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Wine of the Week: West Sonoma Coast Wines 04/27/2018 12:55am • WASHINGTON — There are road shows and then there are road shows. This week, the West Sonoma Coast Vintners Association is on the road, bringing its wine wares to Washington as part of an educational tasting tour for consumers and those in the industry. The West Sonoma Coast Vintners is an organ DC Ritz: Watch royal wedding for $75. Have your own for $1M 04/26/2018 10:04am • WASHINGTON — The Ritz-Carlton Washington, D.C. is planning a prestigious Royal Wedding Viewing Party on Saturday, May 19, just as it did in 2011 for the last royal wedding, and it is expecting a crowd. For any local future brides and grooms with a seven-figure budget for their weddings, the R Gunshot victim reunites with paramedics at GOP baseball practice 04/25/2018 10:53am • ALEXANDRIA, Va. — At the GOP congressional baseball team's first practice since last June's shooting, one of the most seriously injured victims reunited with two paramedics who helped save his life — and used a baseball analogy to describe how lucky he feels. "Every day you come out here it's 9 ETFs That Are True Oddballs 04/24/2018 08:00pm • A varied assortment of ETFs for investor tastes.We are living in a golden age of investment options. From accessible stock trading via low-cost brokers with mobile technologies to dirt cheap index funds, it's great to be a trader in 2018. However, there are plenty of quirky and downright confusing i Apple Inc. (AAPL) Stock Won't Get Help From HomePod 04/24/2018 08:00pm • Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) investors are bracing for what could be a difficult first-quarter earnings report on May 1. But while most of the attention will be on iPhone shipments and guidance, analysts say Apple's recently launched HomePod smart speaker could also prove to be a huge disappointment. Is Tracking Macros Compromising Your Gut Microbes? 04/24/2018 08:00pm • Tracking macronutrients -- or focusing on the percentage of carbs, protein and fat you consume daily -- is touted as a way to ensure you are getting the nutrients you need in the amounts required whether you're trying to lose weight, gain muscle or just eat more healthfully. But food is much mor Aimed at China, Trump's tariffs are hitting closer to home 04/24/2018 12:57am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's escalating dispute with China over trade and technology is threatening jobs and profits in working-class communities where his "America First" agenda hit home. The Commerce Department has received more than 2,400 applications from companies seeking wai Are ETFs Best for Investing? 04/23/2018 08:00pm • Let's assume Madam Marie, your local crystal ball-gazing psychic, decided to set up shop on Wall Street. Laugh if you like, but she might pick 'em just as well with tarot cards as investment gurus do with charts. After all, predicting the future in investment is risky business. Just ask Jim Cramer, How Investing Can Be Good for the Earth 04/23/2018 08:00pm • Money may not grow on trees, but eco-friendly stocks could have investors seeing green in more ways than one. While many people celebrated Earth Day by identifying ways to improve their own carbon footprint to protect and conserve the most valuable asset we have, the recent observance also presents 9 Stocks That Make Great Graduation Gifts 04/22/2018 08:00pm • Give the gift of capital appreciation.Graduation season is here, and finding the perfect graduation gift couldn't be simpler. You could hand over the typical envelope of cash or -- if you're trying to win some hearts -- a car. But what value do such gifts really provide? The money will be spent by s Wine of the Week: What to drink at Wine Spectator’s Grand Tour 04/20/2018 10:43am • WASHINGTON — Like a kid who can't sleep the night before Christmas, I am so excited about the upcoming Wine Spectator Grand Tour wine tasting in D.C. The event takes place the evening of April 20 at the Ronald Reagan Building, and will feature more than 240 wines from some of the top producers Apple Inc. (AAPL) Investors Brace For Disappointing iPhone Numbers 04/19/2018 08:00pm • Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock traded lower by 2.8 percent on Thursday after earnings guidance from supplier Taiwan Semiconductor ( TSM) suggested weakness in the high-end smartphone market in the second-quarter. Analysts say Apple's iPhone numbers may come up a few million short of consensus expe Police, fire officials honored for heroism during Alexandria baseball shooting 04/19/2018 10:56am • ALEXANDRIA, Va. — They rushed in to help victims as a gunman opened fire at an Alexandria, Virginia, baseball field. Now, they are being honored for their heroism. The Alexandria Chamber of Commerce recognized 20 police and fire officials who responded to the June 14 shooting at Eugene Simpson 9 Healthy Recipe Swaps That Taste as Good or Better Than the 'Original' 04/18/2018 08:00pm • Surprise! It's a vegetable. As a kid, Robin Foroutan hated cauliflower. But she loved her mom's veggie lasagna, which happened to use crumbled cauliflower in place of ricotta cheese. "Everyone now knows about cauliflower rice, which I love, but if you add a little almond creamer or even cashew cream 4 Ways Millennials Can Avoid Online Financial Scams 04/16/2018 08:00pm • If you're in your 20s and 30s, you may think you're less vulnerable than seniors to fall for online financial scams. But the numbers say otherwise. According to the Federal Trade Commission's annual data summary of consumer complaints released in March, 40 percent of Americans between ages 20 and 29