death
Federal student loans at death
Monday, April 30, 2012
I've got a fair amount of student loans. I've also got a good job as a college professor, and I will be able to pay them off eventually. But I'm concerned about my wife. If something should happen, do student loans transfer to a spouse or do they stick with me? Rudolf, Providence, RI
The hard decision
Friday, February 17, 2012
One of the toughest decisions a pet owner has to make is how and when to end an animal's life. Tess talks with pet owners and a vet about balancing the cost of life and death.
How to plan for passing away
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
It isn't always an easy subject, but what are the best ways to plan ahead for your funeral, and the money you leave behind?
So long cremation, hello liquefaction.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
A Florida funeral home debuts the Resomator, which "uses heated alkaline water to dissolve bodies in about three hours." It's said to be more...
You guys you guys you guys: Jetpack news!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
So a new jetpack designed by New Zealanders has started doing some test runs. It tackles a central problem that every jetpack builder has faced:...
Thoughts on digital life after death
Monday, June 28, 2010
We asked people in the Public Insight Network about whether they've thought about what to do with their online lives after they die. Here are...
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Times-Picayune to cut back jobs and production schedule
As someone born and breaded in New Orleans I'm sorry to see this news from my hometown paper, but as someone who's found reading it an...
BostonPeng | May 24, 2012
High-frequency trading: Bad for markets... and the soul?
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First I'd like to thank everyone for listening to what I had to say, it's really an honor to have been on marketplace. Second...
Nick Hanauer on the TED talk, income inequality controversy
If the idea of "trickle-down economics" hasn't worked---when governments have actually *tried* it, rather than a form they...
kingjon | May 18, 2012 Time to bring back Glass-Steagall?
I can finally agree with Robert Reich100%. To our detriment, banks have forgotten that there is a difference between manipulating money, and...
pauliswood | May 16, 2012
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