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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 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