'Hitler' clothing store stirs anger in India

The owner of an Indian clothing store said Wednesday that he would only change its name from "Hitler" if he was compensated for re-branding costs, amid a growing row over the new shop.

The outlet, which sells Western men's wear, opened 10 days ago in Ahmedabad city in the western state of Gujarat with "Hitler" written in big letters over the front and with a Nazi swastika as the dot on the "i".

"I will change it (the name) if people want to compensate me for the money we have spent -- the logo, the hoarding, the business cards, the brand," Rajesh Shah told AFP.

He put the total costs at about 150,000 rupees ($2,700).

Shah insisted that until the store opened he did not know who Adolf Hitler was and that Hitler was a nickname given to the grandfather of his store partner because "he was very strict".

"I didn't know how much the name would disturb people," he told AFP by telephone from Ahmedabad. "It was only when the store opened I learnt Hitler had killed six million people."

Members of the tiny Jewish community in Ahmedabad condemned the store's name, while a senior Israeli diplomat said the embassy would raise the matter "in the strongest possible way."

"People use such names mostly out of ignorance," Israel's Mumbai Consul General Orna Sagiv told AFP.

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Esther David, a prominent Indian writer in Ahmedabad who is Jewish, said she was "disturbed and distressed" by the shop, but added that some Indians used the word "Hitler" casually to describe autocratic people.

David said Jewish residents had sought to change Shah's mind about the store's name and told him about the Holocaust.

The row evoked memories of a controversy six years ago when a Mumbai restaurant owner called his cafe "Hitler's Cross" and put a swastika on the hoarding, claiming Hitler was a "catchy" name.

The restaurant owner eventually agreed to change the name after protests by the Israeli embassy, Germany and the US Anti-Defamation League.

Hitler attracts an unusual degree of respect in some parts of India, with his book "Mein Kampf" a popular title in bookshops and on street stalls.

Gujarat schoolbooks issued by the Hindu nationalist state government were criticised a few years ago for praising Hitler as someone who gave "dignity and prestige" to the German government.

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Modern entertainment has a lot of different faces. Some people still enjoy the same leisure activities our ancestors have, such as reading a good book, a cup of tea with a friend, or a walk in the forest. Others have turned to more technological forms of entertainment, from movies, to social media, to gaming for their recreational activities.

Internet based entertainment has the advantage of being customized to whatever one is interested in enjoying. With the internet you can enjoy all sorts of entertainment, wherever you are.

Online soccer games are one way soccer enthusiasts are able to enjoy their hobby anytime and anyplace. There are online communities and online soccer leagues that gamers can join. The virtual experience is just about as sophisticated as the real life one, with players being traded, penalties called, trophies earned and all the rest.

Of course, some of these online soccer leagues can be expensive to register with. If you are not interested in paying for registration with one of these online soccer leagues, there are still a number of online soccer games that you can enjoy. You can download these games onto your personal electronic or mobile device, and enjoy them anytime you can fit in a game; in the office on your lunch break, on your couch on a rainy day, as you take the subway into work, or any other time you choose.

Some of these online soccer games for kids and adults alike are designed for multiple players, so you can play against a friend, making it a great way for soccer fans to share their passion. If you are one who always wants to call the shots on a soccer match, or get frustrated with the calls the manager of your favorite team is making, online soccer games are a great way for you to deal with your frustrations.

For the majority of these virtual soccer games you will get to actually manage the soccer team. You get to pick the players, often from an international league of players, decide on the plays, and all the other tasks that go with leading a team to success. Maybe if you?re a real pro at it you will decide to take up managing a real life team. If not, at least you know there is one place where you can command the full attention of a soccer team, and hopefully lead the team to victory.

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Republicans ready to roll, but Isaac clouds tone

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ? For the thousands of Republican convention-goers who've been cooling their heels in Tampa, the party is finally on. But with New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast waiting fearfully to see where a massive storm makes landfall, politics has become an awkward enterprise and no one knows what sort of party it will turn out to be.

At least for now, the Republican National Convention will go on Tuesday according to its latest script: delivering Mitt Romney the presidential nomination he fought years to achieve, calling the party to unify around him and setting the stage for the final stretch of the hotly contested campaign to unseat President Barack Obama.

Romney was coming to Tampa on Tuesday, in time to see his wife's speech in the evening, although it was kept a mystery whether he would attend the convention before his big address Thursday night.

The high campaign season opens with Romney and Obama about even in the last of the pre-convention polls, with each candidate possessing distinct and important advantages. The Democrat is the more likable or empathetic leader; the Republican is more highly regarded as the candidate who can restore the economy, the top issue for voters.

Ann Romney's convention speech was designed to speak to that divide. It was an important part of the GOP's effort to flesh out her husband and present him to the nation as more than a successful businessman and the former Republican governor of a Democratic state, Massachusetts.

Isaac, the intensifying tropical storm bordering on a hurricane, skirted Tampa, a big relief for convention organizers worried about the safety of the host city and GOP delegates. But they remain saddled with the question of how to proceed with a political festival ? one devoted both to scoring points against Obama and firing up excitement for Romney ? under the shadow of a dangerous storm crawling toward the Gulf Coast.

Organizers essentially cut Monday from the schedule, calling the convention to order just long enough to recess it, and shoehorned their four-day showcase into the remaining three days. But even that was subject to change, depending on Isaac's whims.

Republicans plainly had more at stake in their convention week ? Democrats meet next week in Charlotte, N.C. ? but the Obama campaign also had to recalibrate its tactics as Gulf residents fled their homes or hunkered down. Vice President Joe Biden was called off a Romney-bashing trip to Florida and Obama's planned campaign travels were uncertain. On Monday, he worked on preparations for the storm, declaring a state of emergency in Louisiana, speaking with governors and directing federal officials to coordinate disaster relief with state and local officials along the Gulf Coast.

That's not to say partisanship has subsided with Isaac's gathering strength. Hardly.

On Twitter Monday night, Obama circulated a quotation from Women's Health Magazine suggesting that Republicans would take away women's right to contraception, which the Romney campaign denies. "Crazy as it sounds, the fight to limit or even ban birth control is a key issue in the upcoming presidential election," it said.

And Republicans made clear that Obama's performance is very much fair game for the convention. Reince Priebus, the Republican chairman, may have gone beyond Romney's comfort zone on that front when he told "CBS This Morning" that "we need to prosecute the president who seems to be in love with the sound of his own voice."

The suggestion of criminal proceedings against a president, however rhetorical, was a step beyond the ordinary, and Russ Schriefer, Romney's chief convention planner, appeared to dissociate himself from the remark. "I wouldn't define it that way and I wouldn't look at it that way," he told a news conference. "What we would want to do is define what President Obama has done over the last four years, how and why he's failed, and how his leadership has really failed the American people."

In a sign of just how stage-managed these conventions have become, the never-dull New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie did something he rarely does before a speech ? wrote down a full text ? as he prepared to deliver the keynote address Tuesday night. "They want you to work off a full text and that's fine," he told MSNBC. "I think my challenge up there is gonna be to be natural and be myself."

In the same interview, Christie pounced on Todd Akin, the Senate Republican candidate in Missouri who set off sparks with his inflammatory remark that a woman's body has a way of preventing pregnancy in cases of "legitimate rape." Romney is still trying to tamp down that distraction and get people thinking about the economy, not Republican abortion policy.

"In the end, these other guys don't matter," Christie said. "They're background noise ? Todd Akin in Missouri, who's a joke and should get out of the race and everybody knows it, except for him apparently."

Romney managed to stir up the pot over abortion, if briefly, when he said in a CBS interview that he opposes abortions except "in the case of rape and incest, and the health and life of the mother." Any exceptions made solely on the basis of a woman's health have drawn particularly fierce criticism from abortion foes for years, because they argue such an exception is so broad as to do nothing to limit the procedure.

But Romney's aides quickly said he wasn't, in fact, advocating an exemption for a woman's health. "He opposes abortion except for cases of rape, incest and where the life of the mother is threatened," said Andrea Saul, a spokeswoman. Still, his comment underscored his difference of opinion on the subject with his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, as well as with his own convention platform, which opposes all abortions.

With the economy seen as Romney's strong suit, and Obama's economic record considered a fat target in a time of persistent unemployment over 8 percent, Republicans, both from the stage and the floor, want to keep a laser focus on the subject.

"We've got to make the case that he is uniquely qualified in this hour," said Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., interviewed in the hall. "This week is about convincing the 10 percent of undecided voters that Romney has always been called to come out and fix broken organizations."

Even so, there were unmistakable if gentle nudges from Republicans who say it is also vital for Romney to broaden his appeal.

"This is Romney's threshold moment," Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, wrote in The Washington Post. "He must demonstrate that he would follow the example of other Republican presidents in addressing issues important to women."

An AP-GfK poll of registered voters conducted from Aug. 16-20 found Obama leading Romney 50 percent to 44 percent among women. That represented a narrowing of the gap by Romney since a survey in May, when the president led 54-39 among female voters.

Romney trailed badly among another key group. A Gallup poll taken between July 30 and Aug. 1 found Obama winning 60 percent support among Hispanic voters, and the Republican at 27 percent, little different from 64-29 earlier in the year.

Among seniors, the group most affected by a Medicare debate that has become central to the campaign, Romney led Obama by a margin of 52 percent to 42 percent in the recent AP-GfK poll. That was compared with 53-40 in May.

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Woodward reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Brian Bakst, Thomas Beaumont, Tamara Lush, Brendan Farrington and Julie Mazziotta in Florida; Steve Peoples in New Hampshire; Philip Elliott in Wisconsin and Steven Ohlemacher, Alicia A. Caldwell and Jennifer Agiesta in Washington contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-ready-roll-isaac-clouds-tone-071808508--election.html

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Sony May Be Planning a Movie About the Video Game Console Wars

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2010?s The Social Network proved that, with the genius pairing of an incredibly talented screenwriter (Aaron Sorkin) and director (David Fincher), a movie about something as trite as Facebook could be compelling, relevant, and entertaining.? With the success of that film still lingering, Sony may be looking at giving the same kind of treatment to another business-centered, ?behind-the-scenes? film about a uniquely modern luxury: video games.

Battles have been waged in boardrooms for decades between rival video game console companies, with Microsoft and Sony currently duking it with the Xbox and PlayStation, respectively.? Now word comes that Sony may be developing a feature film to tell their side of this ?Console Wars? story.? Hit the jump for more.

playstation-3The folks over at Fusible (via /Film) noticed that Sony has registered a number of domain names this week with titles like ConsoleWarMovie.com and TheConsoleWarsMovie.com, which seems to suggest that they?re working on some sort of feature film about the so-called ?console wars.?? In Contention?s Kris Tapley confirmed that he?s heard rumblings about such a film, specifically described as ?a Social Network of video games.?

Though Sega and Nintendo fought for control over the gamer marketplace back in the 1990s, the current console war is between Microsoft?s Xbox and Sony?s PlayStation.? Nintendo is still an incredibly popular company, but they?ve carved out a niche market for themselves doesn?t have a ton of overlap with the games for Xbox or PlayStation.

I assume there?s a tantalizing backdoor history of the goings-on at both Microsoft and Sony over the years, and it?s not unreasonable to assume that there?s a pretty good story in there somewhere.? What I find slightly disheartening, though, is the fact that Sony Pictures is the studio that?s looking to put this film together.? We can?t exactly expect an objective point of view from the company that also has a vested interest in which console ?wins? the marketplace.

xboxThere has been no official confirmation from Sony or Microsoft concerning the development of a feature film focusing on the console wars, but it sure seems like Sony Pictures is up to something. ?Hopefully we hear more solid information soon. ?Below is a list of all the domain names that Sony registered.? Sound off in the comments with your thoughts regarding a ?Console Wars? movie.

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Caregivers in Downers Grove, IL: Cost of ... - Home Care Chicago

Almost 10 million adult children over the age of 50 are now caring for their aging parents. This number has tripled over the past 15 years. The demand will continue to increase as baby boomers age.

Although the percentage of women in the work force has also increased dramatically, particularly in women over the age of 55, the mean household income has leveled off. The economic burden of caring for elderly family members continues to increase.

Women tend to function more as a basic caregiver, while sons tend to provide more financial support. The total amount of lost wages, pensions and Social Security for these adult children is close to $3 trillion dollars nationally.

Women tend to leave the labor force earlier, so the total individual lost wages due to caregiving responsibilities equals $142,693, with an estimate of $50,000 loss on their pension. Coupled with the loss of Social Security, the lost wages for a woman totals $324,044.

The total amount of wages lost for men equals $89,107. Add Social Security and their pension and the total for men equals $283,716. The long term financial impact for those that leave their jobs early can jeopardize their financial security. There may be less money available to help children with college, weddings or even owning their own homes.

Caregiving duties vary greatly depending on the quality of care necessary. Some people need basic care, which means meeting the activities of daily living, such as bathing or dressing. This type of care is considered more intense than activities like grocery shopping or handling the finances.

When adult children must provide the additional support of errands, chores and managing the finances, time that adult has for their own leisure and personal time diminishes. Therefore, chronic illness and depression are more common. There may be less time available to spend with the grandchildren also.

An adult child caregiver over 50 years of age is more prone to have fair to poor health than an adult child who is not a caregiver. Several studies have discovered that stress, time away from friends and family, lost time at work, increased medication use, overindulgence in alcohol or prescription drugs, coronary artery disease and depression are negative impacts connected to family caregiving.

The decision to quit a job, drop back to part time or take a lower paying job for flexibility needs serious consideration. In addition, family caregivers should be careful to maintain their own health through regular check-ups and preventative services.

Ease the burden of family caregiving by hiring a reputable home care agency to help with all of your aging loved one?s needs.

When researching options for?caregiver agencies?in La Grange Park IL, call us at?(630) 481-7992.??Senior care?counselors at Home Helpers?are available to talk with you about your caregiver?needs including how to reduce?caregiver?stress while providing better, affordable care. We are an?elder care?agency providing?caregivers?in Downers Grove, IL.

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Multicultural Student Affairs Kicks-Off the Show Me?Success! Series

The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs hosted its Show Me?Success! kick-off event on Friday, August 24th.? The Show Me?Success! program is an initiative for all first time freshman and transfer students of color at UMKC.? At the Kick-off event, students were able to get tips and advice from seasoned UMKC student leaders as well as attend workshops on healthy relationships, making smart financial decisions, and information related to their careers.? Following the event, the Association of Latin American Students (ALAS) hosted a networking ice cream social and The African American Student Union (TAASU) hosted their Welcome Back Barbecue.

Show Me?Success!? will continue throughout the year and students will participate in ?MSA academic check-ins and a series of workshops and activities aimed to support student success.? Active participants in the program will be recognized as Show Me?Success!? Scholars at the Annual Multicultural Graduate Reception in the Spring.

The first follow-up session?will take place on September 14 and will continue to be once a month throughout the academic year.??Topics will range from a ?Get Scholarship Money?Workshop? to a ?Career Assessment Workshop? in collaboration with Career Services.

Even if you missed the Kick-Off event on Friday, it?s not too late to participate! Any student?is still welcome to apply for the program.? To?fill out?an application or learn more, stop by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (Student Union 319) or contact us at 816-235-6609 or garciama@umkc.edu. ?Join your fellow Roos to make this a successful and rewarding year!

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Santorum criticizes Obama on welfare reform

FILE - In this April 13, 2012 file photo, Rick Santorum speaks in St. Louis. Santorum was one of Mitt Romney's toughest foes during the GOP presidential race, but the former Pennsylvania senator plans to help Romney appeal to the party's conservative base when he addresses the Republican National Convention. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

FILE - In this April 13, 2012 file photo, Rick Santorum speaks in St. Louis. Santorum was one of Mitt Romney's toughest foes during the GOP presidential race, but the former Pennsylvania senator plans to help Romney appeal to the party's conservative base when he addresses the Republican National Convention. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

(AP) ? Rick Santorum was one of Mitt Romney's toughest foes during the GOP presidential race, but the former Pennsylvania senator plans to help Romney appeal to the party's conservative base when he addresses the Republican National Convention.

His speech Tuesday is expected to focus on welfare reform and charges that President Barack Obama wants to undermine welfare work requirements.

In an appearance on "CBS This Morning," Santorum called Obama's plan to issue waivers to states that want to test alternative welfare policies "a very, very serious assault" on welfare reform. White House officials have said Republicans are being misleading.

Santorum played a central role for Republicans when the 1996 welfare reform law was being debated.

He says his speech will convince voters that Obama's policies are leaving them behind.

Associated Press

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Finally something works in Washington -- baseball

Spinners and Winners

Spinners and Winners took a trip to Nationals Park this week to cover something that actually works in this town -- the?first-place Washington Nationals. Politicians, journalists, Republicans, Democrats -- everyone comes together to cheer on the Nats.

This is a major league baseball team that has seen some dark years, with nearly 300 losses in three years, they were one of the worst teams in baseball.

"When I first signed here in 2004, you'd have to break a guys arms to bring him over here," says shortstop Ian Desmond.

So what's going on this year? Solid team camaraderie and players that have finally gelled, says Desmond.

"I think I can honestly say Gio is the straw that stirs this drink," he said, teasing the young pitcher next to him. But in all seriousness,?"Gio has brought a lot to the table. Obviously with his left arm, but his personality and his clubhouse presence are second to none."

"I mean you've got to give credit to other people too, you know," says pitcher Gio Gonzalez. "Not anyone here deserves a little less credit then the other. You know, everyone is getting their part, everyone is doing their part. And I think that is what makes this team so alive right now. It's just you look at us, we are always on the top step cheering us on, you know every play that's been out there or every hit, we are out there cheering like it is game seven of the World Series."

Is this the beginning of a dynasty? "That's exactly what we are trying to aim for," said Gonzalez.

A look in the stands often reveals that Washington hosts an atypical baseball crowd. Federal Chairman Ben Bernanke, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, and columnists George Will and Charles Krauthammer often come out to root, root, root for the home team. Gonzalez says he wants to see President Obama in the stands again soon.

Do these star players think the Nats are headed to the?playoffs? And can Gonzalez teach ABC News' Jonathan Karl the secret to his wicked curve ball? Check out this week's Spinners and Winners to find out.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-players-abc-news/washington-nationals-finally-something-works-town-121656103.html

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AP-GfK poll: Raise taxes to save Social Security

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Most Americans say go ahead and raise taxes if it will save Social Security benefits for future generations. And raise the retirement age, if you have to.

Both options are preferable to cutting monthly benefits, even for people who are years away from applying for them.

Those are the findings of a new Associated Press-GfK poll on public attitudes toward the nation's largest federal program.

Social Security is facing serious long-term financial problems. When given a choice on how to fix them, 53 percent of adults said they would rather raise taxes than cut benefits for future generations, according to the poll. Just 36 percent said they would cut benefits instead.

The results were similar when people were asked whether they would rather raise the retirement age or cut monthly payments for future generations ? 53 percent said they would raise the retirement age, while 35 percent said they would cut monthly payments.

"Right now, it seems like we're taxed so much, but if that would be the only way to go, I guess I'd have to be for it to preserve it," said Marge Youngs, a 77-year-old widow from Toledo. "It's extremely important to me. It's most of my income."

Social Security is being hit by a wave of millions of retiring baby boomers, leaving relatively fewer workers to pay into the system. The trustees who oversee the massive retirement and disability program say Social Security's trust funds will run out of money in 2033. At that point, Social Security will only collect enough tax revenue to pay 75 percent of benefits, unless Congress acts.

Lawmakers from both political parties say there is a good chance Congress will address Social Security in the next year or two ? if the White House takes the lead. Yet so far, Social Security has not played a big role in the presidential election.

In previous polls, Democrats have typically scored better than Republicans on handling Social Security. But the AP-GfK poll shows Americans are closely divided on which presidential candidate they trust to handle the issue.

Forty-seven percent said they trust President Barack Obama to do a better job on Social Security, and 44 percent said they trust his Republican opponent, Mitt Romney. The difference is within the poll's margin of sampling error.

Charles McSwain, 69, of Philadelphia, said he trusts Obama because he thinks the president is more likely to stick up for the middle class.

"He at least gives the appearance of trying to help people that aren't super rich, and Romney doesn't," said McSwain, who works part time selling real estate.

But Jeff Victory of Nashville, Tenn., worries that Obama doesn't have the stomach to cut benefits to help rein in the program.

"Barack has already shown he's going to give anything free out to everyone he possibly can, so I'm going to have to go with Romney on that one," said Victory, a 26-year-old electrician.

Romney has said he favors gradually increasing the retirement age, but he opposes tax increases to shore up Social Security. For future generations, Romney would slow the growth of benefits "for those with higher incomes."

Obama hasn't laid out a detailed plan for addressing Social Security. But during the 2008 campaign, he called for applying the Social Security payroll tax to wages above $250,000. It is now limited to wages below $110,100, a level that increases with inflation.

Obama says any changes to Social Security should be done "without putting at risk current retirees, the most vulnerable or people with disabilities, without slashing benefits for future generations and without subjecting Americans' guaranteed retirement income to the whims of the stock market."

Romney's running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, has been a leading proponent in Congress of allowing workers to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal investment accounts. Romney has not fully embraced the idea, but Democrats are using it to accuse Republicans of trying to privatize Social Security.

Romney put Ryan on the ticket Aug. 11. The AP-GfK Poll was conducted Aug. 16-20.

About 56 million people get Social Security benefits. Monthly payments average $1,236 for retirees.

The options for fixing Social Security fall into two broad categories ? raising taxes or cutting benefits, or some combination of the two. But there are many options within each category. For example, raising the retirement age is a benefit cut for future generations, because they would have to wait longer to qualify for full benefits.

Retirees now can qualify for full benefits at age 66, a threshold that is rising to 67 for people born in 1960 or later.

In previous polls, most of the options for addressing Social Security scored poorly among the public, which helps explain why Congress hasn't embraced them. But the AP-GfK poll forced people to make a choice: Raise taxes or cut benefits? Raise the retirement age or cut monthly payments?

Democrats, Republicans and independents all favored raising the retirement age over cutting monthly payments. But there was a big divide on raising taxes. Sixty-five percent of Democrats and 53 percent of independents supported higher taxes, compared with just 38 percent of Republicans.

"Raising taxes, especially on the people that provide the jobs for us, is not an option because what you do there, you discourage promoting jobs," said James Taylor, a 68-year-old retiree from Golden, Miss.

But Juan Tellez, a 22-year-old college student in Gainesville, Fla., said he would accept higher taxes if it means preserving benefits, even though he's not very confident Social Security will be around for his generation.

"I think of Social Security as an investment, as a public investment almost, something more communal," Tellez said. "I feel like I would want to invest in that."

About three-quarters of the public believe Social Security is an important issue, though there is no consensus about whether people will be able to rely on it throughout their retirement. Only 30 percent said it was very likely or extremely likely they will be able to rely on Social Security.

Among people younger than 35, just 20 percent believe Social Security will provide income throughout their retirement, while 55 percent of people 65 and older said the same.

"I'm not planning on it at all, honestly," said Victory, the 26-year-old electrician.

The poll involved landline and cellphone interviews with 1,006 adults nationwide. Results for the full sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.

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AP News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius contributed this report.

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Online:

How would you fix Social Security? http://hosted.ap.org/interactives/2012/social-security/

AP-GfK poll: http://www.ap-gfkpoll.com

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Keep up with the AP Social Security series on Twitter: http://apne.ws/NRmPSQ

Follow Stephen Ohlemacher on Twitter: http://twitter.com/stephenatap

Follow Jennifer Agiesta on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jennagiesta

EDITOR'S NOTE _ Few issues directly touch as many people in the United States as does Social Security. In this last installment of a four-part series, The Associated Press examines public attitudes about how best to shore up Social Security's long-term finances.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ap-gfk-poll-raise-taxes-save-social-security-142704918.html

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