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Ellicott City local government, church ask for volunteers after flood disaster 05/29/2018 03:35pm • ELLICOTT CITY, Md. — When there's a disaster such as the flooding in Ellicott City, Maryland, some people feel inspired to donate something — and in this case, Howard County hopes it's cash. The redistribution of tangible items can create logistical problems, but the Community Foundation of H Best Places to Park Money You May Need Soon 05/23/2018 08:00pm • Conventional wisdom dictates that money needed in five years or less should be kept out of risky assets like stocks. If you're saving for a major purchase like a house or a dream vacation, the last thing you want is a sudden bear market swallowing a chunk of your principal. But leaving that money i How Lifestyle Inflation Can Harm Investors 05/23/2018 08:00pm • Lifestyle inflation refers to when discretionary spending increases at roughly the same rate as your income. An extreme example is what typically results after someone wins the lottery. However, more subtle increases are far more common and may even be hard to detect, or perhaps, just much easier t 52 Dividend Stocks Boasting 25-Year Dividend Growth 05/21/2018 08:00pm • Rock-solid dividend stocks you can bank on.Finding great dividend stocks is hard work. Any company can pay a dividend -- but is it prudent, sustainable, based on a sound and stable long-term business, and liable to grow? And from an investor's perspective, is it meaningful? These are the questions t Lava Insurance and Other Unusual Financial Products You Might Need 05/16/2018 08:00pm • When Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island spewed lava into the Leilani Estates neighborhood this month, many residents were left wondering whether damage to their property would be covered by insurance. The sad reality is that losses associated with lava or volcanic activity are excluded from man Why Using Instagram to Find a Plastic Surgeon Is Unreliable 05/16/2018 08:00pm • In the fall of 2017, a petite woman in her 30s asked Dr. Rady Rahban, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, California, for a breast lift and augmentation, up to a D-cup. Rahban told the woman her frame was too small for such an enhancement and suggested she consider enhancing to a C- How to Prepare for Potential Disasters While Your House Is on the Market 05/15/2018 08:00pm • You can expect the lead-up to putting your home on the market to be a hectic period that includes everything from making minor updates to moving out furniture to staging rooms in hopes of enticing buyers. And once the property is officially on the market, things don't get any less hectic when you ha 10 Financial Scams to Avoid in Retirement 05/08/2018 08:00pm • Those who have saved consistently are likely to enter retirement with a large nest egg. While your accumulated savings can provide a comfortable living, this strategy also has certain risks. Predators know that many retirees have spent years saving, and thieves set up specific schemes geared toward 5 Ways to Avoid Expensive 'Lifestyle Inflation' 05/07/2018 08:00pm • You've heard the seemingly outrageous stories of families who earn hundreds of thousands of dollars and still can't make ends meet. How can that happen? One of the biggest reasons that high-earners struggle to pay their bills is lifestyle creep. Here's how it happens: As people gradually earn more m 15 Little Things That Impact Your Finances 05/03/2018 08:00pm • Manage your money more effectively. Your house, your car and your career all affect your finances. But smaller decisions, such as the bank accounts you open, the meals you buy and the apps you use can also have a significant impact on your financial well-being. If you want to keep your financial hou 6 Things Generation Z Gets Wrong About Money 05/02/2018 08:00pm • Move over millennials. While 20- and 30-somethings have seemingly been the center of attention for years, Generation Z is getting ready to move into the spotlight. Generation Z is the name often used for post-millennial young adults, and depending on whom you ask, the oldest members are somewhere b 6 Money Mistakes College Students Make 04/30/2018 08:00pm • Between paying college tuition and covering the cost of room and board, managing money as a college student can be a challenge. And the reality is many students aren't excelling at juggling managing their finances with their classes. The Wisconsin Hope Lab, which aims to find ways to make financing Va.-based Carfax going strong with 20 billion records in database 04/25/2018 10:37am • WASHINGTON — Centreville, Virginia-based Carfax, used by auto dealers and used-car buyers to find out a used vehicle's history, said it now has 20 billion records in its database. The 20-billionth record loaded into the Carfax database was an accident reported in Tennessee involving a 2010 Toyo Dr. Oz stops to help after bus carrying Md. students catches fire 04/23/2018 03:11pm • WASHINGTON — When a bus carrying several dozen Prince George's County high school students caught on fire this weekend in New Jersey during a field trip, well-known TV host and physician Dr. Mehmet Oz was one of the passers-by who stopped to help. About 50 students from Northwestern High School Virginia to require rear-facing child restraint seats 04/11/2018 01:23pm • Siona Peterous, correspondent RICHMOND, Va — Virginia will join 10 states that require kids under the age of 2 — or children who are below the manufacturer's suggested weight limit — to be placed in a rear-facing car seat. The new law, House Bill 708, which Gov. Ralph Northam signed last