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Going Solo? A Fashion Editor’s 5 Travel Tips

Posted on 12/5/2013 by Lois Joy Johnson | Beauty | Comments

Beauty & FashionMore single women 50-plus are traveling alone this winter season. Some prefer the easy package of a cruise or resort. Others head for adventure, exotic locales or the culture of a foreign city. Travel is always a challenge and safety is now an extra issue. We like feeling comfy and independent but polish gets us upgrades, service and assistance when required. After decades of schlepping around the world on photo shoots, I’ve let go of “excess baggage.” Five travel tricks …

‘Bonnie & Clyde’ Reload in New Miniseries

Posted on 12/5/2013 by Austin O'Connor | Television and Entertainment | Comments

EntertainmentDoes the world really need another Bonnie & Clyde? That’s the question you may find yourself asking midway through A&E’s new two-part miniseries about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. The notorious duo’s crime spree through the American Southwest in the early 1930s has already spawned a film, and a fairly notable one at that: The landmark 1967 version, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, stunned original audiences with its frank depiction of gun violence. >> Get entertainment and dining discounts …

‘Overstock’ Name Is Hot Holiday Hoax

Posted on 12/5/2013 by Sid Kirchheimer | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Bulletin Today | Money & Savings | TechnologyAmong the most common holiday shopping cons is cybersquatting, when scammers steal or slightly alter the name or website address of a well-known company to engage in rip-offs including identity theft, credit card fraud and sale of counterfeit goods. This holiday season, “Overstock” is certainly not being underutilized by scammers. >> You could win $10,000 and tech prizes in our Are You a Real Techie? Giveaway. See official rules The Better Business Bureau warns of a “noticeable trend” of phony websites using the word “overstock” somewhere in their domain name, “hoping to fool consumers …

¿La píldora azul no es un pasaporte al amor ni a la felicidad?

Posted on 12/5/2013 by Álvaro Valderrama | AARP Blog Author | Comments

En EspañolCuando se estrenó hace 15 años la pastilla azul, mejor conocida como Viagra, se la percibió como un verdadero “milagro” de la medicina que cambiaría las vidas de millones de hombres con impotencia sexual. Y las ha cambiado. Desde entonces, los hombres la han considerado un buen condimento para mejorar su intimidad o impulsar nuevas relaciones. Incluso quienes no padecían la enfermedad se lanzaron a probarla bien sea por entrar en la “moda”, por el “boom” o por los mitos que se …

New York Cracks Down on Sites With Payday Loan Ties

Posted on 12/5/2013 by Carole Fleck | Money and Work | Comments

Bulletin Today | Money & SavingsIda Bibbs, a 71-year-old grandmother from New York City, wasn’t looking for a loan online, but who could resist a solicitation promising quick and easy money? No banks. No credit checks. >> You could win $10,000 and tech prizes in our Are You a Real Techie? Giveaway. See official rules The result, as it turned out, was a suffocating debt trap. Bibbs says she took out one high-interest, short-term loan after another from payday lenders online. First she borrowed $400, then $300 and finally $500, all in the last year. She used the money …

Why the Risk of Dementia May Be Declining

Posted on 12/5/2013 by Sally Abrahms | Caregiving | Comments

CaregivingExercise. Keep learning. Avoid obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Treat depression and cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure and cholesterol. Stay socially active. Retire later. Have an educated mother. That prescription may prevent or postpone dementia, according to an analysis, just published in the New England Journal of Medicine, of five studies from 2005 to 2013. Experts on aging have found that the risk of dementia for individuals seems to have gone down over the last 20 years, and …