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Is a Pharmaceutical Giant Trying to Hinder Its Competition?
As the patent for the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor, the best-selling prescription medication of all time, is about to expire, some critics are accusing drugmaker Pfizer of unfair business practices in order to protect and extend its revenue stream. Read
401(k) Balances Soar in First Quarter
A bullish stock market boosted the average balance to $255,000 for participants age 55 and older who have worked at their current employer for 10 years or more. How does yours compare? Read
Get Ready for Medicare Price Cuts on
Medical Supplies
Starting July 1, a new competitive-bidding program will mean lower costs for beneficiaries who order diabetes supplies and other equipment, such as wheelchairs, hospital beds, walkers and more. Read
Is Caffeine Withdrawal a Mental Disorder?
Experts from the American Psychiatric Association say yes. Find out more. Read
Supreme Court Rules That Genes Cannot Be Patented
This is good news for researchers and patients — and should lower costs for future cancer-risk tests like ones Angelina Jolie underwent. Read
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'Ticket to Work' Program Helps People Get Off Disability Insurance
Returning to work isn't easy. This program offers a trial period in which someone can test his ability to hold down a job for nine months without a loss of benefits. Read
Ask Ms. Medicare
Who Pays the Part-D Higher Income Surcharge?
Drug coverage in a retiree plan may not exempt you. Read
Financially Speaking
Looking for a Job? Why You Need to 'Go Social'
Your online profile is a calling card to a new generation of recruiters. Read
Your Money
10 Free (or Nearly Free) Activities for Kids or Grandkids
How to enlighten, entertain and spend time together this summer without breaking the bank. Read
Editor's Letter
Jump In! The Twittersphere's Just Fine
Social media sites are terrific places to communicate with friends, family — even total strangers. But they can have a dark side, too, so tweet with care. Read
Where We Stand
Seeking Solutions
AARP's CEO says there are better ways to reduce the deficit than by cutting Social Security and Medicare benefits. Read
President's Corner
How to Strengthen and Preserve Medicare
AARP's president offers three responsible and commonsense solutions to help lower costs. Read
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JUNE 18
1815: French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated at the Battle of Waterloo. A coalition force mainly comprising the British army, under the Duke of Wellington, and the Prussian army, commanded by Gebhard von Blucher, ends Bonaparte's brief return to power, near the village of Waterloo, Belgium.
1979: President Jimmy Carter and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sign the controversial SALT II arms-reduction treaty, which would never be ratified by Congress.
1983: Just over 20 years after Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space, astrophysicist Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space. Ride would operate the space shuttle Challenger's robotic arm, which she helped design, during the six-day mission
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