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Becoming a landlord helped Beverly Wilcox retire at 54, go back to school and launch a second career.

Washington Post reporter Christopher Ingraham once called Red Lake County, Minnesota the "worst place to live in America." Now? He lives there.

"If you try me and get 'no reply,' you can get by 'with a little help from my friends,'" writes this Beatles fan.

When thinking about the U.S. dollar, it's important to think globally.

This is far from your average out-of-office message.

Kelly Cowling told the Muggles she's getting a root canal.

This time around, the media landscape is "completely different," says Keach Hagey of the Wall Street Journal.

This one has whale music.

There's no vacation like a jury duty vacation.

Consumers today are "less interested in buying stuff and accumulating more things," said REI CEO Eric Artz.