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        "uri": "/2013/01/24/does-maryland-retirement-system-overpay-its-adviso/",
        "title": "Does Maryland retirement system overpay its advisors?",
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        "prettyDate": "January 24, 2013",
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        "summary": "Outside think-tanks have questioned the investment and management costs of Maryland's public pension system, while its CIO says the leakage has reversed.",
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        "uri": "/2013/01/23/whos-minding-the-store-nobody-apparently/",
        "title": "Who's minding the store? Nobody, apparently",
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        "prettyDate": "January 23, 2013",
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        "summary": "Two sets of documents released this week indicate that the institutions we've come to trust our retirement futures to ... may not always have done the right thing.",
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        "uri": "/2013/01/23/plan-sponsors-get-help-on-selecting-institutional/",
        "title": "Plan sponsors get help on selecting institutional products",
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        "prettyDate": "January 23, 2013",
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        "summary": "The Institutional Retirement Income Council aims to help plan sponsors get a better overview of the options available and a way of evaluating what's best for their employees.",
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        "uri": "/2013/01/23/sears-cuts-debts-with-help-of-pension-plan/",
        "title": "Sears cuts debts with help of pension plan",
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        "prettyDate": "January 23, 2013",
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        "summary": "Sears continues to try reduce its future pension obligations by offering early buyouts to its retirees, and is selling debt bonds to offset some of the costs.",
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        "uri": "/2013/01/22/canadian-pre-retirees-also-lack-confidence-in-fina/",
        "title": "Canadian pre-retirees also lack confidence in finances",
        "byline": "Andy Stonehouse",
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        "prettyDate": "January 22, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "authors": [
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        "summary": "A LIMRA study shows Canadian workers feel equally underprepared when it comes to maintaining their current lifestyle in retirement.",
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        "uri": "/2013/01/22/california-likely-to-scale-back-pension-reform-eff/",
        "title": "California likely to scale back pension reform efforts",
        "byline": "Andy Stonehouse",
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        "prettyDate": "January 22, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "2012's sweep of retirement reforms will likely stall, critics note, leading to much larger and impossible-to-manage costs in the not-so-far future.",
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      {
        "uri": "/2013/01/21/court-upholds-changes-to-floridas-public-pensions/",
        "title": "Court upholds changes to Florida's public pensions",
        "byline": "Andy Stonehouse",
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        "prettyDate": "January 21, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "Florida's Supreme Court has approved moves to force state employees to contribute cash to their own retirement plans.",
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        "uri": "/2013/01/21/pension-advisory-group-launches-new-dc-disability/",
        "title": "Pension Advisory Group launches new DC disability coverage",
        "byline": "Andy Stonehouse",
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        "prettyDate": "January 21, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "3 minute",
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        "summary": "The product provides group LTD insurance to protect employees participating in a company's 401(k), 403(b) or 457 plans, protecting them in case of disability.",
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        "uri": "/2013/01/18/does-the-retirement-world-need-more-federal-help/",
        "title": "Does the retirement world need more federal help?",
        "byline": "Andy Stonehouse",
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        "prettyDate": "January 18, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "Can a new federal watchdog do what the SEC, the DOL and even FINRA haven't been able to do when it comes to protecting retirement plans in the U.S.?",
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        "uri": "/2013/01/18/los-angeles-comes-out-ahead-in-pension-game/",
        "title": "Los Angeles comes out ahead in pension game",
        "byline": "Andy Stonehouse",
        "kicker": "",
        "prettyDate": "January 18, 2013",
        "timeToRead": "2 minute",
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        "summary": "Despite a rough economy in recent years, Los Angeles has managed to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to saving for workers' retirement and long-term health care costs.",
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