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Questions to Ask When a Loved One Is Diagnosed with Alzheimer's or Dementia 10/23/2018 08:00pm • It starts out slowly, almost imperceptibly. The misplaced keys. The forgotten birthday or anniversary. Using the wrong word or losing the thread in mid-conversation. These are often dismissed as typical signs of aging, but in some people, they may be the earliest signs that something bigger is at w Do You Need Good Credit in Retirement? 10/23/2018 08:00pm • You may have followed your credit score closely during your working years, when milestones often coincided with credit checks for mortgages and car loans. However, certain factors related to credit change when you enter retirement. You might not have a mortgage anymore, and have no plans to purchas 800,000 pounds of meat recalled from Trader Joe's, Harris Teeter 10/23/2018 07:38am • WASHINGTON — Double check that prepackaged ready-to-go meat in your refrigerator. Bakkavor Foods USA, Inc. is recalling almost 800,000 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that contain an onion ingredient which may be contaminated with salmonella and listeria monocytogenes, accordin Open Enrollment 2019: What You Should Know 10/22/2018 08:00pm • Open enrollment, the period where you can sign up for health insurance for the coming year under the Affordable Care Act, runs from Nov. 1 to Dec. 15 in most states. If you don't enroll during that window, you cannot get coverage for 2019 unless you qualify for a special enrollment period, which is How to Spot Credit Repair Scams 10/22/2018 08:00pm • Credit repair companies can help you dispute errors on your credit reports, but they can't do anything for you that you can't do on your own. What's more, credit repair scams are common and can leave you worse off than when you started. What Is Credit Repair?The term "credit repair" is often misunde 7 Ways to Buy Sports Dividend Stocks 10/22/2018 08:00pm • Stocks that reflect Americans' love of sports.If it seems like the height of sports season that's because in the U.S. of Athletics, it always is. From basketball, football and hockey in fall we'll have baseball, golf and horse racing in the spring and summer, with extreme sports and even pro wrestli How to Fly With Allergies 10/22/2018 08:00pm • With more than 50 million Americans suffering from allergies every year, there is no doubt that a high percentage of flyers have allergies. Being 35,000 feet above the ground and going 500 mph in a metal tube is not the best place to have an allergic reaction. Not surprisingly, there have been numer Are You Making These 4 Investing Mistakes? 10/22/2018 08:00pm • If you have already started creating your estate plan, congratulations on taking an important first step that too many Americans continue to avoid. As you've likely experienced, the process can be overwhelming, with many documents and decisions serving a variety of purposes from a will and trust, t Why women check social media more than men 10/22/2018 06:49am • WASHINGTON — If you're a social media holdout, you are an increasingly rare breed. D.C.-based business news and how-to website The Manifest says 86 percent of Americans now use social media every day. Women are more likely than men to check in repeatedly throughout the day. "This is definite 5 Steps to Protect Your Investment Portfolio 10/21/2018 08:00pm • Just 46 percent of Americans have a rainy day fund, according to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, which means that 54 percent of Americans may be just one unplanned emergency away from financial insecurity. If you're an investor, you may not feel like this statistic applies to you. Aft How to Help Aging Parents Manage Portfolios 10/21/2018 08:00pm • Sooner or later everyone loses a step, and the results can be disastrous for older investors who choose overly risky holdings, forget to monitor their portfolio or fall prey to con artists. At some point their children may feel it's time step in with responses from the mild (making a few suggestion How You Can Train to Save a Life 10/21/2018 08:00pm • On the night a gunman using high-powered firearms shot and killed 58 people attending an outdoor concert in Las Vegas, an attack that injured more than 800 other people, Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center treated 215 victims. About 70 percent of the wounded and injured drove themselves to the hospi 10 Places to Retire on Social Security Alone 10/21/2018 08:00pm • Make Social Security last.The average Social Security check is projected to be $1,461 per month in 2019. That's enough money for a married couple both receiving this amount to cover five basic expenses including housing, food, transportation, health care and utilities in some parts of the country bu What Is a Boutique Hotel? 10/21/2018 08:00pm • The word "boutique" is thrown around quite a lot these days, from boutique agencies to boutique exercise studios to, of course, boutique hotels. But what are boutique hotels, and what sets them apart from more typical accommodations? To help you better understand this lodging option, U.S. News spok Who Can Help Me With Kidney Problems? 10/21/2018 08:00pm • If you were to think of your body as a city, the kidneys could be considered the municipal wastewater treatment plant. Our bodies generate waste products. They're shunted into the blood, which then travels to the kidneys for filtration. The waste products are removed and the clean blood is ushered