Question: I'm 30 years old and have savings of about $50,000. I've never invested in stocks or mutual funds, but I would like to start. Can you recommend some resources that can help educate me about investments and give me a better understanding of how they work? --Suresh T., Jacksonville, Florida
The remains of the first American officer shot down in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, identified on August 2, will be taken to Jacksonville, Florida, for burial, said a family spokeswoman.
Question: I've been a do-it-yourself investor for more than 20 years. But now that I've rolled my 401(k) into my IRA, I'm dealing with a rather large portfolio. I can't afford to make mistakes with this money, but the prospect of paying someone several thousand dollars a year to invest is a little unnerving. I'm considering investing some of the money myself and having an investment manager oversee $400,000 to $500,000 of it. Do you think this is a good plan? --G.C., Jacksonville, Florida
Armed with signs reading "no taxation without deliberation" and "stop bankrupting America," tens of thousands of people spent national tax day at organized "tea party" demonstrations across the country, protesting what some view as excessive government spending and bailouts.
Five people were killed in a boating accident near Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday evening, a rescue official said.
The signs in the window of Jay Kos, an upscale men's wear boutique on Park Avenue in Manhattan, seemed at best cheeky, at worst clueless. Surrounded by glaring economic-crisis headlines cut out of newspapers, they said, "Cashmere sweater: $2,500. Recession price: $2,500." "Lamb's fleece jacket: $11,000. Recession price: $11,000."
The Tennessee Titans are short-handed at cornerback heading into Sunday's game with the New York Jets.
What is it about the Cowboys that seems to capture so many people's fancy? Capture so many fancy people? Fancy capturing so many people! I mean, is it the arrival of rodeo season or what? Personally I find it kind of a rich boys' team with an apathetic fan base.
Everyone zipped their lips. But why?
The news out of Jacksonville Monday morning that approximately 25 percent of the fans for Sunday night's Steelers-Jags contest were waving yellow Terrible Towels came as no surprise to me. The Steelers have the most dominant fan base in the National Football League and their ability to consistently travel, en masse, and infest other team's stadiums gives the Steelers a competitive advantage that no other franchise can claim.
Question: I'm 30 years old and have savings of about $50,000. I've never invested in stocks or mutual funds, but I would like to start. Can you recommend some resources that can help educate me about investments and give me a better understanding of how they work? --Suresh T., Jacksonville, Florida
The remains of the first American officer shot down in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, identified on August 2, will be taken to Jacksonville, Florida, for burial, said a family spokeswoman.
Question: I've been a do-it-yourself investor for more than 20 years. But now that I've rolled my 401(k) into my IRA, I'm dealing with a rather large portfolio. I can't afford to make mistakes with this money, but the prospect of paying someone several thousand dollars a year to invest is a little unnerving. I'm considering investing some of the money myself and having an investment manager oversee $400,000 to $500,000 of it. Do you think this is a good plan? --G.C., Jacksonville, Florida
Armed with signs reading "no taxation without deliberation" and "stop bankrupting America," tens of thousands of people spent national tax day at organized "tea party" demonstrations across the country, protesting what some view as excessive government spending and bailouts.
Five people were killed in a boating accident near Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday evening, a rescue official said.
The signs in the window of Jay Kos, an upscale men's wear boutique on Park Avenue in Manhattan, seemed at best cheeky, at worst clueless. Surrounded by glaring economic-crisis headlines cut out of newspapers, they said, "Cashmere sweater: $2,500. Recession price: $2,500." "Lamb's fleece jacket: $11,000. Recession price: $11,000."
The Tennessee Titans are short-handed at cornerback heading into Sunday's game with the New York Jets.
What is it about the Cowboys that seems to capture so many people's fancy? Capture so many fancy people? Fancy capturing so many people! I mean, is it the arrival of rodeo season or what? Personally I find it kind of a rich boys' team with an apathetic fan base.
Everyone zipped their lips. But why?
The news out of Jacksonville Monday morning that approximately 25 percent of the fans for Sunday night's Steelers-Jags contest were waving yellow Terrible Towels came as no surprise to me. The Steelers have the most dominant fan base in the National Football League and their ability to consistently travel, en masse, and infest other team's stadiums gives the Steelers a competitive advantage that no other franchise can claim.
While the bankruptcy filing rate for those under 55 has fallen, it has soared for older Americans, according to a new analysis from the Consumer Bankruptcy Project
U.S. government scientists are one step closer to publishing a rule aimed at protecting the endangered right whale from ship strikes.
The fickle storm that stuck around for five days and carved a dizzying path that included three separate landfalls dumped more than two feet of rain in some places
James Gandolfini, who starred on the hit HBO series, is selling off 24 outfits, including the button-down blue shirt he wore in the opening credits and the bathrobe he donned to fetch the morning newspaper
Dear FSB: I sold my small, family-owned business recently but retained a business loan on the equipment we owned. I have a lien on the equipment and personal guarantees from the new owners that they will continue paying the loan, but I'm considering selling the note. Where can I find out information about doing this? What are the pros and cons of selling a business loan? Thank you.
A search is under way for a pregnant 20-year-old Marine who has been missing from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, since December 14.
If there was an overriding theme to Week 17, it was that this year's playoff field best hope that the traditional December emphasis on building momentum heading into the postseason is vastly overrated.
Four people were killed and several injured after an explosion Wednesday at a chemical plant sent a thick plume of smoke over a section of Jacksonville, authorities said.
1. EAST: Patriots (9-0). The countdown to perfection is on. They lead the league in scoring, and the remaining schedule is favorable. Still, coach Bill Belichick and his company men want us to believe his team is fallible. Scout's Take: "There are weaknesses. The running game is inconsistent, the defense has some age on it, and the linebackers are vulnerable in pass coverage. But bottom line, as long as Tom Brady stays healthy, I don't see them losing."
NEW YORK -- Next weekend, the NFL's great leap into international football will begin. And if the NFL has its way, you'll barely notice. Neither will the players.
Today marks 6 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Ah, the wonders of technology. The next time you call an 800 number to place an order from a catalog, a Web site or an infomercial, you may be speaking to a customer-service agent who is working at home.
The Department of Veterans Affairs knew for months that shower heads, handrails and other fixtures posed serious suicide risks to Seattle-area psychiatric patients, but refused to fix the problems
The PGA Tour has come a long way since 1978, when it began construction on itsflagship Tournament Players Club, the Stadium course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte VedraBeach, Fla.
GREENHOUSE GASES The average American's use of transportation and electricity releases 10 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year. The goods and services she consumes are responsible f...
MIAMI -- Edgerrin James is a better man than I, at least when it comes to athletic ability, energy (the man views sleep as an occasional indulgence) and decency.
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- There are 2,143 miles between Helena, Mont., and Flowery Branch, Ga. One potential driving route has 11 states between Montana's capital city and this distant suburb of Atlanta. Google Maps times it as a 30-hour trip doing a modest 65 miles per hour. Notoriously speedy Atlantans could probably make it in 20.
So you survived the line at airport security, the elbow jousting on an oversold flight, and the marathon trek from Gate 99 to the curb. Too bad the misery doesn't end there.
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Two Oregon couples Tuesday claimed the second-largest lottery jackpot in history -- an announced $340 million -- which the woman who bought the ticket called "a tremendous blessing."
My husband is 60 and I am 56. Since house prices are rising so rapidly, we're thinking of taking some of the equity in the condo we own and using it to buy a second property. We'd then rent that one out and use the money to pay off our debts prior to retiring. What are the pros and cons?
Tropical Storm Tammy came ashore just south of the Georgia-Florida border Wednesday evening, hours after popping up off Florida's northeast coast, the National Hurricane Center said.
If you don't care much for talk radio, or you don't live in the South, the name Neal Boortz might not ring a bell. But pay attention: Around 4 million people nationwide catch his radio show. It's N...
If you don't care much for talk radio, or you don't live in the South, the name Neal Boortz might not ring a bell.
A man whose pioneering flying career with the U.S. Navy began in the age of biplanes and ended in the jet age has died. Retired Navy Capt. Roy "Butch" Voris, an original Blue Angel, died at his home in Monterey, California. He was 86.
VIC marks, palms pressed together, arms extended, paces back and forth, pumping up his team like a football coach before a big game. "We are the biggest and the baddest," he says, his black suit ha...
Less than two months after moving to Savannah, Angela Ashley got the kind of call every parent dreads. As she was leaving work to pick up her son Kyle, 10, after school, her 13-year-old daughter Av...
As more than 80,000 fans pack Alltel Stadium for the Super Bowl on Sunday, dozens of state-of-the-art cameras will be focused on them -- and a team of highly trained officers will be alert for suspicious activity.
It was a spectacular year for Dwight Cooper, CEO of PPR, a nurse-staffing firm in Jacksonville. Last year his eight-year-old company cut its debt by almost half and launched a new business line—rec...
It's too bad we're locked into having the Super Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla., this year.
Dear Armchair Millionaire: My wife and I just got married and we want to map out our financial future together. We don't want to be one of those couples that doesn't talk about money and doesn't think out our shared goals. What are your suggestions for people like us who are just starting out? -- Just Married, Jacksonville, FL
Evangelist Billy Graham was in stable condition Thursday recovering from hip surgery he underwent Tuesday night at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, a spokesman for the hospital said.
I realize that Dr. Robert Atkins died, but I keep hearing about his diet. What's up?
If a patient is suffering from progressive primary biliary cirrhosis, a fatal liver disease, there are two possible scenarios: (1) He dies, which until not long ago was the only outcome; (2) He re...
The potential for widespread disease and destruction from a biological, chemical, or nuclear attack is real, but we must keep things in perspective. While the stakes are high, the risks are quite l...
I remember my grandmother asking my grandfather if he wanted her to sew his pants, to which he replied, "What? You want to go to France?" We had lots of fun at my grandfather's expense, but it's no...
You hate the way you feel. A dark cloud hangs over you, blotting out the sunlight. There's no escape, no hope. You're used to handling stress, but this is different; it's out of your control. Ask a...
You get a prescription, you pop your pills, and in a few days you feel better. Sounds easy. But taking medicine is not as simple as it seems. And we'd do a much better job of treating what ails us ...
After a year in which Americans endured a terrorist attack, layoffs, a stock market swoon and news of billion-dollar corporate swindles, we wanted to gauge the mood of affluent Americans. Are they worried? What, if anything, are they changing about their financial lives? How much is enough to feel rich? What do they think their chances are of becoming wealthy? What's the best way to do it? What does affluence mean to them, anyway?
In view of what's happening in the world these days, it's a wonder everyone doesn't have high blood pressure. Maybe they do. More than a quarter of the people in the U.S. with high blood pressure, ...
Coronary heart disease kills almost six times more women than breast cancer does. Even so, if you ask a woman what disease she's most afraid of, her answer will likely be breast cancer.
"Break a leg" may be good luck in the theater but not when it comes to osteoporosis. The disease causes bones to become more porous, gradually making them brittle--and it causes 1.5 million fractur...
The symptoms of a heart attack aren't necessarily obvious. People talk of chest pain, but it's usually pressure or a squeezing sensation. This is called angina, and it occurs when blood flow in one...
Last year many of us lived in dread that the axman would come knocking at our cubicles. It was no idle threat: By the end of the year, 2.6 million more Americans were unemployed. But the blizzard o...
An informed consumer is the best customer, but have you tried navigating your way through the maze of health information in the news these days?
Anthrax is today's big story. Tomorrow's could be smallpox--a highly contagious disease that's fatal 30% of the time. There's no treatment for smallpox. The good news, such as it is, is this: If a ...
Starve a cold, feed a fever. A lot of upper-airway secretions are swallowed when you have a cold, and this can decrease appetite by filling you up. It's also true that a fever will raise your metab...
Not long ago, a patient who asked his physician about acupuncture would have probably gotten a dirty look. Today some medical doctors have incorporated acupuncture into their practices, and studies...
In case you haven't noticed, medicine is in the throes of tremendous technological change. MRIs are scanning areas never before seen. The human genome is being explored. Commonplace procedures toda...
If I told you I could prescribe something that would prevent heart disease, diabetes, and obesity, and make you feel great, you'd be at the drugstore in a heartbeat. But hold on. I'm talking about ...
Years ago I asked a wise old mentor about the secret of long life. Was it diet, exercise, not smoking, something else? Without skipping a beat he answered, "Attitude." The first step to staying hea...
Stress has become part of everyday life--40% of U.S. workers feel it on the job--but not all stress is bad. Most of my patients would be bored to tears without stressful challenges in their lives. ...
What's the latest on cell phones and brain tumors?
"I can't believe it. I gained five pounds last year. But I'll take them off. Honest."
By now, most people know that the French have a low risk of heart disease despite their high-fat diet. It's called the French paradox, and it's widely believed to result from their generous consump...
Once or twice a week I get a call from a patient who's just heard about a new early-warning test for cancer, heart disease, or some other serious condition and wants to know why my office hasn't ca...
One of my patients, a 48-year-old woman, recently complained of having difficulty sleeping. She was also experiencing wild mood swings and hot flashes. She was convinced she was suffering from a ra...
When I hear that a patient has been diagnosed with colon cancer or, worse yet, that the cancer has spread outside the colon, I feel a twinge of pain. Almost all colon cancers are preventable. End o...
In the U.S., prostate cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer among men (skin cancer is first) and the second leading cause of cancer death (after lung cancer). It's also the subject of...
Stress is a popular topic. So's prostate cancer. But the thing most of my patients want to talk about is diet. They've all got friends who've lost 20 pounds in two weeks on a steak and bacon-and-eg...
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Remember this shot of the Tobacco Seven, the collection of industry honchos who swore before Congress that they believed cigarettes are not addictive? In the two years since those hearings, much ha...
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THERE's a musical management message in Frank Sinatra's bouncy 1959 1959 hit "High Hopes," wherein an industrious ant confounds the skeptics by moving an entire rubber tree plant. That could serve ...
My goal is to ensure that I am secure for retirement at the age of 62," says Paul Moody, 49, a mail carrier in Jacksonville. He's pursuing that end with a combination of high energy and professiona...
ONCE YOU HAVE A FIVE-FIGURE INVESTING STAKE, you should aim to build a diversified group of four or more different types of funds, putting no more than 25% of your portfolio in any one category. Fo...
THE WORLD'S AIRLINE industry seems on the brink of a historic shift. For years the only formula for profits was the hub and spoke system. By pulling in passengers from smaller cities, like Jacksonv...
If you are among the two-thirds of credit-card holders who don't pay bills in full each month, you may consider it a gift when your bank lowers the minimum sum you have to pay. Since the mid-1980s,...
TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Commission on Human Rights has ruled that a male jail guard who was fired for dressing like a woman was the target of discrimination based on a disability -- transsexuali...
David and Jeanne Albaneze, 39 and 34, sure know how to take advantage of today's still squishy real estate market. The couple (pictured at right) are trading up from a $250,000 home to one worth ne...
What a coincidence that your October story on why people live best in the U.S.A. was waiting for my husband and me when we returned from a visit to Ellis Island. Standing in the building there, I'd...
Feeding school kids has never been a picnic. But things are getting even tougher in the cafeteria, what with shrinking school budgets, mounting federal paperwork requirements, and smaller allocatio...
Most home sellers resist auctioning their houses, considering it an act of desperation. Auctions can deliver a better bottom line than many people realize, however, and are often only a bit more co...
Not long ago, if you wanted to shelter your income from taxes, you could choose from a long list of tempting investments. There were rental properties, oil and gas limited partnerships, fully deduc...
Mabel Chrystie, 85, of Jacksonville, Fla. has been hospitalized 15 times in 10 years for circulatory, heart and back ailments. During that time, she has not been able to pay her bills or balance he...
IRAS Q. The article ''IRAs: Do or Die'' (March 1988), which advised against making nondeductible IRA contributions, did not address those of us who contributed to our IRAs at the beginning of each ...
Tom and JoAnn Fitzgerald aren't your typical big-spending baby boomers: they don't own the ultimate driving machine; Reebok running shoes aren't their speed; when they dine out, they favor hot Mexi...
While inflation rose only 1.7% in the past 12 months, medical costs shot up 7.3%. As the table shows, doctors' bills vary. Generally, metropolitan medics charge more than those in smaller cities do...
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