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In its death throes, Adobe’s Flash kills off Zynga’s original FarmVille

Adobe is terminating its Flash software today, and with it will go Zynga’s original FarmVille game from 2009. That brings to an end an era of social gaming that will be remembered in history with mixed emotions. Some people hated the spammy nature of FarmVille and its boring gameplay, while …

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10 Places Where Social Security Offers the Best Standard of Living

imtmphoto / Shutterstock.com Some 21% of couples collecting Social Security benefits and about 45% of those who are unmarried rely on their Social Security checks for 90% or more of their income, says the Social Security Administration. Retirees and pre-retirees who plan to live on such limited incomes could do …

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A holiday all about drinking and reveling with mobs of strangers — what could go wrong?

First there was Thanksgiving, when some families who gathered for turkey and stuffing also shared the coronavirus, causing cases to spike in some places and further taxing the nation’s already stretched hospitals. Then there was Christmas weekend, when Americans crowded airports in numbers not seen since the start of the …

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