It’s a question Meryl Baer of Six Decades and Counting ponders as she and her husband traveled almost 600 miles – 300 miles in each direction – to a wedding in the mountains of Virginia. They used a paper map to avoid highways around Baltimore and Washington, finding an alternative... Read more →
Whether you’re visiting a cemetery to remember a loved one, attending a Memorial Day event, hosting a barbecue, shopping at the Memorial Day sales, traveling to an exciting destination, or relaxing at home, I hope you’re having a great Memorial Day. This is the ninth time I’ve extended Memorial Day... Read more →
Armour Eckrich Meats is recalling about 90,978 pounds of ready-to-eat sausage products that may be contaminated with pieces of metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said Wednesday. The fully cooked pork, turkey, and beef breakfast sausage items were produced and packaged from April 26 through... Read more →
About 39.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home this Memorial Day weekend, AAA projects. That’s 1 million more travelers than last year, making it the highest Memorial Day travel volume since 2005. How they’re traveling 34.6 million Americans, 88.1 percent of travelers, will drive to... Read more →
Although summer officially begins June 21, for many the season really starts during the Memorial Day weekend. Memorial Day sales provide an opportunity to get some good deals. But buyer beware, this isn’t the time to buy summer items. Dealnews.com offers these tips for getting bargains at the Memorial Day... Read more →
Recently, I visited Spain. I was really irritated by how impolite people were in use of their cell phones in public places. I heard people talking on the street, on the bus, in the metro, and at the dentist office. One woman in the dentist waiting room even took out... Read more →
Drinking one glass of wine or other alcoholic drink a day increases breast cancer risk, according to a report by the American Institute for Cancer Research and the World Cancer Research Fund. The report also showed, for the first time, that vigorous exercise such as running or fast bicycling decreases... Read more →
Photo: Capt. Phœbus Older adults can feel trapped by rising medical costs, when they’re suffering from a serious disease such as cancer, when they get stuck in traffic repeatedly, and when they’re living in the wrong place. These are the topics our baby boomer bloggers are reporting on this week.... Read more →
Arçelik A.S. is recalling of about 6,300 Blomberg and Summit electric ranges. The electric ranges can become energized because a screw wasn’t installed to secure the grounding strap during manufacturing, posing electric shock and electrocution hazards. In August 2016, a 52-year-old plumber from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, died from electrocution when... Read more →
Twenty-five percent of Americans who regularly take a prescription drug say they now pay more out of pocket than they did 12 months ago for at least one of those medications, according to a survey by Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs. Some of the price increases are substantial. Twenty-four percent... Read more →