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Tight finances, empty nests and quality-of-life changes are reasons that 10 percent of baby boomers will buy some form of real estate this year, the National Association of Realtors reports.

For many, that translates into downsizing their lives so they move into new digs with less clutter.

The difficult task may be approached with dread or even depression. But some who have downsized describe it differently:

"Extremely liberating," says Sally Heiser, 63. Heiser moved from a four-bedroom house to a mobile home in 1998.

Moving from the home that her parents built in 1936 was not as heart wrenching as Heiser expected.

"To this day I haven't shed a tear," she says.

Heiser, of Mesa, Ariz., believes it's because she focused on what she was moving to a relationship with grandkids living in the same state instead of what she was moving from.

Eros International signs 3-yr film deal with Venus

Eros International, the leading Bollywood media and Entertainment Company, today announces that it has secured a 3-year output deal with Bollywood film production house Venus. As a result of this deal, all films from the Venus banner for the next 3 years will be co-produced by Eros and Eros will exclusively own the entire copyright for distribution across all formats.

Two projects are already underway, one with Abbas Mastan who has given hits such as HUMRAAZ, AJNABEE and another with Priyadarshan who has given super-hit comedies like GARAM MASALA, HULCHUL and HUNGAMA.

Venus, established in 1985, has a long-standing track record in the film industry after producing hit films such as BAAZIGAR, BAADSHAH, YES BOSS, JOSH, MAIN HOON NA which have featured stars including Shah Rukh Khan and films like DHADKAN, MAIN KHILADI TU ANARI featuring Celebrity Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty.

Police checkpoints to monitor Spring Bling

RIVIERA BEACH — Police plan to make thousands of beachgoers wade through a series of checkpoints before getting to Singer Island during Spring Bling.