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Two New York City corrections officials were lavished with retirement parties on Rikers Island this week, with hundreds of employees enjoying extravagant onsite celebrations — complete with a water-cannon salute and a marching band — even amid a staffing crisis and surge in inmate violence inside the troubled jail. The pair of over-the-top, on-the-clock, booze-filled …

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Skinner to leave behind lasting legacy for Red Rocks. SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Gymnast MyKayla Skinner announced today that she will be retiring from collegiate gymnastics, forgoing her senior season with the Red Rocks in 2021-22. She elected to leave school after her junior year to pursue a chance to compete in the Olympics, …

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ANN ARBOR, MI – Matt Linke was a teenager in Alpena when he volunteered at the Besser Museum Planetarium. He went there every Sunday to learn, specifically about the Apollo mission, and learned how to use the dome when the manager wanted to go on vacation. Linke turned his passion into a career spanning more …

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SPIELBERG, Austria — Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has said Lewis Hamilton discussed the possibility of retiring from Formula One before committing to a new two-year contract. Hamilton, a seven-time world champion, will stay at Mercedes until the end of the 2023 season after his new contract was signed on Friday and announced on Saturday. …

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PHOTO COURTESY OF CLINTON COUNTY GOVERNMENT Phyllis Durost, far left, is pictured with Clinton County Sheriff Kerry Stover and Commissioners Angela Harding, Miles Kessinger and Jeff Snyder. Durost was honored Thursday morning for her 15 years of service to the county in the sheriff’s office. She retired on June 15 this year. …

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As a single woman with no children, Karen Callahan is putting together the financial pieces that will protect her for a potentially long life on her own. A large piece of her puzzle: getting as much Social Security income as she can. Ms. Callahan, 67, of Marlborough, Mass., is holding off on claiming her benefits …

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After a 45-year nursing career, a Racine woman decided to move to another continent to help others. Louise Omdahl has clocked 45 years in nursing, 34 of them with Ascension Wisconsin. Omdahl just wrapped up her final days as a family nurse practitioner at the Mount Pleasant clinic. “Very bittersweet, it really is. I don’t …

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Police congratulate NBC photographer Salt Brown on his retirement  NBC4 WCMH-TV

Americans’ retirement-saving habits diverge along racial lines – study  Pensions & Investments

Rather, 401(k)s allow you to invest in different funds. Some of those funds may be actively managed, which means you’ll pay higher investment fees (known as expense ratios). Your 401(k) might also offer a bunch of passively managed funds, known as index funds, which come with much lower fees but might not allow you to …

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