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Discover What It's Like to Work as a Dentist or Orthodontist 01/25/2016 07:00pm • Picture a dentist, and you might envision comedian Steve Martin prying out teeth in "Little Shop of Horrors" and belting out his ode to dentistry: "I am your dentist/ And I enjoy the career that I picked/ I am your dentist/ And I get off on the pain I inflict."But dentistry today is very different, 10 Colleges Where Graduates Have the Least Debt 01/25/2016 07:00pm • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: Why You've Probably Already Given Up on Your Financial New Year's Resolution 01/25/2016 07:00pm • Let's face it, by the end of January plenty of people are already giving up their ambitious New Year's resolutions. The Sunday morning workout routine gets replaced with brunch. The pact to read more leads to a stack of untouched books because Netflix released another must-watch original show. And t Liberal Arts Colleges Where Students Are Eager to Enroll 01/24/2016 07:00pm • While college officials can control which applicants they admit to their campuses, they can't know for sure who will ultimately choose to enroll. Even well-known and highly ranked schools, such as Williams College in Massachusetts, may find that less than half of accepted students start taking clas W-2s Are Here: Why Filing Taxes Online Saves You Time 01/23/2016 07:00pm • Last week, the IRS started accepting electronically filed tax returns, officially kicking off the start of the 2016 tax season. If you haven't already, you should start receiving all your relevant tax forms in the mail, such as your W-2 or 1099 form. Once you've gathered all your necessary tax forms 10 retirement myths debunked 01/21/2016 07:00pm • You probably have the wrong idea about your 'golden years.' After 30 or 40 years in the workforce, you'll probably be ready for the day when you can quit your job for good. However, you could be in for a shock. "Be prepared for the fact it's not going to be exactly how you thought it would be," s How to Balance Debt Reduction and Retirement Savings 01/21/2016 07:00pm • Millennials face a particularly difficult challenge when it comes to retirement savings. They are juggling credit card debt and student loans, while at the same time trying to save for the future.A recent Insured Retirement Institute and Center for Generational Kinetics survey of 1,110 adults found 3 Things to Work Out With Athletic Stocks 01/21/2016 07:00pm • If you've been to the gym in the post-New Year's sprint to shed the holiday pounds, you probably had plenty of company. January accounts for 12 percent of new gym memberships -- the most of any month, according to the International Health, Racquet, and Sportsclub Association.But if you were thinking You can still have the American dream, really 01/21/2016 11:00am • Pessimism seems to pervade the American psyche these days. It's something that President Barack Obama addressed in the State of the Union, arguing that the surge of some Republican presidential candidates comes from their willingness to pour fire on this pessimistic fear of the future. While Obam 4 Tips for Families Navigating College Financial Aid Amid Divorce 01/20/2016 07:00pm • Tiffany and Clem Clay always wanted the best college education possible for their children. That the Massachusetts couple now has six children between them -- three from Tiffany's prior marriage and three from Clem's -- doesn't change that. But their divorces and remarriage make navigating the fina U.S. News unveils 2016 best countries rankings 01/19/2016 07:00pm • What makes a country the best? Is it leadership? Military might? Economic strength? A rich and deep vein of culture and history? Freedom, a stable government and transparency when it comes to business and the political process? In a word, yes. All of the above contribute to how people perceive wh Are Your Oil Stock Dividends at Risk? 01/19/2016 07:00pm • Don't look now, but crude oil prices have fallen again. The price of oil just slid below the $30-per-barrel mark for the first time in 12 years, and there are few bottom-pickers in sight. Analysts have cut their forecasts for the price of oil in recent weeks. Barclays recently downgraded its forecas Study: Student Loan Borrowers Delaying Other Life Decisions 01/19/2016 07:00pm • Student loan debt is having a profound impact on the daily lives and spending habits of young Americans, regardless of the type of institution they attended or the level of credential they earned, according to the latest " Life Delayed" report from American Student Assistance, the organization tha Merkel: The Steady Hand That Is Popular 01/19/2016 07:00pm • BERLIN -- The move last fall by Angela Merkel came as a surprise: Ignore European Union procedures. Let the refugees come. The defiance even more so: "I have to honestly say, if we now have to start apologizing for showing a friendly face during an emergency situation, then this is not my country." How to Finally Pay Off Your Debt This Year 01/19/2016 07:00pm • If you're one of the thousands of Americans who has committed to finally paying off your debt this year, then you might be wondering how to keep that promise to yourself. After all, people often build up debt not because they want to but because of unexpected life events, from an illness to job loss