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An elderly Vietnam-era veteran is being hounded by a government agency that is insisting he pay back a loan ...a loan he never took out. The Small Business Administration (SBA) says he took out …

Selena Higgins Social Security district manager, Normal   For nearly 90 years, Social Security has provided income protection to millions of retirees, people with …

Welcome to my little corner of culinary delights. “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.”   This is not necessarily true.  Smoke indicates that either the …

Welcome to my little corner of culinary delights. The fat that stores well in ambient temperatures is clarified butter (pure butter fat).   Another fat that stores well is lard.   …

General Question: What is the estimated average Social Security payment that a person receives each month?   Answer: The estimated average monthly Social Security …

    Scammers are always finding new ways to steal your money and personal information. The best way to defeat scammers is to know how to identify scams and to ignore suspicious …

Welcome to my little corner of culinary delights. Forgive me if I get my directions mixed up regarding France.   We were in the northwest and not yet moved to the northeast, I get confused. …

When your child turns 18 years old, they legally become an adult.  This is an important time to consider their financial future – especially if they need additional care into adulthood.

Welcome to my little corner of culinary delights. Before going westward, I wish to mention one more interest regarding the northeastern region.   There we have the province of Champagne. …

You can get your personal Social Security Statement online by using your personal  my Social Se-curity  account. If you don’t yet have an account, you can easily create one. Your online Statement gives you secure and convenient access to your earnings records.

Social Security imposter scams continue to be widespread across the United States.  Scammers use targeted, sophisticated tactics to deceive you into providing sensitive information or money.

One of the reasons that interest me about Central Italy is that I have been there.  The other is of its 15th. and 16th. century history.  It would be the time of Leonardo DaVinci, Pope Alexander VI, and especially the Medici family of Florence. 

I have egg on my face and it was not due to a cooking accident. As I was reading my December 8 article in the newspaper, I shocked myself.   I could not believe my oversight.   …

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