| Holocaust Museum founder Lerman dies
Miles Lerman, who fought against the Nazis in Poland and later helped found the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., has died. He was 88. Lerman's wife, Rosalie, confirmed Wednesday that he died Tuesday at his home in Philadelphia. Lerman was a member of a prosperous family whose flour mills were seized by the Nazis. Lerman escaped from a slave labor camp and fought the Nazis with other partisans for nearly two years in the forests of Poland. "Our job was to raise havoc, to raise hell with them and survive," he once told The Philadelphia Inquirer. Lerman and his wife immigrated to New York City in 1947. He worked as a grocery warehouse clerk in Brooklyn, N.Y., then had a chicken farm in Vineland, N.J. He later started a home heating oil business that grew into a major distributorship, and invested in real estate.
Ofcom unveils digital dividend auction
Vivid Video, one of the largest adult entertainment companies, has filed suit against the Adult Entertainment Broadcast Network, accusing the company of allowing users to post Vivids copyrighted materials on its website.
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ACMA calls for comments on digital TV development The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is seeking the views of interested parties on how ACMA and the industry should approach the development of codes and standards for digital television. We encourage industry participants to share their views with ACMA, particularly about how it should approach the making of mandatory requirements in the digital television area, said Chris Chapman, ACMA Chairman. Amendments to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 have introduced new provisions allowing ACMA to determine technical standards for the transmission and reception of digital television to assist in minimising the impact on consumers of the transition to new types of services and equipment.
Calculators help estimate your income in retirement
Q. I just read your response to a reader concerning the impact of his Social Security benefits on his standard of living in retirement. How does one find out what the benefits will be? Sure, the government sends you a statement each year. But is there another source? For instance, how long do I have to earn maximum income to obtain maximum Social Security payout -- five years, 10 years or my entire lifetime? How much of a difference does earning $60,000 a year versus $95,000 a year make? These are the sorts of questions I'm interested in, but I can't seem to find the pertinent information. -- J.M., Austin, Texas A. The best thing you can do is visit the Social Security Web site, www.ssa.gov, and start playing what-if games with the benefit calculators it offers. (You'll find the calculators at www.ssa.gov/planners/calculators.htm.) I suggest that you use calculator No.
More of the week's biggest real estate deals in the Valley.
Southern California house, condo sales hit 9-year low
The number of homes sold in Southern California fell 17 percent last month to the lowest level for a January in nine years, mirroring a national slowdown in the sale of houses and condominiums, DataQuick Information Systems said. Mortgage refinancing gets tougher
With rates on many homeowners' adjustable-rate mortgages rising, some who would like to refinance into a new loan are finding they can't. Valley renters paying more
Your rent is rising faster than your paycheck. A new report this morning shows Valley renters will pay 5.4 percent more this year, to $785 a month. Vacant homes for sale cloud hopes for housing recovery
Amid brightening hopes that the U.S.
Screenwriters strike scuttles biannual previews for critics
The Hollywood screenwriters strike has claimed another victim: the annual January meeting of the Television Critics Association. TCA president Dave Walker told association members Monday that he has cancelled the group's upcoming session in Los Angeles. The critics group is comprised of more than 200 journalists who write about North American television shows for print and online media outlets. According to the group, the U.S. broadcast networks were unwilling to commit to the upcoming session amid the current labour disruption. Production has ceased on some films and many television shows since the writers walked off the job Nov. 5. The latest round of talks between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers broke down on Friday.
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