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How to Set Up Your First 401(k) 01/21/2019 07:00pm • New employees have many expenses competing for their limited paychecks. Student loan bills, food, rent and utilities can easily consume a starting salary. But 20-somethings have one very important thing going for them. Young people are in the best position of their lives to start saving for retirem What to Know About Admissions Test Requirements for Online Degree Programs 01/21/2019 07:00pm • When looking into different online graduate analytics programs a few years ago, Laura Wood created a detailed spreadsheet listing her schools of interest. She added information about admissions requirements for each, including whether she needed to submit GMAT or GRE scores. Some programs didn't req Furloughed federal workers are warned of employment scams, bogus loans 01/21/2019 03:52am • WASHINGTON — As federal workers and contractors miss paychecks, consumer experts are warning them to be wary of scam artists who might seek to exploit their troubling situation. The Montgomery County Office of Consumer Protection said anyone in financial distress should watch out for bogus loan Women's March brings thousands to Freedom Plaza 01/19/2019 02:28pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: '3cbf2a08-2456-4c38-a7a6-e90d9424e6f1' }).render("246615360f5a3e42");}); WASHINGTON — Thousands arrived Saturday Virginia provides transit cash to bridge shutdown gap 01/19/2019 04:00am • WASHINGTON — Virginia is providing advances on state transit funding to avoid problems due to the federal government shutdown. "We're going to be forwarding our next two months of state funding to all of the transit systems, so that if they need to draw down on those state funds because they ca Wine of the Week: Value-oriented Burgundies, part 2 01/18/2019 05:57am • "The first duty of wine is to be red … the second duty is to be a Burgundy." For those of you who subscribe to the aforementioned theory of noted wine aficionado Harry Waugh, you’ll be pleased to find out that enjoying red Burgundies no longer requires a line of credit and a numbered Swiss ba Movie Review: 'Glass' pleases 'Split' fans, pales compared to 'Unbreakable' 01/18/2019 12:11am • WASHINGTON — M. Night Shyamalan raised eyebrows when his thriller "Split" (2017) turned out to be a surprise sequel to "Unbreakable" (2000). The latter was not only a worthy follow-up to his masterpiece "The Sixth Sense" (1999), it was ahead of Hollywood's comic-book curve with a textbook exa How to Get a Mortgage With Bad Credit 01/17/2019 07:00pm • You've found your dream home and made an offer. Now comes the hard part: getting a home loan to finalize the purchase. Applying for a mortgage means putting your finances, including your credit score, in the spotlight. A bad credit score could add an extra wrinkle or two to the mortgage approval pr What College Applicants Should Know About MOOCs 01/17/2019 07:00pm • Since massive open online courses began to take off in 2012, the education world has been abuzz with speculation about the potential of these classes, often called MOOCs. MOOCs were initially heralded as a revolution in higher education, opening up the online doors of colleges and universities to s 6 Ways to Start 2019 on the Right Financial Foot 01/17/2019 07:00pm • By most measures, 2018 was a wild financial ride. It was one of the most volatile years in the stock market on record, which may have had many investors checking their blood pressure more often than we normally would. With 2018 behind us, it's time to focus on the year ahead, and take some steps to How to Reshape Your Money Mindset 01/17/2019 07:00pm • If you often find yourself s pending money on products and services you don't really need and making poor financial decisions, now is the time to set realistic goals and take action. Maybe you often make impulse purchases. Perhaps you often spend more than you can afford. Or maybe you lack a well-ro 'I remember screaming:' WTOP reporter rescues drowning woman in Rock Creek Park during snowstorm 01/17/2019 04:14am • WASHINGTON — Two strangers out to take photos of a beautiful, snowy night ended up in a life-or-death situation together in the height of Sunday's snowstorm. The rescue in Rock Creek Park involved one of WTOP's very own. After leaving work around 4 p.m., WTOP reporter and photographer Dave Today in History: Jan. 17 01/17/2019 12:00am • Today is Thursday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2019. Today's Highlights in History: On Jan. 17, 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his farewell address in which he warned against ``the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex Time for Act 2: Steps to Find Your Ideal Encore Career 01/16/2019 07:00pm • Even the most well-established careers can come to an end. That was the experience of Carol Lavin Bernick, who was an executive at Alberto Culver, a company her father founded in 1955 that manufactured beauty brands such as VO5, Nexxus and St. Ives. "One day I was working for a corporation I loved Can Practicing 'Minimalism' Improve Your Financial Health? 01/16/2019 07:00pm • When it comes to her lifestyle, Chelsea Ricketson finds that practicing minimalism doesn't just help her mentally or spiritually -- it helps her financially. "When you become an entrepreneur, you get quickly creative about: What do I need to spend money on and what don't I?" says Ricketson, 30, who