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A reader asked: “I strongly suspect that my husband is developing dementia. Our fighting has stopped, but it’s a lonely place to be. I’m not thrilled about spending my retirement years as a caregiver. It’s a huge sacrifice that will narrow my own life significantly. Do we both need to go down with the ship? Can I leave now (and let his family deal with this)? Or am I obligated to stay and care for him?”

Breaking News: The parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue, HBC, is said to have agreed to a $2.65 billion deal to buy Neiman Marcus, further consolidating luxury retail.

These 5 habits can cause a surprising amount of damage to your teeth, experts say.

Benjamin Bolger has been to Harvard and Stanford and Yale. He has been to Columbia and Dartmouth and Oxford, and Cambridge, Brandeis and Brown. Over all, Bolger has 14 advanced degrees, plus an associate’s and a bachelor’s. “I believe that people are like trees,” he said. “I hope I am a sequoia. I want to grow for as long as possible and reach toward the highest level of the sky.”

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A reader asked Work Friend: "I work in a high school where two teachers receive a stipend for supervising the entrance at the beginning of the day. Both teachers sit behind a table facing the entrance, by which all teachers and students must pass, but they never say hello to the students or staff. If I say hello they sometimes respond, but other times nothing. I have stopped saying 'good morning' but find it terribly uncomfortable to walk past in silence. Other times of day these same teachers try to engage in conversation, but I harbor resentment from the morning. Shouldn’t greeters say hello?"

We asked 43 highly sociable people for tips on how to be a stellar guest and a gracious host. Read this before you say yes to the next invitation.

California lawmakers reached a deal to close a state deficit estimated at $47 billion, paving the way for a nearly $300 billion budget next year.

Pharmacy benefit managers — like CVS Caremark, Optum Rx and Express Scripts — act as middlemen overseeing prescriptions for more than 200 million Americans. They’re meant to reduce drug costs. But instead, they steer patients toward pricier drugs, charge steep markups on otherwise inexpensive medicines and extract billions in hidden fees, a New York Times investigation found.