Read more senior citizens stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25838/senior-citizens.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:35:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72726/forget-the-250-checks-obama-say-no-to-grandma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEconomists are none too impressed with Barack Obama's proposal to send each senior a cool $250, and David Leonhardt can see why. The over-65 set has weathered the recession better than anyone—many of them purchased real estate well before the housing bubble burst, and few work in the most-battered...http://www.newser.com/story/72726/forget-the-250-checks-obama-say-no-to-grandma.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 8:35:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72174/americas-most-powerful-octogenarians.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRetirement? Bah! Slate’s annual 80 for 80 list ranks America’s mightiest octogenarians, giving extra credit for post-80 achievements, and “being really, really old.” The top: Thomas Monson (82): As the head of the Mormon church, 13 million people think he’s a prophet “in the same way they view Abraham, Moses,...http://www.newser.com/story/72174/americas-most-powerful-octogenarians.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 16:25:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71776/obamas-stealth-stimulus-250-checks-to-seniors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSeniors won’t be getting a boost in their Social Security benefits this January, but President Obama tried to head off that announcement yesterday by encouraging Congress to give them all a one-time $250 check. The administration sees these payments, which would cost the government about $13 billion, as another way...http://www.newser.com/story/71776/obamas-stealth-stimulus-250-checks-to-seniors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 8:12:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71256/autopsy-shows-100-year-old-was-murdered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Massachusetts medical examiner has ruled the death of a 100-year-old nursing home patient a homicide by strangulation. Elizabeth Barrow was found dead in her room Sept. 24, with a plastic bag over her head and no obvious signs of struggle, a law enforcement source tells the Standard-Times of New...http://www.newser.com/story/71256/autopsy-shows-100-year-old-was-murdered.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 11:31:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68610/under-new-math-1-in-5-seniors-is-poor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBased on official statistics, only 10% of Americans aged 65 and older are poor, the lowest rate of any age group. But the actual number should be nearly twice that, finds the National Academy of Sciences, which has developed a new, modern way of calculating poverty that is quickly gaining...http://www.newser.com/story/68610/under-new-math-1-in-5-seniors-is-poor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Sep 2009 9:57:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66726/health-reforms-enemy-no-1-seniors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScan the ranks of health care reform malcontents at your local town hall, and you’ll notice a lot of older faces. With Democrats aiming their sales pitch mostly at middle-class Americans and the uninsured, seniors have come to fear that Medicare, their own beloved government-run health care, will face unpleasant...http://www.newser.com/story/66726/health-reforms-enemy-no-1-seniors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 9:12:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65981/in-la-youre-never-too-old-to-rap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new crop of rappers is emerging in Los Angeles, and they have one thing in common: They’re senior citizens. Hip-hop artist Keith Cross started his unorthodox rap class in 2004 to show seniors “there is positive rap out there; we just have to look for it,” he tells the...http://www.newser.com/story/65981/in-la-youre-never-too-old-to-rap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 12:33:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/44915/indian-woman-70-is-oldest-first-time-mom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 70-year-old woman in India says she gave birth to her first child in late November, making her the world’s oldest new mother, the BBC reports. Rajo Devi underwent fertility treatment so she and her husband, Bala Ram, could realize their 50-year dream of having a child. Ram is 72.http://www.newser.com/story/44915/indian-woman-70-is-oldest-first-time-mom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Dec 2008 9:19:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44334/dont-take-the-gold-out-of-americans-golden-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSnow White’s dwarf pals are so happy to go to work that they sing about it, “and they’re 71 years old,” writes Irwin Stelzer of the Weekly Standard . “So why do so many of us less vertically disadvantaged worry about” extending the retirement age? Average life expectancy at 65 has...http://www.newser.com/story/44334/dont-take-the-gold-out-of-americans-golden-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Dec 2008 15:30:01 CST