higher returns. "It's wrong to mislead people with promises of 'trust the government, you'll be fine,'" says Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill...