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You can contact her on Twitter <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140921013256/https://twitter.com/aiming2retire">@aiming2retire</a>, circle her on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140921013256/https://plus.google.com/u/0/107534606513893985916/posts">Google+</a> or email her at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140921013256/mailto:ebrandon@usnews.com">ebrandon@usnews.com</a>.</p> </div> </div> <section class="block"> <h2 class="h">Recent Articles</h2> <hr class="hr-heavy"/> <script type="text/javascript">(function($, win, undef) {var done = function() {$(window.document).frame({'setBody': function(body) {var insertionMode = $(this).attr('data-insertion-mode');if ('append' === insertionMode) {$(this).append(body);} else if ('prepend' === insertionMode) {$(this).prepend(body);} else {$(this).html(body);}}}).ready(function() {$(this).trigger('create');});};var deferreds = [];if (!$.isFunction($.plugin2)) {deferreds.push($.getScript('/_resource/jquery2/jquery.extra.js'));}if 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