Is there a retirement saving crisis in the U.S.? A study recently released by the National Institute on Retirement Security shows we are in bad shape. Retirement saving is dangerously low especially for people without retirement accounts. Let’s take a look at the data.
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The more decisions a woman reported making on her own the less likely she was to have sex.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers examined the relationships between married women’s autonomy and the regularity of their sexual relations.
Men hate household chores according to a new study.
It’s hardly a suprise to any wife — men don’t like doing household chores and they become aggressive if asked to do so, suggests a new study.
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Household chores can be bad for your heart.
New research shows worrying about household chores such as cleaning, getting the car serviced and paying the bills may be even worse for your heart.
Dust Ball Vacuum
The automated Dust Ball Vacuum looks so alien that if you did have one of these sitting idly in your living room you’d be extra careful lest icky things suddenly crawl out its pores all.
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This family is part of a growing trend of Americans living in a multigenerational household.
The number of people living under one roof is growing for the first time in more than a century, a fallout of the recession that could reduce demand for housing and slow the recovery.The Census Bureau had projected the average household size would continue to fall to 2.53 this year. Instead, the average is likely to hit 2.63, a small but significant increase because it is a turnabout.
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Gutkowski’s are making room in their home for the in-laws.
Most in-laws visit for a weekend or a holiday. Tom Gutkowski’s in-laws are about to move in — for good.
This summer, his mother- and father-in-law will settle into a 1,200-square-foot attached apartment Gutkowski and his wife are completing on their Roxbury Township home. In return for room and board, the younger couple will get help raising their two young children, Derek, 3, and Taylor, 2.
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A roommate prepares a meal in their overcrowded apartment that is share by two couples in Chinatown
Like many Chicago-area residents who’ve lost their homes to foreclosure, Alondra Navarette had nowhere to turn when forced to leave her spacious house earlier this year. The struggling maid could no longer afford her ballooning mortgage payments when house-cleaning jobs dried up. So she moved into the already cramped basement apartment occupied by her daughter and a roommate on Chicago’s Northwest Side.
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Japanese car maker Mitsubishi has announced their next all electric vehicle called the i MiEV SPORT AIR.
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Tez Patel, an engineer and industrial designer has created the perfect user-friendly and eco-friendly refrigerator. Though he suggests his eco-fridge, “Oceania,” is designed for the year 2020, it sure would be nice if a big kitchen appliance manufacturer made it happen sooner. A fridge can use up to 15 percent of our household energy!
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Are you shattered because you haven’t found a soul mate for yourself? Well, there’s a better way out than heading to the matrimonial: build a mate for yourself. Remember when the world witnessed the Canadian Fembot earlier, it didn’t like you touching her breasts and made sure you know that with a slap, we knew something more feminine could be expected here. Perhaps we weren’t wrong; here she is back in a perfect lady makeover.
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People around the United Kingdom have been in for a big surprise. A seven meter three tonne metal man has been wandering in their midst. Who (or what) is he and why is he here? Is the Earth about to stand still? Hardly, but like Klaatu he brings a message to which we should really listen!
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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