• Bottom line: About two-thirds of retirees already rely on Social Security for 50% or more of their income, and that figure appears bound to rise.

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  • Meanwhile, at an Indiana middle school, security cameras captured 50 students taking part in a gigantic food fight.

    NPR: Troubled Classrooms... and Cafeterias

  • When the 1977 payroll-tax increase passed Congress, legislators congratulated themselves on having assured the financial solvency of Social Security for the next 50 years.

    CNN: A Debt-Threatened Dream

  • No such criticism attended the Bush administration's decision to turn over to Bob Woodward the highly classified notes from "50 National Security Council and other meetings" that became the basis for Woodward's hagiographic book, "Bush at War, " about the campaign to overthrow the Taliban during the fall of 2001.

    CNN: Obama leak 'scandal' is wildly overblown

  • Last year net security specialist Kaspersky said that 50% of hacks carried out by seeking out software bugs were done via Java.

    BBC: Java still contains security flaws, experts claim

  • They criticize the U.S. for taking a hard line with Japan, a country that recently celebrated a 50-year security alliance with the U.S., and which hosts the largest American military base in Asia.

    NPR: Japan's Prime Minister Resigns Over U.S. Base

  • The Simpson Bowles Commission was created by the President in 2010 and recommended that everyone over the age of 50 or 55 would continue to get all the benefits that are currently offered in Medicare and Social Security, but people under the age of 50 or 55 would have to work a little longer before they could claim these entitlements.

    FORBES: After US Credit Rating Cut, Next Stop Social Security?

  • The Department of Social Security recently renewed its lease at 50 Cavill Avenue for 1, 893 sq m.

    CNN: ASIANOW - Asiaweek

  • Traders should keep a close watch on the 50 level for the security, as a solid break above this round-number region could send these bears scrambling for cover, pressuring the stock higher.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • In 2006 it provoked the worst unrest ever seen in Sao Paulo, paralysing the city and resulting in the deaths of almost 500 civilians and close to 50 members of the security forces.

    BBC: Sao Paulo police at war with prison gang

  • Indeed, the incident rocked the 50-year-old security alliance between Tokyo and Washington, a defense cornerstone in the region.

    CNN: A Year of Redefinition

  • Since then, the LAPD has provided security and surveillance details for more than 50 police officers and their families -- many of whom were named in the manifesto.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Now, that zombie software is becoming more infectious and sophisticated: One strain in particular, the so-called "Storm worm, " has enslaved between 15 and 50 million PCs, by security researchers' estimates.

    FORBES: Zombie Storm Rising

  • Airport workers who screen passengers and baggage are suddenly seeing wages rise by as much as 50 percent as airlines and security firms try to curb notoriously high turnover and attract new employees.

    CNN: Recovery: Widow's statement against fear

  • But when reports emerged yesterday that armed men in commando uniforms had raided a Baghdad security company in broad daylight and removed 50 employees, General Ahmed assumed it might just be renegade police.

    NPR: Iraq Tries to Rein in Renegade Police Forces

  • Foreign Secretary William Hague is also among the 50 dignitaries attending the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) meeting.

    BBC: Hillary Clinton

  • According to a senior Afghan cabinet official, the Afghan government is considering establishing tribal militias of 50 to 300 men to improve security at the district level.

    CNN: Analysis: U.S. reviewing Afghanistan policy

  • Rep. Peter King, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said Sullivan provided answers to 50 questions from his panel about the controversy in Cartagena that embarrassed the nearly 150-year-old agency and raised concerns of a possible security breach.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • It may have been reached in Japan, where Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi has cut the top corporate income tax rate from 48% to 41%, the highest individual rate from 65% to 50% and even slightly cut social security taxes.

    FORBES: Mind the Geese

  • The power lines will carry about 50% wind power and 50% from coal and gas to ensure security of supply.

    BBC: Ranchers driving wind revolution

  • The security forces say that, so far, more than 50 of their troops and more than 600 rebels have been killed.

    ECONOMIST: A spreading menace | The

  • When those efforts failed to deter the approaching vessel, the security team on the Rappahannock fired rounds from a .50-caliber machine gun.

    CNN: U.S. Navy ship fires at small boat in Persian Gulf

  • The Blair family will be protected by about 50 Italian police officers as well as British security agents during their two-week stay.

    BBC: News | UK | Blair family's Tuscany break

  • The start of the match was also delayed by 25 minutes because of concerns over security for an overflowing crowd, estimated to number some 50, 000.

    BBC: Enyimba players celebrate

  • The goal in doing so: We will reduce our reliance on foreign sources of oil to less than 50 percent by 2010 to protect our energy security.

    CNN: Senator launches battle over drilling in Arctic refuge

  • Japan was able to turn its back on Asia for most of the post-war period because of a strong security alliance with America that has now been going for 50 years.

    ECONOMIST: Friends and neighbours

  • The thresholds beyond which first 50 percent and then 85 percent of your Social Security benefits are subject to federal income taxation are explicitly NOT indexed for inflation.

    FORBES: 44 Social Security 'Secrets' All Baby Boomers and Millions of Current Recipients Need to Know - Revised!

  • Mr Lee is hosting more than 50 countries for a two-day summit on nuclear security in Seoul starting on Monday.

    BBC: Obama warns North Korea against missile test launch

  • The Shia national security adviser, Mowaffaq al-Rubaie, has said that only 50 people were kidnapped and that no one has been harmed, but that everybody has been released.

    NPR: Baghdad Kidnappings Create Political Crisis

  • Security will be tight for a game expected to attract a capacity 50, 000 crowd to the Garden City with up to 1, 400 police and military personnel on duty to prevent trouble.

    BBC: SPORT | Football | African | 'Only a miracle can save Hearts'

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