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Bakers offer best tips for holiday baking 12/03/2014 05:37pm • WASHINGTON -- Dec. 4 is National Cookie Day, and what better way to celebrate than chatting about all things cookie with two of D.C.'s best bakers? Just in time for the holidays, they offer insight on the best ingredients, as well as tips on how to survive in the kitchen this holiday season. Why do we list the home team last? 12/03/2014 12:14am • WASHINGTON -- A few weeks ago, a friend of mine was looking at Major League Soccer playoff scores and became confused by the fact that they listed the home team first. "That's stupid," he said. Whether or not you agree on its stupidity, one thing is for sure: It's un- American. This is not to i 'Telepressure' could be making you sick 12/02/2014 08:54am • WASHINGTON -- A new term has been coined to describe your need to respond immediately to emails. It's called "telepressure." The pressure to respond to emails when you are not on the clock can cause trouble with your sleep and could be making you sick. A new study by Northern Illinois University What You Need to Know About Nontraditional Investments 11/25/2014 07:00pm • It's human nature to be drawn to the shiniest objects and the newest gadgets. These impulses can take hold of investors, too, when investment choices beyond the usual money market products and mutual funds beckon. Indeed, nontraditional or alternative investments are becoming increasingly popular Thanksgiving expert offers last-minute cooking advice 11/25/2014 06:16pm • WASHINGTON -- If the thought of cooking Thanksgiving dinner is occupying your every thought and sending you into full-blown panic mode, New York Times food editor Sam Sifton has one piece of advice: relax. "Everything is going to be all right. That is the underlying message of the day," he says Marion Barry, 78, remembered by city leaders, friends 11/22/2014 11:59pm • WASHINGTON -- Friends, foes and the famous spent Sunday remembering Marion Barry, the D.C. councilman and former mayor who died Sunday at 78. Barry had been admitted Thursday to Howard University Hospital because he was not feeling well, according to D.C. council spokeswoman LaToya Foster. F Deadly Games: 'Foxcatcher' vs. 'Mockingjay Part 1' 11/18/2014 04:02pm • WASHINGTON -- From Katniss to Carell, the Hunger Games to the Olympic Games, two highly anticipated movies hit theaters this weekend. One is a sci-fi action three-quel from a blockbuster franchise based on dystopian teen fiction. The other is a true-crime sports drama from a gritty original sc In 2 Kentucky races, it's a coin toss 11/07/2014 07:38pm • STANFORD, Ky. (AP) -- Heads or tails? For four political hopefuls in central Kentucky, the choice meant winning or losing an election.Simple coin tosses decided the winners in two tied races, both in rural Lincoln County.The Advocate-Messenger (http://bit.ly/1x90Ug6) reports that incumbent Randall P Climate change inspires rise of 'cli-fi' flicks 11/07/2014 02:16pm • TAMARA LUSH Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- The giant, inflatable whale in this Gulf Coast city signals not only the arrival of one of the world's biggest documentary festivals, but also the emergence of film as a way to tell the story of climate change.Once perhaps relegated to Nation Taking credit for killing bin Laden sparks debate 11/07/2014 12:12pm • KEN DILANIAN AP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some special operations service members and veterans are unhappy that one of their own has taken credit publicly for killing Osama bin Laden. Others say they have gotten used to the idea that their brethren might break the code of silence and se Navy SEAL whose shots killed bin Laden goes public 11/07/2014 03:30am • KEN DILANIAN AP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The retired Navy SEAL who says he shot al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in the forehead publicly identified himself Thursday amid a debate among special operations brethren about whether they should break silence about their secret missions.Rober How to Assemble a Solid Index Fund and ETF Portfolio 11/06/2014 12:00am • Most financial advisors recommend new investors open their portfolios with a broad-based index fund or exchange-traded fund. An index fund or ETF could include a wide and balanced range of stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 index or ones tracking indices as though on cruise control and at mini Mom accused of tossing son off bridge sought money 11/05/2014 02:52am • JEFF BARNARD Associated Press GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- A woman who appealed for money online to help care for her autistic son and disabled husband has been accused of throwing her 6-year-old boy to his death off an historic bridge on the Oregon coast.Police said Jillian Meredith McCabe, 34, called Big Ten rookies Maryland, Rutgers get breathers 11/04/2014 05:40pm • GENARO C. ARMAS AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Maryland is moving on after a reprimand from the Big Ten following a statement win. Rutgers is getting a breather after a three-game gauntlet.With both schools off this weekend, the Big Ten's two new Eastern linchpins will take advantage of time Spanish shepherds guide 2,000 sheep across Madrid 11/04/2014 09:36am • HAROLD HECKLE Associated Press MADRID (AP) -- Shepherds guided a flock of 2,000 sheep through Madrid's streets on Sunday in defense of ancient grazing, droving and migration rights increasingly threatened by urban sprawl and modern agricultural practices.Tourists and city-dwellers were surprised to