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How the NFL draft turned into a spectacle 04/28/2017 04:37am • PHILADELPHIA — The NFL draft is now a capital “t” Thing. Just how it got that way is a confluence of the NFL’s massive popularity and reach, the rise of fantasy football, and ESPN’s stewardship of the event and everything that leads up to it, keeping the league in the sports news cycle How Amazon Echo and Other New Tech Could Transform the Renter Experience 04/27/2017 08:00pm • Smart features for the home are gaining popularity, with keyless door entry, thermostats that help you save energy and remote control systems that allow you to make sure everything is A-OK when you're away from home. In a world where new technological advancements debut daily, it's not just your pe Good Samaritans reunite to meet the woman they helped save 04/25/2017 07:46pm • WASHINGTON — Strangers who came together to help a driver having a heart attack in rush-hour traffic last month got together again Tuesday to meet her. Angelia Boddie, a 20-year veteran of the D.C. Fire and EMS Department, thanked God for putting in place the six people who helped her — an un Kids, parents in search of fidget spinners: Do they help? 04/24/2017 12:02pm • WASHINGTON — The current must-have toy craze has something extra to offer besides being colorful, inexpensive, simple to operate, and ubiquitous — it's supposed to help children focus. A fidget spinner is a small toy, in the top family, that can be spun between a user's thumb and middle fing Data Doctors: Plastc, other multi-credit cards are not the future 04/20/2017 11:18pm • Q: I was one of the backers of the Plastc card, but they just announced that they are shutting down. Is there anyone offering a multi-credit card that works? Plastc is just the latest contender in the “smart credit card” space to go out of business. This race to create a universal digital Bank of America Earnings: BAC Looks to Shake Off the Bears 04/16/2017 08:00pm • If you ask Bank of America Corp (ticker: BAC) shareholders how they feel about the past half-year or so, you're sure to get an answer that can only be described as "hedged happiness." After all, BAC stock has run up some 35 percent since the November presidential election, running circles around the 5 Budgeting Hacks From Parents of Multiples  04/11/2017 08:00pm • As child care and college costs rise, most parents would say it's hard enough affording care or tuition for one kid. Families with twins, triplets or other multiples have an even bigger bill to consider, but with careful planning and a little creativity, they make it work. Twenty-two years ago, wh Ways to enjoy a chocolate-free Easter 04/11/2017 05:22pm • WASHINGTON — It could be argued that as a good holiday for candy, Easter is second only to Halloween. Think of it: All those Cadbury eggs, Reese’s peanut butter eggs, those Whoppers that are shaped like (again) eggs ... And yes — even Peeps. The list goes on. It is indeed an extra-w 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