Roth IRA Conversion 2012: Roth Calculator for Prof. Low Income

Roth IRA Conversion 2012: Roth Calculator for Prof. Low Income


Roth IRA Conversion 2012: Roth Calculator for Prof. Low Income

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 10:45 PM PST

In Roth IRA Conversion 2012: A Roth Conversion Calculator I showed how nearly everyone is an excellent candidate for executing a Roth conversion this year. But the exact amount depends on your annual taxable income, age, value of your IRA and how much it appreciates after conversion but before you have to make a decision ...


Q&A: Understanding Syria's uprising (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 09:59 PM PST

AP - After weeks of bloody siege, Syrian troops have moved into one of the most restive neighborhoods of Homs, one of the cities at the center of the country's uprising against President Bashar Assad. The Red Cross is preparing to move in, and opposition activists accuse troops of carrying out a scorched-earth campaign of reprisals in the district, called Baba Amr.


With A Huff and A Puff, This Guardian Spot Will Blow You Away

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 10:02 PM PST

Advertising at its best can speak volumes about where we are as a society. And that?s what I love about this new film for the??Guardian. It?s a modern take on the 19th-century classic fairy tale. Our story begins with the murder (or is it a lupicide?) of the infamous Big Bad Wolf. The tale unfolds ...


Egypt parliament plans joint session

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 10:55 PM PST

Legislators asked by ruling military council to draw up a list of 100 people who will draft a new constitution.


Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Song of the One-Legged Revolutionary (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 09:20 PM PST

Time.com - As Syrians flee the fighting at home, bringing tales of atrocity and fortitude, Turkey braces for a new influx of fugitives from its beleaguered neighbor


Iran Votes Even as Khamenei and Ahmadinejad Feud (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 09:20 PM PST

Time.com - The results may end up cutting short the President's tenure -- or, if he is lucky, re-energizing his political agenda


Official: Mistakes led to Afghan Quran burnings (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 09:42 PM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama (3rd L) boards Marine One after a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland to meet with wounded troops from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan March 2, 2012.  REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque  (UNITED STATES)AP - A Western official says a series of unintentional mistakes led to the burning of Qurans and other Islamic texts at a U.S. base in Afghanistan and that five American troops could face a disciplinary review over it.



Once Under Siege, a Chinese Village Takes to the Polls (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 09:15 PM PST

Time.com - This weekend China will see an exercise of democracy in an unlikely place


UN chief criticises 'atrocious' Homs assault

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 10:43 PM PST

Ban Ki-moon says Syria "systematically attacking own people", prompting country's envoy to accuse him of "slander".


U.S. government ultimately paid bail for Egypt NGOs (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 08:55 PM PST

Reuters - The bail paid for U.S. pro-democracy activists facing charges in Egypt ultimately came from the U.S. government, the State Department said on Friday.


Indonesia zoo giraffe dies with plastic in stomach (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 10:10 PM PST

AP - An aging giraffe at Indonesia's largest zoo has died with a large lump of plastic found in his stomach, causing concern among zoo officials.


Five Tied to Quran Burning

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 09:21 PM PST

An investigation has found that five American military service members took part in the apparent inadvertent burning of Qurans that touched off days of violence across Afghanistan, according to a U.S. official.


Two Convicted in 'Samaritan' Attack

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 08:52 PM PST

A British jury convicted two men who posed as Good Samaritans and then stole from an injured Malaysian student during the London riots in August.


Argentine Province Gives YPF Production Ultimatum

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 04:06 PM PST

Chubut Province Governor Martin Buzzi has given oil-and-gas company YPF seven days to present plans to raise production at three fields in the Argentine province or lose its concessions.


Nimble Medicine Set to Reshape Healthcare

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 08:33 PM PST

? In the New Yorker magazine, Dr. Atul Gawande outlined how, at the turn of the 20th century, more than??forty per cent of household income went to paying for food and food production consumed roughly half the workforce. It began in Texas with a wide array of new methods of food production were tested. Fast ...


U.S. government ultimately paid bail for Egypt NGOs

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 08:55 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The bail paid for U.S. pro-democracy activists facing charges in Egypt ultimately came from the U.S. government, the State Department said on Friday.


U.N. report: Human rights abuses continue in Libya

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 08:48 PM PST

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi carried out mass executions and tortured suspected regime opponents, amounting to crimes against humanity, while the anti-Gaddafi militias now governing the country carried out war crimes, according to a year-long inquiry by a U.N. commission.

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BP reaches agreement over Gulf oil spill

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 10:44 PM PST

Specific terms of $7.8bn settlement between oil firm and committee representing plaintiffs yet to be released.


Red Cross blocked by Syria from ex-rebel enclave (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 08:00 PM PST

AP - The Syrian government blocked a Red Cross convoy Friday from delivering badly needed food, medical supplies and blankets to a rebellious neighborhood of Homs cut off by a monthlong siege, and activists accused regime troops who overran the shattered district of execution-style killings and a scorched-earth campaign.


Chinese who ousted village leaders head to polls (AP)

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 08:34 PM PST

AP - Villagers who staged a rebellion against local leaders they accused of stealing their farm land voted for a new leadership Saturday in a much-watched poll reformers hope will set a standard for resolving the protracted disputes that beset China.