Italy's Emma Morano, the world's oldest person, dies at 117

Emma Morano, at 117 the world's oldest person who is also believed to have been the last surviving person born in the 1800s, died Saturday at her home in northern Italy, her physician said.Dr. Carlo Bava told The Associated Press by phone that Morano's caretaker had called him to say she ( Read more... )

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Elizabeth Warren is the surrogate he was supposed to be. His supporters have become Clinton’s. How Sanders overplayed his hand.On Monday, Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren campaigned together in Cincinnati. Their message was clear: Donald Trump is a “thin-skinned bully who is driven by greed and hate,” as Warren put it, and the Democratic Party ( Read more... )

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Sue Everhart, Georgia GOP Chairwoman, Warns Of 'Free Ride' Gay Marriage Fraud

Georgia GOP Chairwoman Sue Everhart warned that straight people might enter into fraudulent gay marriages to obtain benefits, the Marietta Daily Journal reported Saturday.

"You may be as straight as an arrow, and you may have a friend that is as straight as an arrow,” ( Read more... )

Can the Republicans Be Saved From Obsolescence?

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A woman in her 80s left at home in Surrey without medication, food, or water for nine days after a care agency shut down has died in hospital. Gloria Foster was admitted to Epsom Hospital nearly two weeks ago after being found at her home in Banstead. Her home care provider, Carefirst24 in Sutton, south London, closed after a raid by the UK Border ( Read more... )

Japanese Elderly Knit a Safety Net

HICHIGAHAMA, Japan-Every Tuesday in this tsunami-ravaged fishing village, the "Yarn Alive" knitting club meets-an accidental support group for a handful of the thousands of elderly Japanese still homeless after disaster swept away their lives nearly a year ago."It cheers me up so much that I don't even feel ( Read more... )

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SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) - It was a slow-moving Occupy Wall Street protest, but it was an effective one. A dozen senior citizens calling themselves “the wild old women” succeeded in closing a Bank of America branch in Bernal Heights Thursday ( Read more... )