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Rising debt plaguing seniors' Golden Years

BALTIMORE -- Norman Harvel is growing old under a mountain of debt. At 60, Harvel faces medical and credit card bills topping $80,000. Yet he is unable to work, having been injured at a job site more a decade ago. The former building maintenance worker now lives on $904 a month in Social Security disability benefits. More »

Wisconsin vote may augur dangerous national trend

Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin, a Republican whose agenda of union busting and gutting public services outraged many in the state, became the only governor to have survived a recall election in American history last week as he prevailed over his Democratic opponent, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. More »