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'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 Al-Qaida threatens to use 'undetectable' bombs against U.S. 01/05/2015 05:56am • WASHINGTON – Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula is warning Americans that they’ve been working long and hard on a new tool to attack the U.S. In the latest issue of the terror group’s Inspire electronic magazine, an individual called the AQ Chef was quoted as saying they developed a bomb in Fitness Trackers for Technophobes (and Others Craving Simplicity) 12/25/2014 07:00pm • In this age of big data and the quantified self, the possibilities are endless. Want to know how many times you awoke last night? There's a device for that. Or how much you perspire? It could be on the way. But if all that makes you dizzy -- it's simplicity you crave -- this article is for you.We've Join Santa Claus for a cause in Jolly Fat Man's Run 12/09/2014 01:18pm • WASHINGTON -- The elves may be busy with last-minute toy adjustments at the North Pole, but Santa Claus is coming to Bethesda, Maryland, this Saturday to run for a very good cause. The 19th annual Jolly Fat Man's Run is hosted by The Sergeant's Program, a military-style physical fitness group t Beauty Is a Pain, but Can It Seriously Hurt You? 12/08/2014 07:00pm • Historically, people have gone to great, and sometimes painful, lengths to look good -- think foot-binding and constrictive corsets. Some of today's practices are really no better. In fact, some of them could even do you great harm. Here's a look at what some people will do to feel beautiful, thoug Beating the Odds: Cancer Survivors' Success Stories 12/08/2014 07:00pm • Ashtyn Brown recalls the day she started to understand how sick she was. She was 9 years old and lying in her hospital bed at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, and she couldn't breathe. She had an oxygen port, but she hated using it -- especially the nose clips. "Lying there, I realized Column: Slam the Skins, but keep it civil 12/08/2014 10:34am • WASHINGTON - Enough is enough. In the wake of a 24-0 home loss to the St. Louis Rams, that phrase applies to the Washington Redskins season and the reaction to it. It has become too easy to bash the Redskins. I have heard the one about the team having a bad owner. Regardless of who signs the check Rams subtly remind Redskins of RGIII trade before kickoff 12/07/2014 09:34pm • WASHINGTON -- "Trolling" is generally an Internet term, but the concept has often leaked into the real world. And if you don't know what trolling is -- well, it's this. The St. Louis Rams easily beat the Redskins, 24-0, at FedExField on Sunday, but in one way Washington got bested before the game