The site, which is maintained by the Administration on Aging, provides guidance on topics ranging from finding housing to choosing a home-care aide and living with Alzheimer's disease. Manufacturers can now tout foods with certain plant extracts and indicate that the foods may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease. The Food and Drug Administration has approved labels on foods containing plant sterol esters and plant stanol esters, which help block the absorption of dietary cholesterol. Thank-you certificates from the French government will be presented to surviving World War II veterans for their participation in the liberation of France. The forms will also be available from veteran service groups.
Some airlines upgrade members of their frequent-flier clubs to first class for a nominal fee.
Ask about similar upgrades at American, Continental and United. Visit the Museum of American Financial History the next time you're in New York City. The museum, which is located at 28 Broadway, recently reopened with an infusion of items from the Smithsonian Institution. Home-delivered groceries get more expensive. Supermarkets and Internet grocers are raising their fees and hiking minimum-purchase requirements.