• Seniors remain in hospital after attack in Wetaskiwin-area home

  Marion (left) and Dawne Gilchrist are shown in this 2011 family photo celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. The couple was assaulted and robbed by an intruder at their Wetaskiwin-area rural property on May ...

• West county pet of the week Wrinkles

  Contributed photo Wrinkles is a charmer and loves to jump up into anyone’s arms for a hug. He is a Chihuahua mix and about 3 years old. He came from a bad situation but has left all the sadness behind. Wrinkles is at the Humane Society of Ventura County at 402 Bryant St. in Ojai. His adoption fee of $120 includes vaccinations, free veterinarian visit, ID tag, microchip implantation and ...

• Newbury Park financial planner pleads guilty to stealing from elderly client

  The District Attorney's Office said Hormell was hired by the victim's family in 2008 to manage her extensive financial holdings and oversee a monthly spending budget for her. Over the next five years, he stole more than $160,000 from her by using his access to her bank accounts and ATM card, prosecutors ...

• Woolwich suspect was victim of frenzied knife attack aged 16

  London street witnessed a murder and was himself stabbed in a frenzied knife attack five years ago, the Guardian has learned.Michael Adebowale, who was pictured holding a blade minutes after the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich on Wednesday, had been caught up in an earlier fatal incident in January 2008 when he was 16.One person was murdered in the bloody episode, having been ...

• Banana consumption increases thanks to aging populaion

  Banana consumption increases thanks to aging populaion . MAY 20, 2013 04:56. . Bananas proved to be the best-selling fruit, followed by tangerines and apples, for two consecutive years from 2011 to 2012, according to a 10-year statistics on fruit sales compiled by the Lotte Mart. Tangerine sales topped the others between 2003 and 2010.The super-supermarket said aging population was the ...

• Washington University professor steers X Prize to Alzheimers

  A Washington University professor and a team of experts won a brainstorming competition that led the X Prize Foundation to raise a $50 million prize to motivate scientists and researchers to find effective treatments and potentially a cure for Alzheimers disease. The X Prize Foundation awarded a $10 million prize in 2004 to the first company that built a spacecraft capable of carrying three ...

• Court is just as traumatic Girl who faced aggressive cross-examination aged nine says she has never recovered

  "Marie", whose real name cannot be used, is now 12, but testified in court when she was just nine. She was the key witness in the trial of her father for child sex crimes - and one of three alleged victims who came forward.Recalling the way the defence barrister spoke to her, Marie said: "It was really scary. They said I was 'clearly lying'. Then they said: 'Is it ...

• How Growth of Elderly Population in U.S. Compares with Other Countries

  Editor's Note: This article is part of a series in which the PBS NewsHour and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, explore how health care and health policy in OECD's 34 member countries compare with the United States. Below, Francesca Colombo, an OECD expert on economic impact of ageing, examines the the rapid growth of the elderly population in many ...

• Housekeeper admits stealing elderly womans ring

  Clayton, MO (KSDK) - A woman from Jefferson County has pleaded guilty to stealing charged connected to her job as a house cleaner. Angela Wisecarver, 31 of Imperial, admitted she stole property in two different instances from clients in west St. Louis County and a home in Olivette last summer while working as a contract housekeeper. One of the victims ripped off was a ninety year old woman ...

• US STOCKS-Wall Street slips on angst over longevity of Fed stimulus

  Fri May 24, 2013 10:20am EDT * Durable goods orders rise more than expected * P&G shares climb after CEO replacement * Some retailers weak after results * Indexes off: Dow 0.5 pct, S&P 0.7 pct, Nasdaq 0.7 pct By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell for a third day on Friday amid lingering concern the U.S. central bank may scale back its support to the economy. Trading has ...

• Aging Japanese judo official was sex pest

  (1 min ago) The aging Japanese director of the country’s judo federation has offered to resign over claims he sexually harassed a female judoka. Jiro Fukuda, 76, admitted to the athlete's claim that he forcibly hugged and tried to kiss her in the elevator of a Tokyo subway in 2011 but said that his memory of the incident is foggy because he was drunk, AP reports. The offer to step ...

• Elderly man dies in Tipperary crash

  The man, his early 80s, was the driver of a car which was in a crash with a truck on the M8 southbound.The crash, in the Raheenrow, happened at around 2am this morning.The man's body was taken to South Tipperary Hospital where a post-mortem examination will be carried out later today.The driver of the truck was ...

• Equipment for elderly veterans stolen from RSA

  The Hastings RSA is reeling after $50,000 worth of equipment used to help war veterans and the elderly was stolen. "It's disgusting and despicable, especially because it's for the welfare of older people," RSA president Trevor Hardie said. "We're trying to keep them in their own homes, instead of rest homes, but this has put the kibosh on that. "The property was taken overnight Wednesday from a ...

• Vienna council agrees on longevity pay rate

  VIENNA - Vienna City Council Thursday approved the first reading of an ordinance to increase the longevity pay for city employees. City council agreed to raise the longevity pay by 15 cents and change when the pay is given to hourly and salary employees. When given the raise in the past, city employees have received it on their individual hire date. However, now the city is gearing that raise to ...

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