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  • July 2008
    • Seniors Wield Canes in Martial- Arts Training

      Seniors Wield Canes in Martial- Arts Training

      (Newser) - Call it cane fighting, combat cane or cane fu: in classes across the country, seniors are turning to a different kind of self-defense, the Wall Street Journal reports. While the practice serves as a healthy way to get exercise, it also provides comfort to elderly people interested in protecting themselves with a weapon that’s always handy—and never banned. More »

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      elderly   fight   martial arts   seniors   self defense   retirement communities

  • January 2008
    • Candidates Court Fla.'s Senior Power Brokers

      Candidates Court Fla.'s Senior Power Brokers

      (Newser) - The road to the GOP nomination may pass through The Villages, a retirement community outside Orlando with an upper-crust, Republican-heavy population. “If you don’t get your condos to the polls, you don’t win,” a professor says of the 350 retirement communities in Florida, where 40% of voters are over 65, Politico reports. And The Villages, pop. 65,000, holds special sway. More »

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      John McCain   Florida primary   senior citizens   retirement communities

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