Feb 10th, 2010 · Legislation to spur jobs with tax breaks for companies that hire the unemployed may also help some senators hold on to their jobs. A Senate jobs bill would delay cuts in what Medicare pays doctors to assuage fears of the elderly, a powerful voting bloc.
Dec 12th, 2009 · Speck Mellencamp made a deal with his father that if 1 million people join a Facebook group he created, then the elder Mellencamp will kick the habit. The musician has tried to quit before, his son says. The difference this time may be the huge audience.
Dec 8th, 2009 · Nearly one in three adults in the U.S. takes care of a family member or friend. The time and energy put into caregiving make it an unpaid job.
Dec 8th, 2009 · A new study says that 66 million Americans provide care for an elderly parent, family member or a disabled child, and that caregiving has become an unpaid, part-time job. On average, caregivers provide 19 hours of help a week, and this causes people to miss work or to quit work altogether.
Nov 30th, 2009 · On a chilly, wet October afternoon, the prodigiously talented young jazz pianist Eldar visited the KPLU performance studio in Seattle. He warmed things up immediately with his outgoing personality and stunning solo piano playing.
Nov 27th, 2009 · Up, the smash-hit animated adventure about a grouchy elderly man, a chubby scout, a 13-foot bird and a house borne aloft by balloons, is now out on DVD. Director and screenwriter Pete Docter talks about the joys of researching and creating animated films.
Nov 26th, 2009 · Storyteller Bailey White continues her tradition of writing an original tale on Thanksgiving. She tells the tale of a relationship between a young house painter and an elderly woman. The young man is getting married, and his bride wants him to arrive on horseback — but he doesn't know how to ride a horse. The old lady suggests that he walk instead, which upsets the bride-to-be.
Nov 24th, 2009 · June O'Neill says the national debt would grow and the elderly on Medicare would suffer, but her successors at the Congressional Budget Office disagree.