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Make 'Overqualified' an Advantage 01/03/2019 07:00pm • Older job seekers become familiar with feedback that they are "overqualified" for a given position. True, this response from an employer may be nothing more than a lazy euphemism for age discrimination. Hiring managers and recruiters may label as overqualified someone who simply seems older than who Will 2019 be the year of the millennial homebuyer? 01/03/2019 07:00pm • Only 32 percent of millennials owned a home in 2015, according to a 2018 Millennial Homeownership Report from the Urban Institute. However, that might change in 2019. While interest rates are rising, housing prices are expected to stabilize, offering additional affordable options to first-time ho 60 women unknowingly recorded in Va. malls' dressing rooms: police 60 women unknowingly recorded in Va. malls' dressing rooms: police 01/03/2019 03:54pm • WASHINGTON — Calling it a "shocking" case, Fairfax County major crimes detectives said they need to identify more than 60 women and teenagers who were unknowingly recorded in more than 100 mall dressing rooms during the weeks leading up to Christmas. Investigators are now asking the public to c Mediterranean diet: How to start (and stay on) one of the healthiest diets Mediterranean diet: How to start (and stay on) one of the healthiest diets 01/03/2019 07:35am • A diet that's good for healthy weight loss? Check. One that reduces the risk for diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease, stroke and some cancers? Check. A diet that strengthens bones, improves brain health and wards off dementia and depression? Check. According to scientific research, that imp How to Make 2019 Your Best Year of Retirement Yet 01/02/2019 07:00pm • Bookmark these savvy tips for a successful year.Retirement can be an exciting time. "I think there is a lot of stuff people put on their bucket list," says Teri Dreher, a registered nurse, owner of NShore Patient Advocates LLC in Chicago and author of "Patient Advocacy Matters." However, retirees ma Use a 'Fun Money' Account to Get Your Finances in Order 01/02/2019 07:00pm • With the end of December comes many New Year's resolutions. One common resolution is to start budgeting. People often come up with a tight budget for January or February, do their best to stick to it, then find themselves failing because there's no breathing room, and they feel frustrated about bei 6 Things You Learn After Retirement 01/02/2019 07:00pm • My hometown high school sponsors a program where recent graduates return to school to talk with the current seniors. The graduates are usually college students, working or in the military, and they tell the students what life is like on the other side of the graduation curtain. Retirement is a grad Pros and Cons to Buying Apple (AAPL) Stock 01/02/2019 07:00pm • Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock started 2019 on a bad note, falling as much as 10 percent to a 52-week low after CEO Tim Cook shocked Wall Street with a troublesome update: the iPhone-maker's holiday quarter was bad. Really bad. Previously, Apple itself had guided for between $89 billion and $93 billion Visitors caught off guard by Smithsonian Museum closures 01/02/2019 11:18am • WASHINGTON — Walking along the National Mall, Bryan Alcaraz and Jacqueline Laurente-Alcaraz had big plans for Wednesday, including a stop at the Museum of African American History and Culture. It's the Florida couple's first time visiting the D.C. area together, but due to the government shutdo What makes a diet easy to follow? 01/01/2019 07:00pm • Losing weight is never going to be a piece of cake. But obstacles such as bland food, a rigid eating schedule and hours-long meal prep make sticking to a diet -- and seeing the number on the scale steadily decline -- much less likely. That's why it's smart to look for a plan or approach that's relat Psych Yourself Up for Your Next Job Interview 01/01/2019 07:00pm • It's pretty much a given that job interviews are fearful experiences, a necessary evil that you must survive in order to get hired. It is easy to imagine yourself being interrogated, with a bright light focused on you as your interviewers delight in throwing one daunting question after another your What makes a healthy diet? What makes a healthy diet? 01/01/2019 07:00pm • A healthy diet doesn't require a lot of money, newfangled appliances or subsisting on any kind of scheme that sounds like a gimmick. Because it's true what they say about what seems too good to be true: Eating well means listening to that little voice inside that knows what healthy foods generally l The 12 best diets for your heart 01/01/2019 07:00pm • Eat your heart out, baby. Or at least eat for your heart. While being overweight puts people at risk for heart disease and stroke, a heart-healthy diet can help you lose weight or lower cholesterol, blood pressure or triglycerides, a type of fat in blood. According to experts who rated 41 diets f 50 ways to improve your finances in 2019 50 ways to improve your finances in 2019 01/01/2019 09:00am • Ring in the new year. The start of a new year is a time to make financial resolutions, ditch bad money habits and consider ways to improve your financial health. Throughout the past year, U.S. News has published stories with great advice on how to save money, pay down debt and reach your financi 3 arrested after man found fatally shot in car in Prince George's Co. 3 arrested after man found fatally shot in car in Prince George's Co. 12/31/2018 06:33pm • WASHINGTON — Prince George's County police have arrested three suspects in connection with a deadly shooting Saturday morning in Beltsville, Maryland. Around 11:45 a.m., police said officers were called to the 11300 block of Evans Trail for a welfare check. There, they found 38-year-old David R
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