Search

'The Shape of Water' triumphs at the 90th annual Academy Awards (Photos) 03/05/2018 04:00am • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Against all odds, love won out at the 90th Academy Awards. Guillermo del Toro's lavish, romantic monster fable ``The Shape of Water'' swam away with best picture at an Oscar ceremony flooded by a sense of a change for a movie business confronting the post-Harvey Weinst Ethics in Sports (and All) Medicine 03/04/2018 07:00pm • The Larry Nassar sexual assault case was a life-altering journey of heartbreak for his victims and a scandalous and hugely disappointing blow to the field of sports medicine. And it has illuminated the distressing fact that the moral compass of sports medicine (perhaps all of medicine) is off. Afte 9 Strategies to Reduce Falls for People With Dementia 03/04/2018 07:00pm • Dementia increases the risk of falling.Research shows that people with dementia have a significantly higher risk of falling than people who don't have the cognitive disorder, says Alexa Rohach, a physical therapist at Providence Saint John's Health Center's Performance Therapy in Santa Monica, Calif New app offers precise location to first responders, emergency contacts 03/04/2018 06:06am • WASHINGTON ��� A new app is promising to provide emergency responders a user's precise location inside a building. The makers of the app, 911HelpSMS, said it would be particularly suitable for students, and it will provide children an extra layer of security. "The software basically will type Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 4-10 03/03/2018 09:34pm • Here are some stars celebrating a birthday this week. March 4: Actress Paula Prentiss (1975's ``The Stepford Wives'') is 80. Movie director Adrian Lyne (''Fatal Attraction'') is 77. Singer Chris Rea is 67. Actor-singer Ronn Moss of Player (''The Bold and the Beautiful'') is 66. Actress Kay Le How a New HUD Rule Changes Section 8 Housing Vouchers 02/27/2018 07:00pm • On April 1, the Small Area Fair Market Rent rule will go into effect, aimed at appropriately altering the way fair market rent is calculated for Housing Choice Voucher program recipients and reducing the chances of confining recipients exclusively to low-rent areas. The Housing Choice Voucher progr Now Apple Inc. (AAPL) Is Planning a Giant iPhone 02/26/2018 07:00pm • When it comes to the next generation of iPhones, Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) is going big. According to Bloomberg, which cited sources familiar with the products, Apple is planning to release its largest iPhone ever in 2018. The new iPhone, reportedly code-named D33, is expected to have a screen in th How Do I Find the Best Dermatologist? 02/25/2018 07:00pm • The human body has several built-in defense mechanisms that protect us from foreign organisms that may cause disease. Internally, the immune system takes the lead protecting us from infection. Externally, the skin -- the body's largest organ -- plays an enormous role in preventing those invaders fro The Ultimate Guide to REITs 02/25/2018 07:00pm • A REIT, or a real estate investment trust, is a company that owns, operates or finances income-producing real estate. This is often done by pooling investors' money to buy and possibly manage commercial or residential buildings. The company then collects rent from its tenants and passes that income Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 25-March 3 02/24/2018 08:12pm • Here are some celebrities having a birthday this week. Feb. 25: Actress Ann McCrea (''The Donna Reed Show'') is 87. Actor Tom Courtenay (''Dr. Zhivago'') is 81. CBS newsman Bob Schieffer is 81. Actress Diane Baker is 80. Actress Karen Grassle (''Little House on the Prairie'') is 76. Singer-gu Volunteers working hard to restore Hank Dietle's Tavern 02/23/2018 04:59pm • ROCKVILLE, Md. ��� Nine days after a fire tore through the inside of Hank Dietle's Tavern, volunteers remain hard at work trying to bring the landmark back to life. ���The more we���ve torn things out and stripped off a lot of the superficial boards, you can see that the structure���s intact,��� 5 Things Every Parent Must Know About Kids and Taxes 02/22/2018 07:00pm • Raising children is expensive. That's why, when it comes to filing your taxes, it's helpful to take advantage of beneficial deductions and credits. However, with the new tax code that was passed by Congress last December, there are a number of changes that will affect taxpayers, particularly when y How the Tax Code May Affect Your Paycheck 02/20/2018 07:00pm • With the new tax bill that went into effect on Jan. 1, and new withholding tables the Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service put forth on Jan. 11, you may have noticed a spike in your paycheck this month. Still, some employees may not see changes in their take-home pay until March. Digital dependence? Break up with your phone, reclaim your time 02/20/2018 02:14am • WASHINGTON ��� Do you find that you reach for your phone while waiting in line at the coffee shop? Open an app during the 20-second elevator ride to the office? Or, fall down the Facebook rabbit hole for hours in the evening? If you���re like most Americans, the answer is yes ��� even if you don DC Council members call for school chief Wilson to resign 02/19/2018 01:24pm • WASHINGTON ��� D.C. officials are calling for the public schools chancellor to step aside after the announcement that he violated policy, bypassing the school lottery system to benefit his own child. Chancellor Antwan Wilson announced and apologized for the move Friday, saying in a statement that