1. Can I refuse to be alone with a coworker who I had an emotional affair with?

I am married and I got too friendly with another coworker. I ended up lying to my spouse about dinners out, traveling, and long personal conversations with this coworker. My spouse found out, and I confessed that I had lied. I also told my boss and he understood that I could no longer travel, be alone, etc. with this particular coworker.

Read more at Inc.

If you live in California, you probably know how aggressive California’s state tax agency can be. In fact, even if you live somewhere else, you might have heard of the Golden State’s aggressive tax rules. Buy a vacation home in California, and stay a little too long? Come into the state and do some work for your non-California employer? Travel to California trying to sell some products or collect data that you’ll use out of state when you get back home?

Any of these things and many others can pique the interest of California’s tax collection agency, the Franchise Tax Board. In fact, it can feel like just about any connection to California can be enough to at least raise tax issues. Of course, being a California resident and then moving away has its own set of tax issues. The thought of leaving California over taxes is nothing new. California's tough Franchise Tax Board (FTB) polices the line between residents and non-residents, and does so rigorously. If you leave, California is likely to probe how and when you stopped being a resident. For that reason, even if you think your facts are not controversial, be careful. California is known to chase people who leave, and to disagree about whether they really are non-residents. After all, California's 13.3% tax on capital gains inspires plenty of tax moves.

Read more at Forbes.

A happy, healthy retirement is most everyone’s dream. We imagine lazy mornings over a cup of coffee and a good book, days relaxing on a tropical beach, exploring foreign lands and playing with our grandkids. No stress. No worry.  

We would be better served to think of retirement as twenty years of unemployment.  That's because when it comes to retirement savings, the majority of Americans generally come up short.

Read more at USA Today.

Mark Hulbert, a MarketWatch columnist and stock market analyst with decades of experience, published an article that takes a balanced look at recent evidence that growth strategies may be replaced by value.

You can read Hulbert’s analysis here, and I urge you to do so. You may be surprised that his data point to the last dozen years as being an anomaly — value strategies have beaten growth over very long periods.

Read more at Market Watch.

Pancreatic cancer is so difficult to treat in large part because it often isn't discovered until the disease has spread to other parts of the body. That's because in many cases there are no signs or symptoms until the cancer has reached an advanced stage. Even when there are early signs and symptoms, they are often vague, so patients tend to ignore them or doctors attribute them to another disease. For these reasons, pancreatic cancer is often known as a silent killer.

"There is not a single (symptom) that lets you home in specifically on pancreatic cancer," says Dr. Brian Wolpin, director of the Lustgarten Foundation Pancreatic Cancer Research Laboratory at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. "They tend to occur later in the disease course, so for most people a small tumor will not be symptomatic. Symptoms develop later, when the tumor is larger or has spread."

Read more at US News.

More and more states are legalizing cannabis saliva, or marijuana. As its use as a recreational drug becomes increasingly popular, we need to understand the associated health risks. Let's look at the data on the likelihood of cannabis contributing to asthma and allergies.

Though cannabis can be consumed in many ways, smoking it is still the most common method. According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, smoke from cigarettes can cause and trigger respiratory problems such as asthma and COPD. Also, secondhand smoke can cause problems in people exposed to it, especially children with asthma.

Read more at US News.

In recent weeks, mass protests have broken out in countries from Lebanon to Spain to Chile. All are different - with distinct causes, methods and goals - but there are some common themes that connect them.

While thousands of miles apart, protests have begun for similar reasons in several countries, and some have taken inspiration from each other on how to organise and advance their goals.

Read more at BBC News.

A US drug company says it has created the first therapy that could slow Alzheimer's disease, and it is now ready to bring it to market.

Currently, there are no drugs that can do this - existing ones only help with symptoms.

Read more at BBC News.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has retained power in Canada's election but lost both his majority and - by a slight margin - the popular vote. Here is a breakdown of the good news for his Liberal party - and the bad.
Good news - he's still in power.

It was a tough election battle for the Liberals but there was the sense late on Monday night among party faithful in Montreal that they could now breathe a little easier.

Read more at BBC News.