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Regarding # 6
I am also an american and also close to your same age. I have never had any problems in Thailand except for the occasional taxi driver trying to get a few hundred extra baht for a fare.
Over here we get quite a few sensationalized reports regarding foreign countries...but just be aware these are more to get good news ratings rather than public service announcements. You will not find yourself a target other than for people trying to sell their goods and services to you as a rich farang tourist. (Oh and I get less crap for wearing my red sox t-shirts and the like over there.)
That being said, I personally wouldn't travel to the far south, just because of the recent violence. I doubt this is the first place you have on your itinerary anyways.
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