U.S. News & World Report Magazine

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 11:26pm on Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

September 29, 2009: U.S. News Media Group today released its annual Retirement guide and listing of the Best Affordable Places to Retire, an extension of its popular Best Places series. The Best Affordable Places, available today at www.usnews.com/affordable, are featured in the October "Retirement" issue of U.S.News & World Report magazine, on newsstands starting September 29, 2009.

America's Best Affordable Places to Retire, selected by U.S. News editors, were chosen from locations nationwide by analyzing key indicators including low cost of living, high-quality healthcare and elder-care facilities, educational and cultural opportunities, and reasonable housing prices, all while offering access to the services and amenities people look for in an ideal retirement spot.

Like other "Best Places" listings on USNews.com, the Best Affordable Places to Retire package includes extensive information for consumers preparing for retirement as well as an interactive search tool to help users find locations that best fit to their individual lifestyles. Visitors can examine and sort through extensive economic and quality-of-life data, as well as specific state and city information, such as sales taxes and housing prices, to find the most affordable place to retire.

"Preparing for retirement is a complex process, not to mention the difficulty of actually financing it," said Brian Kelly, editor of U.S.News & World Report. "Through the Best Affordable Places to Retire, U.S. News breaks down the most relevant financial information to help families make the best choices in financing their retirement."

The 10 cities honored as America's Best Affordable Places to Retire are (listed alphabetically):

-- Ann Arbor, Michigan
-- Asheville, North Carolina
-- Aurora, Colorado
-- Columbia, South Carolina
-- Columbus, Ohio
-- Eugene, Oregon
-- Fort Worth, Texas
-- Jacksonville, Florida
-- Kansas City, Missouri
-- Tucson, Arizona

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 1:07pm on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

On August 20, 2009, U.S. News Media Group released the 2010 edition of America's Best Colleges, which includes rankings of more than 1,400 schools nationwide.

Harvard University and Princeton University tie the top of the list for Best National Universities. The rankings, available online today at www.usnews.com/colleges, will also be published in the September issue of the U.S.News & World Report magazine, on newsstands starting August 20th.

"As it becomes increasingly difficult to choose the right school - and pay for it - U.S. News strives to provide students and families with the best information to help guide them through the entire college process," said U.S.News & World Report Editor Brian Kelly.

According to the magazine, the best national universities are:

1. Harvard University (MA)
Princeton University (NJ)
3. Yale University (CT)
4. California Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
Stanford University (CA)
University of Pennsylvania

Eric Kallgren    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 10:12pm on Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Paul Bedard, who writes "Washington Whispers" for U.S. News & World Report, must imagine himself wrestling a grizzly of a shocking revelation to the ground with "CNN's Larry King on the Left," published on May 25, 2009:

"Interviewer Larry King's on-camera politics are inscrutable. But the CNN host comes clean about his lefty views in his autobiography, My Remarkable Journey, which landed in bookstores this week. King worries the disclosures might affect his objective image. "I talked to officials at CNN about it," he says. "But if you're writing an autobiography, you'd be comatose not to have opinions on certain things. You hit a certain age and if you don't have opinions, people think there's something the matter."

Eric Kallgren    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 3:03pm on Monday, January 26th, 2009

On January 26, 20009, U.S. News & World Report magazine launched a digital magazine called U.S. News Weekly.

The magazine said the benefits of the digital edition include getting news quickly, often within hours of the reporter's dispatches. They will also embed video and audio podcasts, so you can hear from the reporter or newsmaker directly or watch the event unfold. They promise to include their freshest reporting and analysis.

You can order U.S. News Weekly at the special introductory price of $19.95 a year. The regular price is $24.95.