Goodman's Last Column: 'I'm Letting Myself Go'

Fidelity releases annual estimate

(NEWSER) - Retiring this year? You and you significant other will need $240,000 for health care expenses, according to Fidelity Investments' latest annual projection. That's up 4% from last year's $230,000 estimate, which is a typical—and actually fairly modest—increase, BusinessWeek reports. Since 2002's $160,000 estimate, the annual figure has increased an average of 6% per year. More»

Sarah Phillips' real identity was questioned

(NEWSER) - ESPN has fired a writer who went from being a poster on the message boards at gambling site Covers.com to being a star columnist at ESPN.com without anybody checking her real identity. Sarah Phillips was sacked soon after Deadspin ran a lengthy expose questioning her identity and accusing her of involvement in a fraud and extortion scheme involving social media. Phillips, who said she was a 22-year-old West Coast university student and a hardcore gambler, never met anybody at ESPN in person and used photographs of several different people to accompany her writings at Covers. More»

From debt to 401(k) plans, it's never too late to prepare

(NEWSER) - According to a new survey, only 14% of US workers are very confident they'll be able to retire comfortably—and more than 50% haven't even tried to calculate how much money they'll need. Workers are increasingly planning to keep working past the retirement age—37% said they expected to work after hitting 65, which is up from 11% two decades ago. If all of the above scares you and you want to start planning, Time offers up six myths about retirement saving that you'll need to get past first: More»

Retire cheaply and luxuriously in a new country

(NEWSER) - Who says you have to spend your golden years in the US? Stretch every retirement dollar you've saved by heading overseas. Here are the seven best reasons, courtesy of US News:

• Live on the cheap: Get the most out of your retirement dollars by shipping out to inexpensive destinations such as Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama, and enjoy a comfortable lifestyle for $1,000 per month or less.

He famously tried to tie Bill Clinton to aide's murder

(NEWSER) - Republican Rep. Dan Burton of Indiana won't be running for re-election, he announced today, citing unspecified personal issues. You might remember Burton as the guy who once shot a watermelon in a bizarre attempt to prove that Bill Clinton was involved in the murder of aide Vince Foster. He was also a noted birther , and last year backed a bill to encase the House floor in bullet-proof plexiglass in response to the Gabrielle Giffords shooting. More»