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Social-Emotional Learning: a New Dimension of Education 10/17/2018 08:00pm • "Mason" was a high achiever and a dream student in any school. By grade 10, Mason, whose name has been changed to protect his privacy, was consistently on the honor roll and a top athlete. He was known to be driven, hardworking and responsible. So it was shocking to all who knew him when he was cau 9 Semiconductor Stocks Fund Managers Love 10/09/2018 08:00pm • Semiconductor stocks have been a mixed bag.Semiconductor stocks have been some of the hottest stocks in the tech sector in recent years, with popular stocks such as Nvidia Corp. (ticker: NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) up more than 1,000 percent each in the past three years. But the higher sh Nightmare highways: Prince George's leads Md. traffic deaths; Fairfax in Va. 10/04/2018 09:35am • WASHINGTON ��� Ninety-nine people died in traffic-related crashes in Prince George's County, Maryland, and 35 lost their lives to crashes in Fairfax County, Virginia, in 2017. The numbers mark an upswing from 2016 (75 for Prince George's, 34 for Fairfax), despite both counties' efforts to eliminate New DC center will treat pediatric cancer with protons 10/03/2018 12:22am • WASHINGTON ��� A new center is under construction at Sibley Memorial Hospital, but a quick glance behind the yellow tape is enough to leave visitors questioning their whereabouts. Towering steel structures and tracks of tubes and magnets ��� all of which take up as much space as a parking lot Va. pedestrian protection push could mean changes for rules of road 10/02/2018 02:11am • WASHINGTON ��� Virginia laws meant to protect people walking around are not as specific as the laws requiring drivers to stop for pedestrians in Maryland and D.C., so there is another push for changes planned this winter. In Virginia, drivers are generally required to yield to people walking acro What Parents Can Do About Teens Vaping 10/01/2018 08:00pm • As a parent of a teen today, it would be hard to miss the growing public health concern surrounding the use of e-cigarettes by adolescents. In a lengthy, forceful statement in September, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb sounded the alarm about what he described as "an e Listen to music at work? How not to annoy your co-workers 10/01/2018 08:31am • WASHINGTON ��� Most companies allow office workers to listen to music while they do their work ��� only 9 percent have strict policies against it, according to an Accountemps survey ��� and for those who do, it helps with motivation but it can also be an annoyance for co-workers. Headphones put o Why What You Focus on Matters at Work 09/30/2018 08:00pm • One of the biggest challenges people in nearly every industry face today goes beyond simply getting through the large volume of work they have in front of them. It's about figuring out how to dodge distractions from their workload so that they have enough time and energy left to channel toward their How Millennials Can Get Asset Allocation Right 09/27/2018 08:00pm • Cash is king, at least among millennial investors. A July 2018 Bankrate survey found that 30 percent of millennials favor cash for long-term investing, ahead of stocks, real estate, cryptocurrencies, precious metals and bonds. Millennials' reluctance to venture into riskier investments traces its r What Are Nootropics? 09/26/2018 08:00pm • Jack Cruz works as a trainer. And a stunt actor. And an investor. And a music promoter. Oh, and by day he's a product specialist in the tech industry. "I don't like monotony," says the 43-year-old in Austin, Texas. "I like changing my day up on a daily basis." But how, exactly, does he do it? Sure, Manage Career Change Without Job Hopping 09/23/2018 08:00pm • More than one in five U.S. employees changed jobs in the past year, according to a recent ADP Workforce Vitality Report. That number continues to grow every year because it has never been easier to make a change and our strong economy offers more job options. On the surface, a move to increase your How to Hypnotize Yourself Into Better Habits 09/23/2018 08:00pm • You're already a self-hypnosis pro.You're zoned out at a red light when the car behind you beeps as if to say, "Snap out of it! The light turned green." If you can relate, you've hypnotized yourself in a way. "Hypnosis is the process of going into a trance state," explains Dr. Eric Spiegel, a clinic What Happens When a Lifelong Runner Stops Loving the Sport? 09/20/2018 08:00pm • I can barely remember life before running. I was a track and field athlete in high school and college, and a marathon coach for a charity organization after that. For more than 30 years, I've spent my weekends socializing over long training runs or post-race beers, and my vacations tackling races in PHOTOS: 'Game of Thrones,' 'Mrs. Maisel' dominate Emmys 09/17/2018 09:16pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Amazon���s ���The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel��� became the first streaming series to win top Emmy comedy honors and HBO���s ���Game of Thrones��� recaptured the best drama series award Monday at a ceremony that largely slighted its most ethnically diverse field of nominees ever. 10 Lessons From Extreme Dieting 09/17/2018 08:00pm • Getting with the program could have unintended consequences.Yeah, yeah, you know you should eat more fruits and veggies, but you're craving a creative approach -- perhaps, even (though you wouldn't admit it) a gimmick. "Americans love a good fad diet," says Whitney Linsenmeyer, a spokesperson for th