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10 Unexpected Wildlife Experiences in the Bahamas 03/31/2016 08:00pm • Enjoy exhilarating encounters on your next trip.When you think of a vacation to the Bahamas, swimming with dolphins or sunbathing on a pristine beach might come to mind. But today's wildlife-seekers can find diverse encounters -- from feeding iguanas to petting sharks and even swimming with wild pig 10 Things Every Traveler Must Know Before Going to Brazil This Summer 03/30/2016 08:00pm • Pro tips for navigating the risks before organizing your trip.With just a few months left until the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this August, now is the time to decide if you want to squeeze in a last-minute trip to Brazil. But with the rapid spread of the Zika virus prompting a flurr Stuck: Is a Fear of Needles Causing You to Avoid Needed Care? 03/28/2016 08:00pm • For some, just seeing a needle is more than they can bear. Needle phobia, or trypanophobia, can elicit in certain patients what's described as a vasovagal response when they spy that (sometimes) long, thin, metal, pinpoint -- well, you get the idea -- needle: The person's heart rate and blood press 6 steps to spring clean your workspace and boost productivity 6 steps to spring clean your workspace and boost productivity 03/24/2016 09:00am • After a gloomy winter, spring has finally arrived. Families are cheerfully dusting off the windowsills, throwing open the blinds and refreshing their living spaces. For office workers, spring is "a time to refuel and re-energize and get your ducks in line so you can have a great productive spring The 5 W's of Feeding Your Infant 03/23/2016 08:00pm • For many moms and dads I see on a daily basis, the introduction of solid foods is an anxiety-provoking occasion. Both before and after the arrival of a new baby, parents are showered with an overabundance of advice, but often, they don't know what to do when it comes to feeding. The problem is that Metro trying to reduce worker fatigue as part of safety changes Metro trying to reduce worker fatigue as part of safety changes 03/23/2016 11:17am • WASHINGTON â Metro is taking new steps to make sure train and bus operators and other employees key to safety are getting more sleep so that fewer mistakes are made simply because workers are tired. As part of the Federal Transit Administration inspection of Metro following the deadly smoke inc 6 Things Every Traveler Must Know Before Going to Brazil This Summer 03/16/2016 08:00pm • With just a few months left until the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this August, now is the time to decide if you want to squeeze in a last-minute trip to Brazil. But with the rapid spread of the Zika virus prompting a flurry of travel alerts and advisories, including a Level 2 alert f 8 Tools to Increase Productivity for Online Students 03/13/2016 08:00pm • As an online professor, I recently had the pleasure of catching up with a student for coffee. He is a busy young professional, pursuing his master 's degree online in music education at SUNY Buffalo State, while teaching full time and coaching sports after school. As he is a techno-forward student Can Your Employer Forbid You From Talking Politics at Work? 03/13/2016 08:00pm • With the presidential election heating up, you're probably hearing a lot more political talk at work than usual. Whether you're a political junkie who's delighted to debate issues with your co-workers or someone who wants to leave the room every time your colleagues start sharing their viewpoints on How to Know if You're Actually Hungry 03/10/2016 07:00pm • Food wasn't ever supposed to be this tricky. Just ask any crying newborn baby. Yeah, she sounds hungry. She should eat. But, for lots of reasons -- from an overload of brain-hijacking sugar, salt and fat in our food supply to our parents' well-meaning tendency to "reward" us with cookies when we wer Numbers show traffic deaths are on the rise in D.C. 03/10/2016 06:32pm • WASHINGTON -- Following decades of declines, a national spike in traffic deaths is causing concern in the nation's capital. âœIt looks like in 2015, we could be as high as 10 percent up in the number of lives lost on our roadways,â said Mark Rosekind, head of the National Highway Traffic Safet Dodge These 7 Common Phone Interview Mistakes 03/08/2016 07:00pm • Has this ever happened to you? Out of the blue, your phone rings. It's someone from a company you supposedly applied to but you didn't catch the company name or the job title. This scenario is fairly common, and how you manage it can determine whether you move on to the next interview or not. If you Pedestrian deaths up 10 percent, marking largest annual spike Pedestrian deaths up 10 percent, marking largest annual spike 03/08/2016 06:36am • WASHINGTON â A new study shows the number of pedestrians killed in traffic crashes in 2015 nationally increased 10 percent in the past year â the largest jump since nationwide records have been kept. In its annual âœSpotlight on Highway Safety Report,â the Governors Highway Safety Associat Nation of TV viewers captivated by FX’s ‘O.J. Simpson’ drama Nation of TV viewers captivated by FXâs â˜O.J. Simpsonâ drama 03/08/2016 02:57am • WASHINGTON â It's been more than 20 years since America was shocked by the 1994 double murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, captivated by O.J. Simpson's white Ford Bronco chase on live national TV, then gripped by the 1995 "Trial of the Century" with its racially-polarized Police seek suspects in Va. Costco credit card theft Police seek suspects in Va. Costco credit card theft 03/07/2016 05:09pm • WASHINGTON â Police are searching for several suspects who they say stole a womanâs credit card at an Alexandria-area Costco. On Saturday, Feb. 13, a woman was shopping at the Costco located at 7940 Richmond Highway when her purse was taken from her shopping cart while another suspect distrac
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