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Apr 18 2024
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Retired NYPD lieutenant charged with groping young woman: police sources
A retired NYPD lieutenant who was once in an off-duty shooting has been arrested for groping a young woman at a Queens subway station, the Daily News has learned. Retired Lt. Jose Jacome was taken into custody around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday after plainclothes public safety officers spotted him grabbing a 25-year-old woman’s rear-end at the 74th St.-Broadway station in Jackson Heights. The 26-year
New York Daily NewsApr 18 2024
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Atlanta residents have a retirement ‘magic number’; many are far from it
Atlanta residents have a “magic number” in mind when planning for their retirements, but many are having a tough time saving up. Northwestern Mutual’s 2023 Planning & Progress Study determined many locals believe they need $1.09 million to retire comfortably. According to the study, however, locals have saved an average $77,700. Nationwide, Americans are averaging $88,400 in retirement
Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionApr 10 2024
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Winningest Coach in NCAA Women's Basketball History to Retire
The winningest coach in both men's and women's college basketball history, Stanford's Tara VanDerveer, is retiring. VanDerveer, who has coached Stanford since 1985, announced her retirement from coaching on Tuesday. As one of the most accomplished and greatest college basketball coaches in the history of the sport, VanDerveer goes out after leading Stanford to a 30-6 record, winning the Pac-12
NewsweekMar 30 2024
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Sunnyvale city manager announces retirement
After more than seven years as Sunnyvale’s city manager, Kent Steffens announced he will retire at the end of June. Prior to his tenure as city manager, Steffen served as Sunnyvale’s director of public works for four years and as assistant city manager for three years. During this time, he dedicated four new city parks: Seven Seas, Swegles, Wiser and Muwékma. Steffens was also responsible for
San Jose Mercury NewsApr 14 2024
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This is the new magic number for retirement in California — and what it means for you
So what about here in California — where, as we have reported, the typical advice on retirement savings may not apply? If this study is any indication, concern about the cost of retirement is certainly no better here — but it may not be dramatically worse, either. Northwestern Mutual calculated the California-specific figure for the Chronicle by analyzing the 400 survey responses it received
San Francisco ChronicleApr 04 2024
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Florida Baptists’ Tommy Green announces retirement
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Tommy Green has announced his retirement after serving Florida Baptists as executive director-treasurer since June 2015. Green shared his plans to retire, effective Dec. 31, 2024, with Florida Baptists’ State Board of Missions, the convention’s governing body, during its regularly scheduled meeting in Jacksonville Thursday (April 4). He stated that he and his wife Karen
Baptist PressApr 16 2024
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Atlas shrugged: Boston Dynamics retires its hydraulic humanoid robot
Now that humanoids are all the rage in the robotics industry, Boston Dynamics on Tuesday officially retired theirs. The Hyundai-owned firm has always marched to the beat of its own drummer. Even so, it’s an odd decision as funding pours into the category by the hundreds of millions. Venturing an educated guess, I would say that today’s Atlas retirement is less about endings than new beginnings
TechCrunchApr 19 2024
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Now retired, Blake Griffin reflects on love, and hate, from Pistons fans
Blake Griffin spent a few moments reflecting on his time with the Detroit Pistons and his comments were quite interesting. Speaking on Barstool’s “Pardon My Take” podcast on Wednesday a day after he announced his retirement after 14 seasons in the NBA, the 6-time All-Star was asked about his four seasons in Detroit. The conversation began when Dan Katz noted that Detroit, which finished with
MLive.comApr 22 2024
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Retired NASA astronaut recounts his journey from farm fields to outer space
A source of many life-affirming benefits, a quality education can inspire students to succeed, providing them with a clear sense of purpose. As German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said: “If you give a man a ‘why,’ he’ll always figure out a ‘how.’ ” One starry night in 1972, 10-year-old José Hernández found his “why.” And all he had to do was gaze toward the heavens. Throughout his
Orange County Register