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US Capitol Police hockey team goalie suffers heart attack, saved at rink 04/08/2017 05:32pm • WASHINGTON — If you’re going to have a heart attack, the best place to have one is probably in a hospital. The next best place might be wherever a group of firefighters and paramedics are hanging out. That’s what a St. Mary’s County sheriff’s deputy did Friday night, and it proved to save How to Invest in Bitcoin and Digital Currency 04/06/2017 08:00pm • In the years since the Great Recession, you've probably heard about the electronic payment system and so-called cryptocurrency called bitcoin. But you're perhaps less likely to have heard of the underlying technology that powers it. It's called blockchain. Blockchain technology is a digital ledger d 8 Times When You Should Sell a Stock 04/03/2017 08:00pm • Keep calm, use numbers wisely.Even though there exists no stock market equivalent of Craigslist, that doesn't stop a good many investors from fantasizing about selling off shares to some shopaholic for more than they're worth. Of course, you'll want to part with an investment before bad scenarios hi How to Raise Financially Literate Kids 04/03/2017 08:00pm • Parents, your kids have probably begged you countless times to buy them something (and melted down when you refused). It's unquestionably irritating and easy to cast blame, but have you considered what role you play in all of this? If kids don't understand the value of money -- where (or how) it wo Could the Tingling Sensation You Feel Be ASMR? 03/29/2017 08:00pm • Muhammad Ali Khalidi, a professor of philosophy and cognitive science at York University in Toronto, recalls that he first experienced the tingling sensation when he was around 5 years old. Waiting after school for his parents to pick him up, an older gentleman -- perhaps a custodian -- who waited How Your Career Can Benefit From a Professional Association 03/29/2017 08:00pm • If you're not familiar with professional associations, they are typically nonprofit organizations that seek to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals engaged in that profession and the public interest. There are numerous organizations in the U.S. and around the world that repr Alternative Treatment to Treat Mental Health Issues? Heed These Cautions 03/28/2017 08:00pm • As a child of the 1960s, I observed the ebb and flow of the counterculture and experimentation with recreational drugs, and the indelible effects these social movements left on American society. As a medical student in the 1970s, I became intimately acquainted with the promise and perils of the psy German police: Thieves stole huge gold coin with wheelbarrow 03/28/2017 11:45am • BERLIN (AP) — Berlin police say suspects used a wheelbarrow to make off with a 100-kilogram (221-pound) gold coin worth millions. Police said Tuesday at least two burglars broke into the Bode Museum early Monday morning using a ladder to climb up to a window from elevated railway tracks running al All bets are off opening day when Raiders come to Las Vegas 03/27/2017 05:24pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — They're not quite the Las Vegas Raiders, at least not yet. There's a stadium to be built and three more seasons to be played before everything is done. But after approval of the their move to Sin City, here are a few things guaranteed to happen opening day 2020 in the new Raiders Should We 'Tend and Befriend' in This Stressful Time? 03/20/2017 08:00pm • The effects of stress and our response to it -- whether related to work or our currently polarized political climate -- can vary considerably from one person to the next. So experts say it's important to understand the nuanced ways that we deal with stress to better cope. To better understand how pe New Zealand's bid for high-tech talent 03/01/2017 11:45pm • WASHINGTON — A stout competitor for high-tech professionals has emerged, rivaling Silicon Valley, "Silicon Alley," "Silicon Prairie" and their ilk. And this city has the beaches, mountains and brewpubs that code-crunching West Coast hipsters crave. Coined “Silicon Welly,” Wellington, N New continent Zealandia discovered underwater 02/18/2017 10:47pm • WASHINGTON — The seven continents we know and love may have another sibling in the South Pacific. Meet Zealandia. A new article in the Geological Society of America journal GSA Today asserts that New Zealand, New Caledonia and other islands in the region could be considered part of a 1.9 mil Column: What to know about wireless tech's next generation 02/16/2017 09:08pm • Q: When can we expect 5G for our smartphones? The race to provide the next generation wireless technology is in full swing. With the increase in devices connecting to the internet expected to more than triple (to over 20 billion!) in the next four years, improving the wireless infrastructure is c Put Real Estate or Gold in Your Retirement Account 02/13/2017 07:00pm • Do you have a hankering to diversify beyond the typical stock, bond and exchange traded-fund holdings that generally comprise the bulk of one's retirement investments? For the more entrepreneurial minded and adventuresome investor, the self-directed individual retirement account is an option that a 9 Strategies to Keep Weight in Check as You Get Older 02/13/2017 07:00pm • If you're losing the battle of the bulge as you get older, take heart. Weight control is hard. You really have to work at it, but research has identified techniques that increase your odds of success, says Penny Gordon-Larsen, professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,