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5 Great Alternatives to Bitcoin 12/17/2017 07:00pm • Bitcoin has been center stage in recent weeks due to its soaring value. Investors who think more than $19,000 per bitcoin is too steep today may kick themselves for not getting in when the cryptocurrency traded around $7,000 about a month ago, $2,000 last spring, or less than $1,000 this time last y 25 Holiday Gifts for Less Than $100 12/12/2017 07:00pm • Every year, holiday gift-givers struggle to find unique and affordable gifts for the people in their lives. Read on for 25 fantastic presents for less than $100. They're sure to charm even the pickiest person on your gift list. Gifts for Her Jewel of Havana Diamond Post Earrings $48 at JewelofHa Are You Investing or Gambling in the Stock Market? 12/11/2017 07:00pm • Investing can take many forms, from buying stocks or bonds to investing in yourself by getting an education. What all investing has in common is the expectation of a future return for the use of your capital. That return should be commensurate with the risk you're taking. It "presumes that you are m Car Review: Maximum space in a midsize crossover? The 2018 Chevrolet Traverse has plenty of room 12/11/2017 05:54am • WASHINGTON — Chevrolet’s first-generation version of the large midsize crossover has been around for nearly 10 years with only minor updates. For 2018, Chevy has decided it’s time to really get competitive in the midsize crossover class. Just about everything has changed or been upgraded 3 Things That Keep You From Becoming a Better Investor 12/07/2017 07:00pm • With investing, expectations and reality aren't always the same. You may choose an investment based on its past performance, only to be disappointed by future results. Dalbar's 2017 Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior Study suggests that despite their best intentions, investors routinely mis Everything You Need to Know About Initial Coin Offerings 11/28/2017 07:00pm • You don't need to know much about investing and finance to grasp that pro boxers make money by bashing each other's brains in. Perhaps they pull down lots of lucre from endorsements, too. Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr. does both -- he's reportedly worth a half billion dollars -- but in the same month Report: Doctors Remove Hundreds of Coins, Nails From Patient 11/27/2017 07:00pm • Removing items that people shouldn't have swallowed isn't necessarily atypical for a surgeon. But taking out 263 coins and 100 nails from a man's stomach "stunned" surgeons in India, according to a South West News Service report published in The Independent. U.S. News was unable to independently co 5 Tips for Collectible Investing 11/26/2017 07:00pm • Pablo Solomon's parents supplemented their income by buying, selling and trading collectibles found at yard and estate sales, and thrift stores, while living in some of Houston's poorest neighborhoods. Now he and his wife, Beverly, still enjoy trading collectibles and using them in their Texas desi Pros, Cons of Applying to Law School as an Undergrad 11/26/2017 07:00pm • Undergraduates eager to begin their legal careers shouldn't rush to apply to law school. Many competitive law schools prefer applicants with at least some postgraduate experience. Since 2009, Harvard Law School, for example, has given preference to applicants who have postcollege experience. Only 1 In major change, Metro to no longer allow negative SmarTrip balances 11/24/2017 01:02pm • WASHINGTON — Metro will no longer allow riders to exit the rail system or board a bus if it would lead to their SmarTrip card having a negative value, Metro announced Friday. The change, to begin Jan. 8, means riders boarding a bus with $1.75 or less on their card will have to add value, or rid Movie Review: 'Three Billboards' puts our funny bone through a wood chipper 11/21/2017 01:34am • WASHINGTON — She won an Oscar as the pregnant police detective in "Fargo" (1996). Now, Frances McDormand stars in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," a wickedly funny dark comedy with anarchist social commentary by writer/director Martin McDonagh. Set in the fictional Ozark town Nats, Mets on collision course for odd situation in Syracuse 11/16/2017 12:54am • WASHINGTON — Aside from the occasional buzzworthy prospect or promotion, most people don’t pay the minor leagues too much attention. But a situation is brewing between the Washington Nationals and New York Mets that may leave the Nats’ Triple-A affiliate in Syracuse in a bizarre limbo for the Your Guide to the Biggest Holiday Shopping Days of 2017 11/15/2017 07:00pm • The holiday shopping season is upon us again. Each year, stores compete for the attention of shoppers, and as our digital options grow, it can be confusing to know when and where to shop. Here are the biggest holiday shopping days of the year -- and how to take advantage of holiday sales, deals and 8 Cheap ETFs to Build Your Nest Egg 11/14/2017 07:00pm • These funds thrive on efficiency.If you've been investing for a few decades, the current environment for fees and expenses seems like paradise. The Investment Company Institute estimates that in the year 2000 the average equity mutual fund charged annual fees of 0.99 percent, or $99 on every $10,000 Could You Skip Baby Food Altogether? 11/12/2017 07:00pm • A nonprofit that's seeking to improve transparency in consumer product labeling recently reported that hundreds of baby food products tested positive for chemicals, such as arsenic, lead and cadmium, that could be toxic to developing infants. The report by the Clean Label Project is yet another rea