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  Tech firms bumping up perks to recruit, retain

  By Martha Mendoza  |  April 1, 2013

  Apple's ring-shaped, gleaming "Spaceship Headquarters" will include a world class auditorium and an orchard for engineers to wander. Google's new Bay View campus will feature walkways angled to force accidental encounters. Facebook, while putting final touches on a Disney-inspired campus including a Main Street with a B-B-Q shack, sushi house...

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  Ability to retire on time takes discipline, luck

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  March 27, 2013

  If someone is able to retire on time and with enough money to live comfortably throughout their retirement, was it luck, discipline or some other factor that allowed them to do it?

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  Americans want government action on health initiatives—sometimes

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  March 13, 2013

  The government should have a role in preventing obesity and promoting other good health measures, the public thinks—just as long as their interventions don’t go too far.

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  Dental extracted

  By Katie Kuehner-Hebert  |  March 1, 2013

  Is the dental market the big loser in the PPACA?

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  First lady’s anti-obesity campaign prompts change

  By Darlene Superville, Mary Clare Jalonick  |  February 27, 2013

  Wal-Mart is putting special labels on some store-brand products to help shoppers quickly spot healthier items. Millions of schoolchildren are helping themselves to vegetables from salad bars in their lunchrooms, while kids' meals at Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants automatically come with a side of fruit or vegetables and...

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  Panel questions value of calcium, vitamin D pills

  By Lauran Neergaard  |  February 26, 2013

  Popping calcium and vitamin D pills in hopes of strong bones? Healthy older women shouldn't bother with relatively low-dose dietary supplements, say new recommendations from a government advisory group.

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  Mediterranean-style diets cut heart risks

  By Marilynn Marchione  |  February 25, 2013

  Pour on the olive oil, preferably over fish and vegetables: One of the longest and most scientific tests of a Mediterranean diet suggests this style of eating can cut the chance of suffering heart-related problems, especially strokes, in older people at high risk of them.

• Adults get 11 percent of calories from fast food

  By Mike Stobbe  |  February 21, 2013

  On an average day, U.S. adults get roughly 11 percent of their calories from fast food, a government study shows.

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  House votes to extend pay freeze for fed workers

  By Jim Abrams  |  February 15, 2013

  The House voted Friday to extend a pay freeze for federal workers, already in effect for more than two years, for another nine months.

• Jersey voters will decide minimum wage

  By Angela Delli Santi  |  February 15, 2013

  New Jersey voters will get the last word on whether to increase the state's minimum wage by $1 to $8.25.