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Should I Buy a House Now or Wait Until 2024? 12/14/2023 07:00pm • Many prospective homebuyers have been biding their time this year, waiting for more favorable conditions. With mortgage rates sitting stubbornly around 7% and home prices up year over year, 2023 hasn't been a stellar period to buy a home. Inflation was running wild at the start of this year, prompti 6 Best Mid-Cap Tech Stocks to Buy Right Now 12/14/2023 07:00pm • The appeal of mid-cap stock investing is obvious to smart investors. Mid-caps are not as widely followed by analysts or retail investors as their large-cap counterparts are. Company and product news travels a bit slower, and lower trading volumes mean less efficient market pricing mechanisms. The re 7 Best Marijuana Stocks to Buy in 2024 12/14/2023 07:00pm • The coming year could be a big one for cannabis stocks. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has five categories of drugs based on their potential for abuse, dependency and acceptable medical use. Marijuana is listed as Schedule 1, alongside heroin and LSD, but after a recommendation from the De Stefon Diggs says don't count out battle-tested Bills as they prepare to host the Cowboys 12/14/2023 06:53pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Count out the Bills as much as you’d like, wide receiver Stefon Diggs is defiant and confident in believing Buffalo is in an ideal spot to make a late-season playoff push. “We battled a lot, been battle-tested. And it’s a big thing being battled-tested,” Diggs sai Retail sales rise 0.3% in November as Americans hit gas, not brakes on shopping, travel, restaurants 12/14/2023 05:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Americans picked up their spending from October to November unexpectedly as the unofficial holiday season kicked off, underscoring the power of shoppers despite elevated prices. Retail sales rose 0.3%, in November from October, when sales fell 0.2%, according to the Commerce Depart Miljenko 'Mike' Grgich, an immigrant who put Napa Valley on the world's wine map, dies at 100 12/14/2023 05:00pm • Miljenko “Mike” Grgich, a celebrated winemaker who helped establish Napa Valley as one of the world’s premier wine-making regions, has died. He was 100. Grgich died in his sleep Wednesday morning at his home in Calistoga, California, according to his winery, Grgich Hills Estate. Grgich was bor Mark Wahlberg on his action-comedy ‘The Family Plan’ and his dreams for Hollywood 2.0 12/14/2023 01:34pm • Mark Wahlberg knows as well as any parent that it’s hard to find a movie everyone in the household wants to watch – especially with teenagers around. It’s part of the reason he latched on to “The Family Plan,” a charming action-comedy about a former assassin turned suburban dad whose past DC riders to be refunded close to $90K after 'improper notice' on scooter parking fines 12/14/2023 01:26pm • D.C. riders will soon receive refunds from Lyft for paying electric scooter parking fines after an investigation revealed riders weren't given proper notice. D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said e-scooter and ride-share company Lyft agreed to return almost $90,000 to consumers after the compa 76ers' Daryl Morey mixes basketball with shot at Broadway in absurdist musical 'Small Ball' 12/14/2023 12:41pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Off Broadway and right off Broad Street, Daryl Morey composed an offbeat kind of basketball roster. Bird, Magic, even Phil Jackson made the cut, only in Morey’s world they are 6-inch Lilliputians, rather than giants in NBA history. Yes, the team is even led by Michael Jordan. Mexico's search for people falsely listed as missing finds some alive, rampant poor record-keeping 12/14/2023 12:04pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government announced Thursday that its controversial effort to look for people falsely listed as missing has turned up 16,681 individuals who had returned to their homes but not notified the authorities. The nationwide effort was widely viewed as an attempt by Presi European Central Bank keeps its key interest rate at a record high. Now, when will it cut? 12/14/2023 10:35am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank kept its key interest rate at a record high Thursday and said it will leave it there as long as needed to battle back inflation, signaling that cuts are not around the corner despite expectations it will act next year to support the shrinking eco John Shear, who was run over by a horse while saving a child at Santa Anita, dies at 102 12/14/2023 02:56am • ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — John Shear, who began as an exercise rider and later worked in the paddock where he was run over by a horse while saving a child during a 67-year career at Santa Anita, has died. He was 102. Shear died of natural causes Tuesday at a rehabilitation facility in Arcadia, his fa Wizards, Capitals would move to Virginia in tentative deal, Youngkin says. Mystics would stay in DC 12/13/2023 09:18pm • ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has reached a tentative agreement with the parent company of the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals to move those teams from the District of Columbia to what he called a new “visionary sports and entertainment venue” i Zach Wilson knows he and the Jets' offense need to show they can repeat their success from last week 12/13/2023 07:43pm • FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Zach Wilson recognizes he and the New York Jets' offense have set a precedent. For a change, they were efficient and productive. That was last Sunday, though, in a 30-6 drubbing of the Houston Texans. Next up are the Miami Dolphins — and expectations have been raised. Can You Reapply to a College After Being Rejected? 12/13/2023 07:00pm • Receiving a college application rejection can be a tough pill to swallow. But for students determined to attend a specific school, all hope may not be lost. Eventually winning acceptance to a college that has rejected you may take some patience, strategy and self-inventory. While students typically