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Major League Baseball's lineup of freebies often includes the wacky or the worthless, but one team got it just right this week. The Los Angeles Dodgers will give any member of the U.S. military -- active or retired -- two free tickets to any of its home games in May.

Everywhere you turn, it seems like companies are offering military discounts. Some of these deals are outstanding while others are scams, but the best deal may be one offered by the military itself. Here's a brief guide to the savings opportunities offered to service members and their families.

Veterans with disabilities have a staggering 41% unemployment rate. That's especially true for veterans who return from Iraq and Afghanistan with two signature disabilities: post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, which frequently go undiagnosed.

About 1.5 million of nearly 22 million troops who have served are women. But recent military conflicts, including those in Iraq and Afghanistan, show that upon returning home, female veterans don't always get the support they need to reintegrate into society.

Still reeling from the devastation caused by the BP's Deepwater Horizon rig disaster, the U.S. once again got a scare on Thursday as the Coast Guard responded to a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.

Here's news from the business world and other money matters to watch out for Monday (last updated 7:56 a.m. ET): Greenspan: Recovery 'On Pause': Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said over the weekend that the U.S. economy is taking a breather of sorts. "We're in a pause in a...

Sweden, Germany, and Venezuela provide free college for their students, so why can't America -- which is, after all, "the land of the free"? You might think it is not fiscally possible, but this list of 12 free college and university opportunities in the United States proves otherwise. 1. Alice...

Today we celebrate Veterans Day, to honor the millions of Americans who put the well-being of their country before personal gain, and without whom we could not enjoy the freedoms that cannot be bought, no matter how much money we have. This is a good day to remember that the economic problems we...