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Thought We Found a Great Place to Retire; 3 Years Later, We Want Out

We’d always dreamt of owning a beach home for family vacations and weekend getaways, but our budget and the kids’ constantly packed schedules never made it possible.Then, many years later, as we edged toward retirement and the kids were out of the house, we put the idea back on the…

THEN AND NOW: People who came in second place on ‘American Idol’

Clay Aiken in 2003 and 2024.Chris Polk/FilmMagic/Getty Images; Victoria Sirakova/Getty Images”American Idol” winners like Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood have gone on to incredible careers.But runners-up like Justin Guarini, Adam Lambert, and Katharine McPhee have also had huge success.Other finalists like Blake Lewis, David Archuleta, and Crystal Bowersox continue to…