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Why Focusing on Personal Habits Will Result in Better Care for Your Child 05/24/2016 08:00pm • Anyone who has flown in an airplane has heard the safety instructions to put your own oxygen mask on before helping another passenger. Why is this so imperative? Because parents need to be capable in order to help their child. If parents are deprived of oxygen, they will suffer before they can help 4 College Application Strategies for Gap Year Students 05/22/2016 08:00pm • Taking a gap year before college -- as President Barack Obama's daughter, Malia, plans to do -- can be an enriching opportunity. Whether traveling, working or volunteering, the year off after high school can open new paths. A gap year, however, can also present unique challenges when it comes to col Fairfax County police: Beware of ‘abduction scam’ 05/21/2016 06:30am • Fairfax County Police are warning parents of a new trend: scammers that are telling adults their children have been kidnapped. It’s an attempt to get money — and don’t fall for it, police say. From the FCPD: Since April, police have responded to several reports of what appear to be a tren Good pruning, bad lawns and terrible ticks 05/20/2016 06:32am • Here’s something most of you probably think I never say: You now have permission to prune! Yes, spring blooming plants such as forsythia, azalea, rhododendron and lilacs should get at least a light pruning after their blossoms have faded. Doing so now ensures you won’t be hacking off next ye Get Cash for College Easily Via Scholarships on Social Media 05/18/2016 08:00pm • The social media era involves frequent connectedness and keeps friends, families and followers in the loop -- and businesses are adamant about marketing scholarships through various social networking platforms. It's a great strategy to spread the word not only about college scholarship opportunitie Virtual reality program to teach Va. teens about distracted driving 05/16/2016 05:16pm • WASHINGTON — A virtual reality simulator is coming to a Northern Virginia high school to teach students about the effects of distracted driving. Car crashes are the No. 1 cause of death for U.S. teenagers — about six die every day. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports mor Police: Actor Wendell Pierce upset by politics, hits woman 05/16/2016 01:35pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police say in a newly released report that actor Wendell Piece became upset by a conversation about politics, then followed a group of people to their hotel room, tried to get inside and hit a woman in the head. In the report on the Saturday dispute at the Loews Atlanta H How to Cope With Claustrophobia 05/11/2016 08:00pm • Going shopping, dining out or running errands downtown used to take Mary -- whose last name is concealed to protect her privacy -- longer than most. It was worth the sacrifice to wait for street parking, rather than to settle for a spot in a parking garage with low ceilings, she explained. "I feel l 10 ways to sleep better on your next vacation 05/10/2016 11:45am • Having trouble catching some zzz's while on vacation? Travelers often find that their normal sleep patterns are disrupted while away from the cozy confines of their own beds. Happily, the industry is introducing innovative sleep-focused programming, from insomnia treatments to zero-gravity adult nap 7 Stocks That Should Grow With Millennials 05/09/2016 08:00pm • Baby boomers are arguably the most lauded living American generation, while millennials are often characterized as distracted, entitled and self-obsessed. Fair or not, one thing is undeniably true: millennials are entering the most productive and lucrative years of their professional lives, which m 10 Tips to Level the Field Between Retirement and Investment 05/09/2016 08:00pm • Can you balance your work schedule? Sure. Your checkbook? Might as well give it a shot. Now, how about your portfolio? Your 401(k)? Or for that matter, the rest of your life's financial priorities? "The problem is that life gets in the way of retirement savings and investment," says Cary A. Guffey, 7 ways you're driving your co-workers crazy 05/03/2016 08:20am • Anyone who's ever had a job knows the special hell of annoying co-workers who get on your last nerve at work. You can't escape from them because you're required to work together. But have you ever considered that you might be that annoying co-worker for some of your colleagues? If you're doing an 4 Ways to Stay True to Yourself When Searching for a Job 05/02/2016 08:00pm • Prince has left behind a legacy of incredible creativity, music and memories. Advice he offered back in 1982 rings true today, and has special applicability for job hunters: "The most important thing is to be true to yourself." Often times, if you are trying to go for a position that is far from Md. traffic fatalities surged in 2015; cheap gas, distracted driving blamed 04/28/2016 05:19pm • WASHINGTON — The number of deadly traffic crashes jumped 17 percent in Maryland last year reversing a nearly decade-long downward, trend. In 2015, 520 people died in vehicle and pedestrian crashes in the state, an increase over the 443 deaths reported in 2014  - the lowest number of traffic d Broadway legend teaches old rescue dogs new theatre tricks 04/27/2016 01:29am • WASHINGTON — A bona fide Broadway legend is in our midst. He's not an actor, nor a director. He's not a playwright, composer nor choreographer. He's the pioneer who invented the art of training animals to perform on stage. Wait, it gets even better — all the puppy performers a