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Seniors prepare for a Social Security freeze

Seniors are preparing to cut back on everything from food to charitable donations to whiskey as news spreads that their Social Security checks will be frozen for a second straight year next year.

Key events during Obama’s first year in office

In many ways 2008 was more of the same: Britney Spears still made headlines, albeit a bit more on the positive side, but ranking no.

How a lobbying campaign helped make Thanksgiving a national holiday

George Washington was the first president to proclaim Thanksgiving a national holiday.

White House opens Web site programming to public

A programming overhaul of the White House’s Web site has set the tech world abuzz.