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Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits [Abstract] |
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits | Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits The following table summarizes the components of continuing net annual benefit cost (income) for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:
(in Millions) | Three Months Ended March 31
Pensions |  | Other Benefits
2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Components of net annual benefit cost (income): |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost | $ | 4.9 |  |  | $ | 5.4 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Interest cost | 15.5 |  |  | 14.5 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.3 |
Expected return on plan assets | (21.6 | ) |  | (19.2 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Amortization of prior service cost (credit) | 0.4 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Recognized net actuarial and other (gain) loss | 7.8 |  |  | 17.5 |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  | (0.4 | )
Recognized loss due to settlement (1) | 1.6 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Net periodic benefit cost from continuing operations | $ | 8.6 |  |  | $ | 18.7 |  |  | $ | (0.1 | ) |  | $ | (0.1 | )
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(1) | Settlement charge is associated with the acceleration of previously deferred pension actuarial losses and was triggered by a lump-sum payout to certain former executives.
We made voluntary cash contributions to our U.S. defined benefit pension plan of $17.0 million and $13.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013. We expect to make approximately $50 million in voluntary cash contributions to our U.S. defined benefit pension plan during 2014.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for pension and other postretirement benefits. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2235017 + Details
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