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Should you worry about overfunding your 529 plan?

MARGARET GILES of Morningstar 529 education savings plans are powerful tools to help pay for the mounting costs of an education. Yet some people hesitate…

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Weekend things to do: A super terrific mega list of happenings from Christmas Day to New Year’s Eve

As you may have heard, South Florida will be getting a special shout-out on CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen,”…

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Will Fort Lauderdale say yes to 21-story condo tower in beach neighborhood? Board to vote in January

A 21-story luxury condo tower proposed south of Bahia Mar in Fort Lauderdale would rise to 240 feet, but needs special city approval to go…

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How a Florida nonprofit wants AI to warn communities in real time about drug use

A Florida nonprofit with a mission to combat the state’s overdose epidemic is introducing an artificial intelligence tool that can alert communities about what potentially…

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Medicaid health plans step up outreach efforts ahead of GOP changes

By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, KFF Health News ORANGE, Calif. — Carmen Basu, bundled in a red jacket and woolly scarf, stood outside the headquarters of her…

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Deck your garden with boughs of holly, a plant rich in symbolism and evergreen beauty

By JESSICA DAMIANO No doubt you’ve seen your share of hollies this month — in wreaths and boughs or perhaps on holiday cards and catalog…

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How Seuk Kim’s tragic plane crash built a volunteer army of pet rescuers

By JENNIFER PELTZ BRANDY STATION, Va. (AP) — On a sparkling late-fall Sunday at a rural Virginia airfield, 16 careworn passengers were getting off a…

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Ancient Egyptian pharaoh’s boat reassembled in real time at Grand Egyptian Museum

By MOHAMED WAGDY and FATMA KHALED CAIRO (AP) — A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh was put on display Tuesday in the Grand Egyptian…

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ASK IRA: It’s beginning to look a lot like . . . play-in for the Heat again?

Q: So play-in again? – Ron. A: It’s beginning to certainly feel that way. Look, the Pistons and Knicks aren’t going anywhere at the top….

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A daring scene on Broadway this season has audiences talking, in more ways than one

By JOCELYN NOVECK NEW YORK (AP) — On any given evening as the lights come up on Act 2 of “Liberation,” Bess Wohl’s intergenerational Broadway…

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