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9 Niche ETFs You've Never Heard Of 07/10/2018 08:00pm • These investments offer focus and potential.Thanks to the proliferation of exchange-traded funds, there are thousands for investors to shop. But do a little digging and you'll discover that while there's a crowd chasing the more popular investing vehicles, such as tracking the S&P 500, there are Why Repaying Federal Student Loans on a Credit Card Is a Bad Idea 07/10/2018 08:00pm • The long and sometimes painful process of repaying student loan debt can sometimes lead people to consider creative ways to relieve the financial pressure or work the system to gain some extra reward for their efforts. Some student loan borrowers may be tempted to use credit cards to make installmen Salary Negotiation: How to Negotiate Salary and Succeed 07/10/2018 08:00pm • For employees, negotiating salary can feel like navigating treacherous territory. After all, what if you don't get what you ask for? What if the employer laughs you out of the room? What if your salary-negotiation skills are so abysmal that you end up losing the job offer altogether? "It's such a t Woman dies after being struck by car in Annandale 07/10/2018 03:40pm • WASHINGTON — Police have identified the woman who died when a car struck her in Annandale Tuesday morning. Ok Soon Kim, a 78-year-old Annandale resident, was struck by a car around 5 a.m. while attempting to cross Columbia Pike at Gallows Road. She was outside a marked crosswalk, Fairfax County Code Red: Air quality in DC area dips to new lows 07/10/2018 01:30pm • WASHINGTON — If you were gasping for air on Monday, you weren’t imagining things: The air quality in the D.C. metropolitan area was the worst it’s been in years. The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and Clean Air Partners said in a statement Tuesday that ground-level ozone pol Arlington’s car decal program could soon end, though its fees would stick around 07/10/2018 07:30am • Arlington’s personal property tax car decals coon soon be a thing of the past, even as the tax associated with the tags looks set to stay. The County Board is now considering eliminating the requirement that vehicles garaged in Arlington display a decal to demonstrate its owner has paid the nec 10 Value Stocks to Buy in an Unpredictable Market 07/09/2018 08:00pm • This is when investors look for value.Value stocks have fallen out of fashion during the current bull market, severely lagging the performance of high-growth stocks. However, the evolving economic climate may soon once again shift investor attention away from growth and toward value. The Federal Res Ford Motor Company (F) Investors Face a Major Intersection 07/09/2018 08:00pm • From Volkswagen gaming U.S. emissions tests to Tesla (ticker: TSLA) fighting to stay afloat, the world's automakers have made enough trouble for themselves these past few years that they don't need help from the grease monkeys in government. That's why many in Detroit are looking on in disbelief, a A Guide to Creating Your Ideal Household Budget 07/09/2018 08:00pm • Summer is the perfect time to take a look at your finances and create a household budget. Considering all the spending your household will likely endure over the next few months, including travel, barbecuing and back-to-school supplies, it's a good time to take out the calculator and create a budge DC firefighters involved in fatal crash could face internal charges 07/09/2018 11:20am • WASHINGTON — Firefighters involved in a fatal crash with a car in Northeast D.C. have been cleared by prosecutors, but could still face internal charges, a spokesman with D.C. Fire and EMS said Monday. On March 9, a D.C. fire truck responding to a call struck a car at 12th Street and Rhode Isl Northbound lanes of BW Parkway reopen near Laurel 07/09/2018 11:05am • WASHINGTON — The northbound lanes on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway have reopened around Laurel in Prince George's County. UPDATE: Baltimore-Washington Pkwy NB now OPEN at MD-197 earlier police investigation CLEARED #Laurel #MdTraffic #DCTraffic ✅ https://t.co/nb3VFR1abs pic.twitter. Mazda MX-5 Miata RF: Adds hard top, keeps fun 07/08/2018 11:58pm • WASHINGTON — The venerable Miata was overhauled nearly two years ago and it recaptured what made the little roadster such a special car almost 30 years ago. The emphasis was on designing an even more lightweight, fun-to-drive machine that is able to keep up with the wants and needs of today’ 16 Investing Questions That Intimidate You, But Shouldn't 07/08/2018 08:00pm • Your investing questions are answered.Investing is murky business, like swimming through cloudy waters. Without goggles. In the dark. With seaweed grabbing at your ankles and trying to pull you down. Anyone could get turned around in those algae-infested pools. In fact, you may be thinking of turnin DC decides how to spend portion of US Volkswagen settlement 07/08/2018 06:01pm • WASHINGTON — The District has announced how it plans to spend its portion of settlement with Volkswagen. In order to receive the $8.1 million set aside for D.C. to tackle smog emissions, the District must tell Wilmington Trust, which is overseeing the fund, how it intends to use its portion in Man who brought guns to Trump Hotel in DC pleads guilty to firearm offense 07/08/2018 09:45am • WASHINGTON — A Pennsylvania man who brought a semi-automatic pistol and an AR-15-style rifle to D.C. last year pleaded guilty to a firearms offense on Friday. According to a news release from the Secret Service, Bryan D. Moles, 44, of Edinboro, Pennsylvania, put both a Glock 23 .40-caliber pi