Silver surfers: New social networking Web site Genkvetch geared to seniors
McClatchy Newspapers
3/23/2009, by Lois K. Solomon
Sun Sentinel (MCT) - Facebook, shmacebook. Senior citizens want their own social networking sites. Marilyn Carroll, 61, says her peers want jokes, movie reviews, book recommendations and recipes. They also want to make new friends and reconnect with old ones, but refuse to plod through complicated ...
Board games gain as economy dips
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3/23/2009, by Rachael Bogert
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Staying in is the new going out. The state of the economy seems to worsen daily, so more families are staying at home, trying to find ways to bond without blowing cash.
Enter the board game.
Since the economy began its dive, board game sales have been rising, ...
‘Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without'
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3/19/2009, by Tim Woodward
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Walt Gray was 9 when his father died just before the start of the Great Depression. By age 10, Walt was peddling magazines on the streets to help his family make ends meet. "No one's had to buy me a pair of shoes since I was 10," the retired Meridian, Idaho, salesman ...
Role Reversal: As recession lengthens, more men are laid off and become Mr. Moms
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3/16/2009, by Marijke Rowland
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Brian Fletcher has gone from the daily handling of motorcycle engines, brakes, clutches and gaskets to dealing daily with baby diapers, pacifiers, rattles and a stroller. The 29-year-old Turlock, Calif., resident was laid off from his job as parts manager at DH Cycles ...
Women are pitching products at house parties and door to door to ease the financial pinch
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3/16/2009, by Lini S. Kadaba
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT) - When De Ann Mensch was laid off last month for the second time in a little over a year, she did not polish her resume. Instead, the ex-bank teller (and ex-mortgage loan closer) burnished her sterling silver jewelry and her sales pitch. Now the softspoken Mensch, ...
Go ahead, unfriend ‘em
McClatchy Newspapers
3/10/2009, by Jessica Yadegaran
Contra Costa Times (MCT) - I knew I had to delete her or suffer the consequences. I'm talking about my Facebook profile, that page on the social networking site devoted to me and where 175 million other users around the world can "friend" me by sending a simple note. The female in question was an ...
More students choosing colleges based on price
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3/10/2009, by Lisa Black
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - When times were better, Susan and David Bersie considered sending their only son to an East Coast college where he could enjoy a traditional four-year education and broaden his life experiences _ an opportunity that his mom says she missed out on. But as Jake Bersie, 18, ...
Jobs even harder to find for ex-offenders, older workers, uneducated
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3/10/2009, by Halimah Abdullah
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Julie Sizemore can only imagine what employers think when her resume crosses their desks. After all, the Danville, Ky., native is an ex-convict trying to re-enter the workforce during a severe recession after having spent several years at home caring for her three ...
Parents can begin communicating early with babies by teaching them American Sign Language
McClatchy Newspapers
3/9/2009, by Debbie Cafazzo
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - At 3 months old, Regan Finn started signaling to her parents when she needed a diaper change. At about 5 months, Katie Mingus could tell her parents when she needed help with something. And when she was 8 months old, Andelyn Boothby could ask clearly and politely for ...
Students hear forceful lesson on cyberbullying
McClatchy Newspapers
3/6/2009, by Allison Pries
The Record (Hackensack N.J.) (MCT) - HACKENSACK, N.J. _ Student leaders shed tears in a Ramsey, N.J., school one Friday last month as the father of a Vermont teen recounted his son's suicide and put a face to the problem of cyberbullying. There was Ryan Halligan, playing in the sand. Riding a ...
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