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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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baby boomer stories: 42 news summaries

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Record US Births Top Boomer Peak

Fertility is lower but larger population adds up to baby bumper crop

Jul 18, 08 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - More Americans were born last year than in any other in history, reports ABC News. The 4,315,000 bundles of joy even top the Baby Boom at its peak. The expanding population is expected to put more pressure on scarce resources, but all those new taxpayers will help foot... More »

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baby boomer • fertility • baby • birth rate • birth • demographics • baby boom

Campuses Shift to Middle
as 'Radical Profs' Retire

Liberal legacy waning with new generation

Jul 3, 08 3:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - University campuses all over the country are becoming less passionate and more businesslike as liberal '60s professors retire, the New York Times reports. The process is expected to accelerate over the next decade as Baby Boomers hired in the great '70s expansion of  higher education move on, to be replaced... More »

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baby boomer • higher education • professor • universities • 1960s • colleges and universities • campus • 1970s • culture wars

 Gender and
 Race Aside,
 Age Pushes
 to Fore 

Boomers, seniors split on whether to support fellow oldster

Jun 15, 08 3:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that a primary season fraught with racism and sexism has ended, the nation now gears up to face its general-election gremlin: ageism. While John McCain, 71, may joke that the primary qualification to be president is "to be very, very, very, very old," the New York Times... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • baby boomer • age • Obama 2008 • baby boom • McCain 2008 • age discrimination • senior citizens • the senior vote

 Why Gen Xers
 Hate Corporate Jobs 

10 reasons you won't find Xers in an executive suite

May 21, 08 9:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Generation Xers don't seem to be clambering to the top of the corporate ladder in the numbers they should be—and many are turned off by corporate life altogether. BusinessWeek has 10 reasons why this might be so:
  1. Xers started their careers just as the economy went into its
... More »

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baby boomer • corporate culture • generation gap • Generation X • Generation Y • management

new release

Author Just Talking 'Bout
X Generation

'Ignored' demographic keeps 'everything from sucking,' book argues

Apr 18, 08 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Between the stuck-in-the-'60s boomers and their blog-happy offspring is a mighty yet forgotten generation, Jeff Gordinier writes in his new book, X Saves the World: How Generation X Got the Shaft But Can Still Keep Everything From Sucking. From less Dylan to more Cobain, the author wants the "dark-horse... More »

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baby boomer • generation gap • Generation X • Generation Y • millennials

Boomers Will Overrun Health System: Study

Aging US already low on doctors, others with geriatrics training

Apr 15, 08 2:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - America’s healthcare system isn’t prepared to handle the wave of aging baby boomers about to hit, according to a sweeping government report released today. As that huge generation enters its 60s, the industry faces crisis-level workforce shortages, the Los Angeles Times reports. “There will never be enough... More »

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health care • baby boomer • nurses • geriatric medicine • nurses aides

analysis

Revenge of
the Geezers?

As boomers hit 60, politics become
an old man's—or woman's—game

Apr 12, 08 1:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once, Frank Lautenberg was a 58-year-old hopeful who implied that his opponent, at 72, was too old. Now, Lautenberg is running for re-election in New Jersey at the spry age of 84. “Age is not a factor,” he says. “The question is effectiveness.” But as John... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John McCain • baby boomer • old age • Election 2008 • age discrimination

 Parents Get the Text Message 

Apr 11, 08 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Moms are leading the charge in taking text messaging beyond the teen set. Adolescents and adults in their forties and fifties are the two most active groups sending texts, the Washington Post reports. In the past two years, texting increased 130% among people 45 to 54, while text-saturated teens saw... More »

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technology • baby boomer • cell phones • parents • text message • texting • cell phone plans • teenager

 Boomers Move Back Home 

Shaky economy has more children living with their parents—even at age 50

Mar 24, 08 3:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Young people have long fled recessionary job markets by moving back home, but the current crisis has a new demographic scurrying there: the middle-aged. "This is not like, 'OK, my son just graduated from college and needs to move back in' type of thing," says one financial planner,... More »

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baby boomer • parents • housing • recession • unemployment • US economy • Generation X • subprime crisis

Websites Help Boomers Tend to Mom and Dad

Americans go online for doctors, medical data‚ even automated calls

Feb 25, 08 5:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Americans who juggle caregiving duties are increasingly turning to the Internet for help, the Boston Globe reports. Care.com, lotsahelpinghands.com, and parentcarecall.com are among sites that offer services like meal calenders and automated phone calls. The online data is "helping families navigate the increasingly complicated healthcare system,... More »

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Internet • baby boomer • doctor • eldercare • medication • caregivers

First Boomer, First Check

Watershed moment as first Baby Boomer starts collecting Social Security

Jan 18, 08 2:06 PM CST
(Newser) - The first Baby Boomer will collect her—and her generation's—first Social Security check next month, and she can expect a lot of attention, reports AARP The Magazine. Kathleen Casey-Kirschling was born at 12:00:01 on January 1, 1946, and her big move spotlights the way her generation... More »

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baby boomer • retirement • Social Security • Kathleen Casey Kirschling

Switching States Is
On the Rise

Immigrants, people
in their 20s take the lead in mobility

Nov 30, 07 10:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Americans are moving from state to state at the highest rate since the early '90s, reports  USA Today. The trend stems from immigrants spreading out from the traditional gateway states in search of jobs and lower living costs, as well as a larger number of mobile twenty-somethings. In a 2006... More »

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baby boomer • US economy • immigrant • US Census

Only Obama
Can Mend
Boomer Rifts

Sullivan: He's the
man to win a truce
in the culture wars

Nov 9, 07 2:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is the only presidential candidate who can take the US past the “debilitating, self-perpetuating” Vietnam-vintage divisions within the Baby Boom generation, conservative Andrew Sullivan asserts in an Atlantic cover story. Sullivan is so disturbed by the “nonviolent civil war” keeping America busy at home while the... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Rudy Giuliani • baby boomer • Vietnam • culture wars

First Boomer Applies for Social Security

Ex-teacher, approaching 62nd birthday, files online

Oct 15, 07 5:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - The baby boom elephant moved a little further along the demographic boa constrictor today when the first boomer applied for Social Security benefits. Kathleen Casey-Kirschling, born at 12:00:01 a.m. on January 1, 1946, is a retired teacher and, a balanced-budget activist tells Bloomberg, "the first drop... More »

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baby boomer • Social Security • Kathleen Casey Kirschling

Lots Like It Hot: Taste-Starved Boomers Fuel Spicy Sales

Generation burns
for spice as senses fade

Oct 13, 07 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Baby boomers and their aging senses are fueling a major sales surge in spicy foods and sauces, turning up the heat on mainstream restaurant menus and supermarket salsa aisles. Market experts theorize that as the generation experiences a diminished sense of taste, consumers are using their enormous buying power to... More »

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baby boomer • spicy food • taste buds

Tech Firms Court Aging Boomers

The likes of Nintendo, Microsoft and Google reach out at this year's AARP convention

Oct 9, 07 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Technology companies are beginning to target the over-50 audience, as was on display at the 2007 AARP convention last month, where Microsoft, Google, and for the first time, Nintendo all pitched products to the retiree crowd. "This is the first tech-savvy retirement generation...they have been living with it... More »

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Google • baby boomer • Microsoft • Nintendo Wii • AARP

DDT Linked to Breast Cancer

Critical childhood exposure bodes ill
for baby boomers

Sep 30, 07 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Women heavily exposed to DDT during childhood are five times more likely to develop breast cancer, according to a new study. Those born between the years 1945 and 1965— when the pesticide was used routinely in the US to kill mosquitoes—likely suffered the greatest exposure, reports the Los Angeles ... More »

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baby boomer • breast cancer • women's health • medical research • DDT

Aging Brain, Not Racism, Explains Elderly Gaffes

Older people
unable to inhibit stereotypical thoughts

Sep 26, 07 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Grandma’s verbal faux pas might signal not that she’s more prejudiced than younger relatives, but rather that she’s unable to disguise or overcome stereotypes, a study shows. Anecdotal evidence suggests, and earlier studies confirmed, that older Americans are more racist, but new research shows age-related brain shrinkage... More »

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baby boomer • elderly • racism • Generation X • frontal lobe

Boomers Get TheirSpace

New social networking sites are aimed at 'sticky' baby boomers

Sep 12, 07 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Entrepreneurs are rolling out social networking websites aimed at those old enough to have spawned the devotees of Facebook and  MySpace, the NY Times reports. Investors say it's good business—older surfers are more likely to stick with a site they like, and there are a lot of tech-savvy boomers.... More »

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social networking • Internet • baby boomer • MySpace • elderly • Facebook

Let Them Eat Less Cake,
Live Longer

Boomers radically restricting calories
to live longer

Sep 3, 07 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once a fringe theory, calorie restriction is now the latest front in the boomer battle for never-ending youth. Increasing numbers of people are restricting their diet to a quarter of what they theoretically need in an effort to increase lifespan. "You have to be willing to stick to it,... More »

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baby boomer • diet • lifespan • calorie restriction • healthy eating

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