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Why the 4 Percent Rule is Difficult to Follow 10/08/2014 12:00am • Many financial experts suggest that withdrawing 4 percent of your savings each year adjusted for inflation will make your savings last the rest of your life. But you should think through whether you can actually implement the 4 percent withdrawal rule, which involves spending the same percentage wh How to Handle Funeral Costs 10/07/2014 12:00am • They say the only certainties in life are death and taxes. Uncle Sam withholds money for taxes, but there's no forced savings for a funeral. Most people don't give it much thought until they're grieving the loss of a loved one -- a time when heightened emotions don't always lend themselves to sound 5 Questions to Ask Before Writing a Living Will 10/07/2014 12:00am • It's one of those tasks on many people's to-do lists. But it's way down at the bottom of the list: writing a living will. A living will is a legal document, also called an advance health care directive, which details how you'd like to be cared for if something terrible unexpectedly happens to you A look at cases before the Supreme Court 10/06/2014 12:50pm • The Associated Press A look at some of the noteworthy cases the Supreme Court will hear this term, which begins Monday:--Mistaken traffic stop: A broken brake light led a North Carolina police officer to pull over a car in which cocaine was later found. Turns out, the state requires only one functi Study: The 20 most-ticketed vehicles in U.S. 10/01/2014 09:41am • WASHINGTON -- Move over, red sports cars. A new type of vehicle is whizzing by you on a list of the most-ticketed vehicles in the U.S. A study from Insurance.com looked at data from 526 models and more than 557,000 recent customers to determine which vehicles receive the most speeding tickets and Say Goodbye To Air Rights, Hello To Bethesda Crossing 10/01/2014 09:10am • The $30 million renovation is complete at the downtown Bethesda office complex formerly known as the Air Rights Center. Developer MRP Realty and equity firm Rockpoint Group unveiled the new-look Bethesda Crossing during a reception on Tuesday. The complex — which includes two buildings at 731 Are free credit scores really free? 10/01/2014 12:00am • Consumers tend to regard the offer of "free" stuff suspiciously, and rightly so, especially when it relates to credit cards. In the past, companies that have offered free credit scores or free credit reports have enrolled unsuspecting consumers into monthly programs that charged fees. The Feder 9 Ways to Reduce Your Insurance Costs 10/01/2014 12:00am • Insurance cost-cuttersIt's hard to get through life without paying for insurance. In fact, if you have a family, you probably have several insurance bills -- for your health, car, home and, of course, your life. You're always glad you have insurance when you need it, but on the days you don't, it's DC Council weighs giving bicyclists more rights 09/30/2014 07:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The D.C. Council is considering changing a law to give bicyclists a better chance to recoup medical costs after collisions with cars. A District liability law currently requires accidents to be 100 percent the driver's fault for a bicyclist to collect on insurance.The council's Plea in NYC speaker stabbing, but appeal planned 09/29/2014 03:00pm • JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- A man whose chance encounter with a despondent stranger led to a stabbing he called assisted suicide pleaded guilty Monday to manslaughter after his murder conviction was overturned in a case that questioned the boundary between killing someone and he Top 5 things you can rent for extra cash 09/29/2014 12:00am • If you're in need of some extra cash to pay the bills or boost your savings, remember that lesson you learned in kindergarten: the value of sharing. By lending out what you already have lying around -- power tools, old college textbooks, even your home -- you can bring in that extra income you ne A look at regulations for mobile-based businesses 09/28/2014 12:40pm • The Associated Press CAR SERVICES:--New York City: Allows car services to operate so long as they follow the city licensing process for operating as a for-hire "black car" livery service.--California: Requires licensing from state public utilities commission as well as criminal background checks, d Businesses and investors pressing for green policy 09/26/2014 02:24pm • JONATHAN FAHEY AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Hundreds of corporations, insurance companies and pension funds are calling on world leaders gathering for a U.N. summit on climate change this week to attack the problem by making it more costly for businesses and ordinary people to pollute.The idea, More legal woes for rideshare app Uber in Germany 09/26/2014 10:10am • BERLIN (AP) -- Popular ridesharing service Uber is facing more legal issues in Germany after a Berlin court upheld the capital's ban on the app.Berlin authorities in August banned Uber, saying it put customers at risk by allowing them to ride in cars that hadn't been checked, and with drivers neithe Abandoned truck dripping rancid chicken juice 09/26/2014 04:06am • MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) -- A truck dripping rancid juices from thousands of pounds of rotting chicken sat in the heat attracting flies Thursday at a western Montana truck stop, where an Idaho trucking company employee abandoned it.The driver left the trailer containing approximately 37,000 pounds of fr