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How Baby Boomers Are Creating Their Own Retirement Communities 04/19/2015 08:00pm • A few years ago, Marianne Kilkenny's elderly parents moved into an assisted living community. That got her thinking about her own plans because she didn't want to end up in a similar community or a facility run by a company. Kilkenny, 65, the founder of Women For Living in Community, is among a gro The 5 types of investors: Which one are you? 03/27/2015 10:48am • WASHINGTON -- There’s a question that I love to ask my new clients when they come with their existing portfolio of investments. “If your whole portfolio was in cash, is this what you would be invested in?” If the answer is “no,” I find that they fall into one of five categories. 1: The Why Doing Your Taxes Is a Lot Like Working Out 03/26/2015 08:00pm • Face it, taxes are complicated. And I mean complicated. The current federal tax code is more than 70,000 pages long! And each state has different tax rules. Then there are exceptions to the rules and rules to the exceptions. It's enough to make you want to stash your W-2s under the bed and avoid Calling All People Who Wish They Had an Exercise Buddy 03/24/2015 08:00pm • Patients often tell me they wish they had a friend to exercise with, but with crazy schedules it just never pans out. Here, learn creative ways to leverage the power of friendship to get more physically active. On your next weight-loss attempt, ditch the fad diet and instead try to get by with a li Raging against the sounds other people make 02/27/2015 05:32am • WASHINGTON -- Paul Dion says his problem is "I hear too much." Dion is one of a growing number of people who can't stand hearing the sounds other people make and who can be quickly driven into a disgusted rage. "Mostly mouth sounds," says Dion. "People eating, chewing or sneezing perhaps." Arrest made in Bethesda home invasion robbery 02/23/2015 02:29pm • WASHINGTON -- Montgomery County police officers have arrested two people and charged them with a recent home invasion robbery in Bethesda. In a news release, police announced the arrest of Robert Christopher Hartley and Ioanis Gourgoulianos. Hartley, 30, is from Bel Air, Maryland. Gourgouli 10 Best Banks and Credit Unions for the Military 02/18/2015 07:00pm • Life is anything but simple for members of the U.S. military: They frequently move, work odd hours, travel often or even live overseas, which means their financial situation can change dramatically from one moment to the next. Once deployed, simple financial transactions like ATM withdrawals, check 'Welcome': Mutual funds reopen their doors to new investors 02/12/2015 04:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The velvet rope is dropping in front of more mutual funds. Some smaller corners of the market have stalled recently, even as the Standard & Poor's 500 index closes in on its record high. That means some fund managers are once again welcoming new investors, after they had closed Police: Bait Car Catches 2 Thieves In The Act In Chevy Chase 02/12/2015 03:10pm • Police in Chevy Chase Village say their “bait car” caught two car thieves in the act on Thursday morning. The department says its on-duty dispatcher watched live as a man entered the car on Primrose Street around 3:15 a.m. The dispatcher immediately sent on-duty officers to the scene. B A Good Night's Sleep is the Secret to Success 02/08/2015 07:00pm • Tossing and turning the night before a big presentation at work, or going without sleep for reasons you just can't explain -- there's little doubt that failure to get a good night's sleep leaves you groggy and dazed, at best. But the cognitive effects of sleep deprivation, whether you miss an entir 4 Healthy Strategies to Thrive at Work 02/05/2015 07:00pm • When was the last time you felt really jazzed about your work? Do you look forward to Monday mornings, or is your jump out of bed more like a slow drop and roll? I study the opposite of thriving, which is burnout. Burnout is a process of chronic disengagement that usually starts at work and can imp DASH: the Best Diet With the Least Buzz 02/05/2015 07:00pm • Christopher Lahr, 32, of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, is happy with the medical results he got this week. Last March, he had borderline high blood pressure, and instead of starting him on medication, his doctor recommended the DASH Diet. Although DASH, which Lahr had never heard of, involved a comple Watch Out: Financial Advisors Are Selling 'Life Planning' Services 01/28/2015 07:00pm • Retirement can be complicated. You may work part time or you may not. Relationships shift. You might move. You could become busier than ever, as did 13 percent of respondents in a late-2014 study of 1,817 preretirees and retirees released by MassMutual. Financial advisors want to help -- by adding World Cup of Hockey tournament set for 2016 01/24/2015 08:32pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The World Cup of Hockey is making a long-awaited return in 2016. And the NHL intends to host it every four years. "We decided that bringing back the World Cup was vitally important," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced Saturday during the league's All-Star game weekend f The brain preservation diet: Eating to save brain cells 01/11/2015 07:00pm • When New York-based filmmaker and musician Max Lugavere was his mother Kathy's patient wingman a few years ago, he became frustrated by what he calls a "diagnose and adios" approach to treating her memory loss. "Basically they tell you what they think is going on, they prescribe drugs which aren't v