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Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits [Abstract] |
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits | Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits The following table summarizes the components of net annual benefit cost (income) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011:
(in Millions) | Three Months Ended September 30 |  | Nine Months Ended September 30
Pensions |  | Other Benefits |  | Pensions |  | Other Benefits
2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Components of net annual benefit cost (income): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost | $ | 5.1 |  |  | $ | 4.6 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 15.2 |  |  | $ | 14.4 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  | $ | 0.2 |
Interest cost | 15.6 |  |  | 15.3 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 46.1 |  |  | 46.1 |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | 1.5 |
Expected return on plan assets | (19.0 | ) |  | (20.6 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (57.4 | ) |  | (61.8 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Amortization of prior service cost (credit) | 0.4 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | — |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  | 1.5 |  |  | 1.5 |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  | (0.6 | )
Recognized net actuarial and other (gain) loss | 11.9 |  |  | 8.9 |  |  | (0.8 | ) |  | (0.5 | ) |  | 38.4 |  |  | 27.3 |  |  | (1.8 | ) |  | (0.7 | )
Net periodic benefit cost from continuing operations | $ | 14.0 |  |  | $ | 8.7 |  |  | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | (0.6 | ) |  | $ | 43.8 |  |  | $ | 27.5 |  |  | $ | (0.8 | ) |  | $ | 0.4 |
We made voluntary cash contributions to our U.S. defined benefit pension plan of $65.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2012. We do not expect to make any additional voluntary cash contributions to the plan for 2012.

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