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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mailers designed to look like official government forms. Buses sporting scam pitches for Medicare websites. TV commercials featuring celebrities who encourage people to sign up for Medicare plans that do not always include their current doctors. With Medicare's open enrollment underway through Dec. 7, health experts are warning older adults about an [...]
It's not a "she shed" or a "man cave." More of a "me space." It might be a little nook beside a stairway. Or along a wall with a nice window. An enclosed balcony. A basement alcove. Even deep inside a roomy closet. In a home full of roommates or family members, there are times [...]
The ordinary brown brick building, tucked within a nondescript block on a street in the state of Delaware, would probably not garner much attention if it weren't for the razor wire and armed guards outside — hints that something important lay inside, possibly even precious. Fort Knox it is not. Yet the stash of collectibles [...]
Columbus-based Hexion may play a future role in mitigating wildfire damage to infrastructure, such as power and other utility poles, after a successful product trial in California. The company recently reported results of a trial which consisted of multiple prescribed wildfire canyon burns in partnership with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and [...]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The tents proliferating on sidewalks in downtown and residential neighborhoods across Portland, Ore., are fueling a debate that's playing out in cities nationwide as the homelessness crisis explodes: Should camping be banned anywhere except in sanctioned sites? Republican-led states including Texas and Missouri have passed laws in the past couple years [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Years after about 1,900 National Guard and Reserve soldiers were swept up in a recruiting bonus scandal, U.S. Army investigators are reviewing the cases and correcting records because some individuals were wrongly blamed and punished, Army officials said last week. The Army's Criminal Investigation Division said it will complete a review of [...]
WENDOVER, Utah (AP) — In the Utah desert, a treeless expanse of pristine white salt crystals has long lured daredevil speed racers, filmmakers and social media-obsessed tourists. It's so flat that on certain days, visitors swear they can see the curvature of the earth. The glistening white terrain of the Bonneville Salt Flats, a remnant [...]
TAMPA, Fla. — The bell-clanging car rumbled by plots that once held cigar factories but now are glossy developments, and operator Connie Cosme considered how the city had changed since she first stood behind the controls two decades ago. "That was an empty lot," she said from inside Tampa's streetcar No. 431, pointing at a [...]
NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. — When the remnants of Hurricane Ian passed by the Jersey Shore in September, chewing huge chunks out of protective sand dunes, North Wildwood asked New Jersey environmental officials for permission to do an emergency reconstruction of the sand piles. The state said no. The city did it anyway. It plans to [...]
It has been a month since Hurricane Ian wiped out parts of southwest Florida. Now multimillion-dollar cleanup contracts are generating new tempests in the Category 4 storm’s wake. The hiring spree has been funded by an $80 billion earmark to the IRS included in the climate and health-care law signed this summer. The skirmishes offer [...]