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Is the End in Sight for the Natural Gas Slide? 01/26/2016 07:00pm • Investors hoping for a turnaround in natural gas prices may have to wait until the second half of the year, at the earliest. Prices for the commodity, which is used for heating homes, power generation and to make plant food, have been in a downtrend for almost two years. Front-month futures contract How I Dealt With Student Debt: Real Borrowers Share Stories 01/26/2016 07:00pm • The national narrative about student loans is daunting -- and rightfully so. Overall student debt is more than a trillion dollars . Borrowers delay major life decisions because of the amounts they owe. And the Student Loan Ranger receives countless emails about loan forgiveness -- which isn't qui Lockheed to spin off IT business in deal with Leidos 01/26/2016 10:59am • WASHINGTON — Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed Martin Corp. will spin off its Information Systems & Global Solutions business in a $5 billion deal that will combine those operations with Reston, Virginia-based government security contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. Lockheed said last summer it How to live within your means 01/26/2016 09:00am • When you retire you no longer get a paycheck. You knew it was going to happen. But knowing it and experiencing it are two different things. If you are struggling to live within your budget, here are five suggestions that will bring your retirement expenses into line with your more modest retirement 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