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Senior hip hop choir

Grannies can rap, yo.

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93 and still rocking

Les Paul ,93, is credited as the father of the solid body electric guitar and multitrack recording. … He plays two shows... more

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Couple tells thieving son to rot in hell

An elderly New Zealand say their son can "rot in hell" after he stole tens of thousands of dollars from them. Brett... more

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Senior foils jewellery raid by unmasking hammer-wielding hood as everyone else just watched

All it took was one man who was prepared to stand up and be counted. As two masked robbers smashed a jeweler's window with... more

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Beware of 'Grandma Scam' grandma

The Better Business Bureau is investigating a nationwide scam that preys on the emotions of senior citizens for money. The... more

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Four Elderly People Win First Senior Volunteer Awards

The first Senior Volunteer Awards for community service, sponsored by Culture to Culture Foundation, went to four elderly... more

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Defense: Reputed Klansman acquittal should stand

Lawyers for a reputed Klansman argued Monday that prosecutors are citing an irrelevant civil case in their efforts to reverse his acquittal in the abductions of two black teenagers slain in 1964.

James Ford Seale, 73, was convicted in June 2007 on kidnapping and conspiracy charges related to the abduction of Charles Eddie Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee. He had served just over a year of his three life sentences when his conviction was overturned by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in September.

Soon after, federal prosecutors asked that the panel to reconsider its ruling or that the full court hear the case. The panel's ruling said the statute of limitations for kidnapping had expired in the four decades between Seale's alleged crime and the federal charges.

In a highly technical legal argument, the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights division claims the panel overlooked an important court precedent and erroneously applied a statute of limitation.

In a response filed Monday with the court, Seale's lawyers said prosecutors have incorrectly used a ruling in a civil case to underpin their argument. Kathy Nester, Seale's federal public defender, said federal prosecutors can't prove the court ignored a precedent by citing the case that's completely unrelated to the crime of kidnapping.

"My argument is, that case is totally different from the case that is before the court now. It's not even a criminal case," Nester said. "That case does not meet the requirements under the law to merit a rehearing."

Federal prosecutors didn't immediately respond to phone and e-mail messages seeking comment Monday night.

Moore and Dee, both 19, were hitchhiking in southwest Mississippi when they were abducted, beaten, weighted down and thrown, possibly still alive, into a Mississippi River backwater.

Prosecutors say the Klan beat and killed the teens over rumors that black residents were arming themselves for an uprising during the violent struggle for racial equality.

The government has already asked that Seale remain behind bars until the appeals are resolved, while authorities in Mississippi are trying to determine if there's enough evidence to charge him with murder under state law if his acquittal is upheld in the federal case.

There's no statute of limitations on state murder charges.Lawyers for a reputed Klansman argued Monday that prosecutors are citing an irrelevant civil case in their efforts to reverse his... more

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More grannies going to bankruptcy court

ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida (AP) -- First came the health problems. Then, unable to work, Ada Noda watched the bills pile up. And... more

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Grandmother, 77, smuggled £1million of cocaine in her Motability car

A 77-year-old grandmother is facing a lengthy jail sentence after smuggling £1million of cocaine into the country in her... more

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Elderly men nabbed in major drug sting

A 74-year-old pensioner is one of two elderly men nabbed in a drug sting police say has cracked a major NSW trafficking network. ... more

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LGBT seniors in aged care services face discrimination

A study of the experiences of LGBT seniors in aged care services has revealed that they regularly experience discrimination and invisibility.

The report, 'My People - a Project exploring the experiences of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Seniors in Aged Care Services', was conducted by La Trobe University.

Researcher Dr Catherine Barrett, from the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS), based at La Trobe University, explained that the report ‘reveals the hidden terror confronting gay baby-boomers and other older seniors who are not sexually mainstream – the prospect of confinement to the darkest closet of their lives: old age in Australia in the 21st century’

“A major problem is that aged care service providers don’t understand how discrimination can be manifested, and they don’t realise that if they see an older gay person being discriminated against they are expected to intervene,” Barrett told MCV.

“They don’t know that it’s unlawful to discriminate against GLIBT people.”

The study was initiated in response to anecdotal reports of discrimination against sexual minorities in aged care.

“Many recounted threats, harassment, ridicule and/or invasion of privacy; sometimes from staff or carers, sometimes from other residents. Most expressed some form of grief, loneliness or depression and a longing for intimacy, physical contact or sex.

“People don’t expect seniors to be sexual and they also don’t expect them to be sexually diverse,” she said.

The study also showed that, for many older gays and lesbians, even those long out of the closet, impending old age means going back in again, and the associated risk of being deprived of companionship and quality care when they need it most.

Over 50 percent of LGBT seniors aged over 65 will have home care at some stage, Barrett said, which resulted in some participants in the study revealing that “they have to hide who they are in their own home.”

The report’s results will be used as a blueprint for urgent reform in the aged care sector.

There is currently no specific federal policy for aged care services in relation to LGBT clients.A study of the experiences of LGBT seniors in aged care services has revealed that they regularly experience discrimination and... more