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After the Bust: Retired and Still Saddled With a Mortgage

Filed under: Economy, Financing, Refinancing Andrey Popov/GettyAbout 30 percent of homeowners 65 and older were paying a mortgage in 2013, up from 22 percent in 2001. By Paul Wiseman AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Al and Saundra Karp have found an unconventional way to raise money and help save their Miami-area home from foreclosure: They’re lining up gigs for their family jazz band. They enjoy performing. But it isn’t

Data obtained in U.S. government hack dates back to 1985: U.S. official

Data stolen in the recent hack of U.S. government computers includes security clearance information and background checks dating to 1985, a U.S. official said, underlining the far-reaching scale of one of the largest known thefts of federal government data. This means that they potentially have information about retirees, and they could know what they did after leaving government,” said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity. Access to information from