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Articles from the November 29, 2021 edition


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  • When is it Best to Collect Your Social Security Survivor Benefit

    Rusty Gleer, Association of Mature American Citizens|Nov 29, 2021

    Ask Rusty – Should I Take My Widower Benefit Now? Dear Rusty: I lost my wife 7 years ago. I was told that I could possibly collect 30 to 35% of her benefit as a widower benefit when I turned 60. I will be 61 soon. Would it make sense to pursue this if it is true? I am still working full time. Would this affect my ability to collect Social Security on my own account once I retire? Signed: Working Survivor Dear Working: Survivor benefits for a widower can be paid as early as age 60 if you have...

  • Walmart Pulls Dancing Cactus That Raps About Snorting Cocaine, and Swears in Polish

    Sarah Storkin, Observer Staff Writer|Nov 29, 2021

    When a Polish Grandmother bought a signing cactus from Walmart.com for her four year old grand daughter, little did she know that it would sing "The only thing in my head is five grams of cocaine" in her native Polish. The Polish rapper says he never gave the Chinese manufacturer permission to use his hit song. He says he plans to sue them to block use of his very adult rap song. A Brampton, Ontario grandmother who bought an educational toy cactus was shocked when it started swearing and...

  • Dow Falls 905 Points On Fears of Covid "Omicron Variant"

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Nov 29, 2021

    11/26: The US Stock market sold off the day after Thanksgiving on fears that a new Variant of the Coronavirus would doom the recovery. The Who has named the new variant the "Omicron Variant." It appears to be more transmissible than other variants, and perhaps more deadly. It originated in South Africa or Botswana, and has 30 spike variations from the original novel coronavirus that emerged in 2019. World risk markets had only recently begun to recover from the 20 month Covid-19 lockdown....

  • Woman With Pony Tail Steals "Nature's Harvest" Bread Truck and Pursued by LA County Sheriff's into Long Beach, Compton.

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Nov 29, 2021

    11/25/21 Maybe she remembered she was supposed to bring the rolls and couldn't find an open store on Thanksgiving. A woman driving a Nature's Harvest bread truck lead police and sheriff's deputies on a chase through the streets of Los Angeles and into Long Beach Thursday evening, beginning around 8:45 pm PST. The suspect stole a Nature's Harvest bread truck on Thanksgiving night and drove it without its lights on. She stopped a couple of times at some intersections but not at others. The...