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Many Californians have become cynical about the padded pensions of government retirees. There are at least a couple of reasons: The sizable number who are earning as much or more in retirement than they did while working -- which would be impossible in the private sector -- and the number whose pensions are $100,000 or more, sometimes at age 50.

Do you feel like you have little time for hikes, family time, or other fun activities? Are American marriages falling apart because there is little time to spend nurturing them, since so many Americans spend so much time working? Do Americans have time to grow/cook organic foods to eat healthier? Maybe it is because Americans work the most. At what age are some Europeans retiring? Is there any hope of retirement at all for some Americans?

any tourists want to live in Newport Beach Houses if they visit Newport. They say Newport beach is heaven from the world, because stays in Newport Beach can enjoy their life with all the nature's beauty With stunning scenery, friendly crowds, and great weather.

Szandor Blestman wrote a great piece on his experience at the Porcupine Freedom Festival in New Hampshire — aka: the Porcfest. “A Week of Living Free at Porcfest” describes the author’s thoughts on the Free State Project and its participants.

Heather Getty of East Fairfield, Vt. can barely make it through her work day free of pain.

"I have a regular toothache probably a few times a week, every week," she said. "And I just take ibuprofen."

For more than a decade, the family center case worker and teen mom educator has needed her impacted wisdom teeth out, but can't afford it. "Dentistry's become a luxury," she sighed.

Getty said her insurance covers cleanings, but the deductibles for surgery are too much for the mother of four to pay. "We're the working poor," she added.

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COLORADO SPRINGS — This tax-averse city is about to learn what it looks and feels like when budget cuts slash services most Americans consider part of the urban fabric.

More than a third of the streetlights in Colorado Springs will go dark Monday. The police helicopters are for sale on the Internet. The city is dumping firefighting jobs, a vice team, burglary investigators, beat cops — dozens of police and fire positions will go unfilled.

The parks department removed trash cans last week, replacing them with signs urging users to pack out their own litter.

A California jury Thursday acquitted a man charged with assaulting a retired Catholic priest, in a case that prosecutors had described as a vigilante attack. William Lynch, 44, was accused of confronting the Rev. Jerold Lindner, 68, during a visit at Sacred Heart Retirement home for Jesuit priests in Los Gatos, California, where Lindner had been living since retirement in 2001. Prosecutors claimed that Lynch walked into the retirement center on May 10, 2010, under the pretense of delivering news about a relative, and attacked his former pastor.

Drunk On Liberty is the show about drinking and of course, liberty! Ryan-J and Sarah Renee are the two hosts with the mosts junk in the trunk and in the front. We enjoy wasting away our livers while discussing the most prominent issues in today's culture. So pop open a cold one and enjoy our highly distinguished vowels and consonants that come out of our mouths and sometimes form words that make up complete sentences.