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Baby Boomers are redefining retirement

A series of studies by The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology this year found that an expected workforce shortage hasn’t been as bad as it could have been because Boomers have been reluctant to retire.

Ebola virus plagues West Africa

The Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa is “totally out of control,” according to a senior official for Doctors Without Borders, who says the medical group is stretched to the limit in responding.

 
Congress probes how IRS emails could go missing

The Internal Revenue Service commissioner said Friday the agency will not share with Congress additional details about its lost emails related to the ongoing tea party investigation until its own review is finished because he said Republicans are releasing inaccurate, interim information.

Presbyterian assembly: Gay marriage is Christian

The top legislative body of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has voted by large margins to recognize same-sex marriage as Christian in the church constitution, adding language that marriage can be the union of “two people,” not just “a man and a woman.”

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US soccer star Hope Solo arrested, domestic violence

U.S. women’s soccer star Hope Solo was arrested at a suburban Seattle home early Saturday for assaulting her sister and 17-year-old nephew, police said.

Clowns create escape for Syrian children in civil war

The Syrian children sat in guarded silence as the clowns tumbled out in a blur of colorful polka dots and suspenders, then burst into laughter as one of the performers kicked her glittery high heels into the air to the toots of a blue trombone.

 
Officials move to ban drones in U.S. national parks

The National Park Service is taking steps to ban drones from 84 million acres of public lands and waterways, saying the unmanned aircraft annoy visitors, harass wildlife and threaten safety.

Fidel Castro’s former limos reborn as Havana taxicabs

In a former life they were the “comandante’s” cars: A fleet of black, boxy, Soviet-made limousines that for years were at the disposal of the presidency in Fidel Castro’s Cuba.

1989 jogger case settles for $40 million

All but closing the books on one of the most lurid crime cases in New York history, the city has agreed to a $40 million settlement with five men who were falsely convicted in the vicious 1989 rape and beating of a Central Park jogger, a city official said Friday.

Great white shark numbers are surging, says study

A report that scientists are calling one of the most comprehensive studies of great white sharks finds their numbers are surging in the ocean off the Eastern U.S. and Canada after decades of decline — bad news if you’re a seal, but something experts say shouldn’t instill fear in beachgoers this summer.

Michael Jackson a hot commodity 5 years after his death

It’s been five years since Michael Jackson died, yet his career is more alive than it has been in decades. His estate has earned more than $600 million since the King of Pop’s untimely death at age 50.

 
CDC: more lab workers may have been exposed to anthrax

U.S. authorities increased to 84 people their count of government workers potentially exposed to live anthrax at three laboratories in Atlanta as they investigated a breach in safety procedures for handling the deadly pathogen.

Kevlar inventor, Stephanie Kwolek, dies at 90

Kwolek’s groundbreaking discovery came in 1965 while she was working on specialty fibers at a DuPont laboratory in Wilmington. She discovered a liquid crystalline solution that could be spun into exceptionally strong fibers, several times stronger by weight than steel but less dense than fiberglass.