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Social Security benefits to go up 3.6 percent
October 19, 2011 2:41 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Social Security benefits will go up by 3.6 percent next year, the first increase since 2009 for the one in five Americans who rely on government retirement and disability programs. The higher benefits will provide relief to more than 60 million people, many who have seen... more » -
Coburn proposes $9 trillion deficit cut measure
July 18, 2011 3:34 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - One of the Senate's staunchest budget-cutters has unveiled a massive plan to reduce the deficit by $9 trillion over the coming decade. Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn is proposing to gradually raise the age at which people can claim their full Social Security benefits to 70 and... more » -
Social Security benefits awarded to child conceived posthumously
December 2, 2009 10:43 AM
A federal judge has ruled that a girl born almost two years after her father died of leukemia is entitled to the man's Social Security benefits. A judge ruled that 6-year-old Brynn Beeler of Iowa can collect Social Security survivor benefits. The girl was conceived through in-vitro fertilization. The federal... more »
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