Axed England captain John Terry is not retiring just yet from international football, a close source has revealed.

The Football Association (FA) had stripped Terry from England's captaincy after it...

Guinness World Records has recognised 102-year-old Scottish sisters as the world's oldest living twins.

Edith Ritchie and Evelyn "Evie" Middleton, who hail from Aberdeenshire, were born in 1909 and...

Among postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, increasing age is associated with a higher risk of death from breast cancer, a new study has found.

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Older male sparrows don't put much of a fight when they hear a young male singing in their territory, it probably means that younger birds aren't considered much of a threat by other sparrows, a new...

ATHENS, Greece -; Crucial talks to discuss austerity cuts in Greece broke down after eight hours Wednesday as leaders of the three parties backing the country's coalition government failed to...

This one-time program, approved Wednesday by the Board of Supervisors, allows full-time employees to end their employment between Apr. 1 and Oct. 1 and receive a $13,000 incentive payable as cash,...

An 83-year-old man has died after being attacked by a pitbull-type dog that had escaped from a neighbour's garden, Scotland Yard said. A man in his 30s was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter...

Breast cancer is often considered more deadly among younger women, but older women – particularly those over 75 – are actually more likely to die of the disease, according to an...

ATHENS, Greece -; The political leaders backing Greece's coalition government have ended their meeting after seven-and-a-half hours without an agreement on the austerity proposals of the...

Another 6000 people in northern NSW are expected to become isolated over the next few days as floodwaters continue to flow downstream, with farmers facing losses of at least $750million as a result...

Fine Treatment recommends new Thermobalancing Therapy to assist people in recovery after a heart attack. This natural therapy relieves heart pain without resorting to medication and, furthermore,...

Athens, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) After negotiations with the so-called troika of international creditors, the Greek government will try on Wednesday that its coalition partners accept the drastic cuts...

WIMAUMA, Fla. -- Authorities say a Tampa Bay area post office branch was evacuated after a car crashed into the building.The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office reports that there was major...

Scotland's head coach, Andy Robinson, has confessed that he had persuaded Dan Parks not to retire, only to reverse his decision after the fly-half's performance against England in the...

Opposing MPs trade barbs over Old Age Security reform, after the country's budget watchdog said demographic time bomb that will hit Canada once the baby boomers retire won't cause a fiscal...

Instead, she found success and a job as engage life director for Atria Senior Living in Newburyport, Mass. Atria is one employer actively seeking senior employees, finding them to be "committed,...

LAKE WALES -- The Polk County Sheriff's Office updated the media this afternoon on the separate investigations involving two women who were found dead early Tuesday. Jasper Smiddie, who was...

Federal employees would pay more toward their pensions and new employees would receive less generous retirement benefits under a House Republican plan to pay for highway...

Reporters got a chance to spend most of the day yesterday at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - getting a lesson on some of the climate science going on there and taking a tour of the Advanced Light...

Writer William Gibson talks about his new book Distrust That Particular Flavor and other fascinating subjects in this episode of The Geek Few things seem more pathetic than a science fiction writer...

OTTAWA -- The Old Age Security program in Canada can responsibly carry on its current path -- with a retirement age of 65 -- according to the country's parliamentary budget officer, who said any...

Facebook is under fire for having an all-male board of directors. The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) sent a letter to Facebook yesterday complaining that the...

Dubai: A Dh90 light bulb masquerading as a traditional bulb from the 1880s is looking for a bright future in Dubai. Segula bulbs have the same design and warm yellow glow of the early bulbs, but use...

WASHINGTON—Recent side-by-side photographic comparisons of Americans before and after he assumed the presidency have confirmed the stress of Barack Obama's time in the White House has...

THOUSANDS of elderly Kenyans are preparing to sue the British government over abuses - including torture, illegal detentions and rape - its forces allegedly committed during its suppression of a...

Facebook to expand its board of directors and diversify a panel that has no women."We are disappointed that the Facebook board will not have any women members," CalSTRS corporate governance...

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HAYWARD (KCBS) - It takes mechanics operating 24 hours a day to keep the current fleet of Bay Area Rapid Transit cars on the rails, and it’s getting more difficult by the day to keep the fleet...

Stockholm (dpa) – Nine prime ministers including Britain’s David Cameron were gathering Wednesday for informal talks concerning future challenges such as keeping senior citizens in the...

The effective retirement age has increased at the rate assumed during the planning of the 2005 pension reform. This development is also visible in the raised employment rate of older employees. ...

Medicare users stepped up their use of Medicare Advantage insurance plans in 2012 and also boosted their use of insurance plans linked with large pharmacy chains for what's called stand-alone...

The average size of a private pension fund in Ireland is €100,000 which is not enough to sustain a retiree over a 20-year period, according to the Irish Brokers Association. Representatives of...

An increased pressure in the prostate tissue caused by the lowering of the temperature in the affected area provokes its growth that can be eliminated by new Thermobalancing Therapy only, states Fine...

Senior Care Corner celebrates American Heart Month this February by helping caregivers and other family members of seniors to learn about the risk factors they can address to make positive changes to...

During tax season and while planning for the upcoming year, finding ways to be reimbursed for incontinence supplies is a question often asked of her company's product specialists and searched...

Russell's watercolors of the 19th century American West are considered to be among his finest efforts, and 16 will be in a rare exhibition from Feb. 11 through May 13, 2012. This exhibition...

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Thousands of elderly Kenyans are preparing to sue the British government over abuses - including torture, illegal detentions and rape - its forces allegedly committed during its...

breast cancer risk. The results reveal that women born to mothers aged over 39 years and women who were taller and thinner than the average girl prior to puberty have a higher breast density. This...

Both subjective and objective cognitive impairment are highly common among non-demented elderly Swedes, with an overall prevalence of 39 percent and 25 percent respectively, according to a nationwide...

Oil giant Shell plans to exclude new workers from its current final salary pension scheme from next year, and set up 'defined contribution' pensions for them instead, the NRC reports. ...

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that seniors who receive Social Security cannot reject their legal right to Medicare benefits, in a rare case of Americans suing to get out of a government...

abuse scandal in the Los Angeles Unified School District has angered many parents and left students heartbroken. And now there’s another issue brewing: pension payments for teachers accused of...