This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. Jay Gamel, 76, still talks about his Northern California home in the present tense, as if nothing had happened. “The place is a paradise by any measure,” says Gamel, who is semiretired. “The mountains are beautiful, the surroundings are gorgeous. It’s a postcard.” …
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Hello there and happy new year! I hope you had a lovely holiday season! I didn’t mean to take two weeks away, but I’ve been busy getting the Christmas decor put away and it took longer than I thought. I forgot when I was putting it up that I have …
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Renovating a home can be a costly and time-consuming undertaking. But a relative lack of funds doesn’t have to keep you from pursuing the home renovations you have always wanted. With the right approach to your renovations, you can minimize your costs without sacrificing the quality of the end results. …
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Vice President Mike Pence plans to get the coronavirus vaccine live on TV on Friday, and President-elect Joe Biden will get his early next week, according to reports late Wednesday. Axios reported that Pence will get his shot Friday morning at the White House, and wants it to be carried …
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Getty Images Looking forward to finally turning the page on 2020 and optimistically embracing a reversal of fortune in the new year? Not so fast, according to the United Nations. “ ‘2021 is literally going to be catastrophic based on what we’re seeing at this stage of the game’ ” …
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A trio of promising coronavirus vaccine candidates has raised hopes that America appears poised to finally turn the corner in the pandemic. But the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cautions that there’s still a cold, hard winter ahead. “ “December and January and February are going …
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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Dow’s recovery since March is impressive but says nothing about how long the bull market will run, writes Mark Hulbert. See full story. Some Americans may get hundreds of dollars more in Social Security benefits under Biden’s proposed change Joe Biden wants a minimum Social Security benefit …
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Alex Trebek Getty Images “ ‘Crashes are a golden opportunity to make money, because the American economy is always solid enough to rebound.’ ” That’s Alex Trebek, the beloved longtime host of “Jeopardy!” who died on Sunday at the age of 80, opening up about his approach to money and …
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Getty Images “ ‘We have borrowed so much that I’m skeptical that three to five years out that equities will give us any kind of return.’ ” That’s billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller talking about how a Democratic sweep of the White House and Congress in the upcoming elections could prove …
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