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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 Should I Invest in Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology? 11/12/2017 07:00pm • Bitcoin, the controversial digital currency, has been hot this year, recently more than $7,000 this month from around $1,000 in January. Is it the next great thing, or will bitcoin run its course? And what about blockchain, the technology behind bitcoin? Companies are scrambling to find new uses for Rubenstein honored by LBJ's foundation for 'patriotic philanthropy' 11/09/2017 02:20pm • WASHINGTON — A philanthropist who grew up in a working-class family in Baltimore is being honored for helping to preserve treasures of American history while also offering support to the arts, education, research and development. The Lyndon B. Johnson Foundation awarded its most pre How You Might Benefit From Working Out With Your Partner 10/30/2017 08:00pm • For Beth and Lee Jordan of Jacksonville Beach, Florida, exercise has been life-changer, and even -- in Lee's case -- a life-saver. A couple decades ago Beth, now 54, fell while rollerblading and broke her back. Instead of undergoing surgery, she wore a back brace, did intensive physical therapy, per The Twisting History of Halloween 10/26/2017 08:00pm • By Regina Hansen Over the past few decades, Halloween celebrations have gained in popularity, not only with children and families, but with all those fascinated with the spooky and scary. As a scholar of myth and religion in popular culture, I look at Halloween with particular interest -- especially Can Giving Kids Stimulants for ADHD Make Them Heavier Later in Life? 10/26/2017 08:00pm • It's no secret that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder stimulants may suppress the appetite. According to the Cleveland Clinic, possible side effects include decreased appetite (which affects approximately 80 percent of people taking stimulants) and weight loss. However, what about the flip s Q&A: Hal Linden reflects on career from 'Barney Miller' to Arthur Miller 10/24/2017 01:00am • WASHINGTON — He earned seven Emmy nods in the title of role of TV's "Barney Miller." Now, Hal Linden stars in Arthur Miller's "The Price" at Arena Stage from Oct. 6 to Nov. 12. "The title is a metaphor for the price we pay for the decisions that we make," Linden told WTOP. "As he says in Why Are We Still Listening to Jordan Belfort? 10/23/2017 08:00pm • One of Wall Street's most notorious scam artists has been warning investors that a popular new investment is "the biggest scam ever." Whether or not the advice is sound is virtually irrelevant. Why are investors taking advice from convicted Wall Street con artist Jordan Belfort? Belfort earned the n 7 Ways to Buy Precious Metals With ETFs 10/17/2017 08:00pm • These ETFs make it easy to own gold and platinum.The bull market for stocks is more than eight years old. And while many folks are thrilled to see the Standard & Poor's 500 index up about 14 percent so far in 2017, some investors are starting to get a worried that stocks are overvalued based on How Long Has COPD Been Around? 10/12/2017 08:00pm • Although humans have likely dealt with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- an incurable and progressive disease that results from damage to the lungs making it progressively more difficult to breathe -- for nearly as long as we've had lungs, descriptions of the condition didn't begin showing up CENSORD: Funniest, foulest, most outrageous vanity plates in the DC area 10/12/2017 04:12am • WASHINGTON — The poetic and the pithy. The confusing and the cryptic. And sometimes — after slipping through word-scanning software and review teams at state agencies — the naughty and the downright nasty. On any given day, there are thousands of vehicles with personalized license plates †5 military dogs honored with K-9 Medal of Courage (Photos) 10/11/2017 11:44pm • WASHINGTON — The honorees at a Capitol Hill awards ceremony Wednesday stuck out their tongues and walked on all fours. They're retired military dogs, after all. "Bottom line is, they saved the lives of our men and women in service, which I think is a tremendous reason to honor their service, Hot Off the Grill: 8 Stocks for Tailgating 10/02/2017 08:00pm • Are these stocks fan favorites?October signals that special, most rare convergence of sport. NBA basketball and NHL hockey get under way; MLB sprints into the baseball playoffs; NFL and NCAA football inspire unsettling displays of face paint. To be sure, athletic acronyms are running hot and heavy. Value Averaging: An Investing Strategy to Avoid 09/25/2017 08:00pm • Value averaging has been touted as an investment strategy that produces higher returns than dollar-cost averaging, but the evidence for this so-called smarter strategy doesn't seem to stack up. The two strategies, which are often compared to and occasionally confused with one another, share some sim