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CHICAGO – Most U.S. employers are planning to further scale back health benefits offered to retirees, as companies struggle with the upward march in the cost of medical care and weigh increased contributions from government’s Medicare program, a survey found. Ninety-five percent of the mostly Fortune 500 companies polled expect …

BANGKOK, Thailand – Some survivors of the 2004 South Asian tsunami say an upcoming television miniseries will do little more than open fresh wounds from the disaster. “Why are they doing this? We can’t believe it,” tour guide Sawitree Kulmat told The Nation newspaper. “It’s too early … What about …

SYDNEY, Australia – Nicole Kidman married country music star Keith Urban at an Australian clifftop chapel Sunday in an intimate ceremony attended by close family and a smattering of A-list stars. The beaming Oscar-winning actress arrived at the Roman Catholic church in flowing white Balenciaga gown and veil, clutching a …