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Are You Smarter Than a 20-Something?

Posted on 02/8/2013 by | Washington Watch | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsLet the truth be known: Older is wiser. Or at least more knowledgeable about the world around us. This from the latest “News IQ Quiz” conducted by the Pew Research Center, which uses a set of 13 pictures, maps, graphs and symbols to test knowledge of current affairs. Just 46 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds were able to identify John Kerry as  President Obama’s nominee for secretary of state (the survey was conducted before Kerry was confirmed by the Senate …

70% of Veterans Who Commit Suicide Are 50+

Posted on 02/1/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Home & Family | Personal HealthBy Kevin Freking of The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of veterans who commit suicide each day is more than 20 percent higher than the Department of Veterans Affairs has previously estimated, but the problem doesn’t appear to be getting worse for veterans compared with the rest of the country, according to a VA study released Friday. Indeed, the overall percentage of suicides by veterans has declined in recent years. VA researchers say the trend suggests that efforts …