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WASHINGTON – Key Senate Republicans are considering gradually raising the Social Security (search) retirement age as high as 69 over several years as they struggle to jump-start legislation that President Bush has placed atop his second-term agenda, officials said Tuesday. Under current law, the retirement age for full Social Security …

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – Dutch voters worried about social benefits and immigration overwhelmingly rejected the European Union constitution (search) Wednesday in what could be a knockout blow for a charter meant to create a power rivaling the United States. With nearly all votes counted, the charter lost 62 percent to 38 …

It could be described as an older-mom baby boom. In the U.S. the birth rate among women over 35 has risen steadily over the last two decades, and 40-plus celebrity moms and their babies routinely grace the covers of women’s magazines. While later-life childbirth now seems routine, it is not …