Embarq cutting retirees' medical, life insurance (The News & Observer)
Embarq, the local phone company formerly known as Sprint, is joining a growing list of businesses that are cutting retirees' benefits.

Retiree gets lost in the bureaucracy (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By DAVE LIEBER Wilma Frashier has been burned so many times that she doesn't believe Medicare, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, the Retirement System of Texas or even The Watchdog when we tell her that the terrible confusion over her doctor bills is most likely over. Then again, nobody is really sure if it is. We won't know for three more months, when she returns to the doctor. Then she may fall back ...

Here's Help (Rutland Herald)
AA Meetings: Rutland, Group meetings discussions for Alcoholics Anonymous and alcohol abuse, 775-0402; Bennington, 447-1285; Manchester, 362-3824; Middlebury, 388-9284. ACORN Support Group: Lebanon, N.H., Support for individuals infected or affected with HIV/AIDS, (800) 816-2220. ...

At your service (Daytona Beach News-Journal)
The At Your Service column appears in The News-Journal on Mondays. Featured this week are service groups in Volusia and Flagler counties.