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Va., feds vow to block Metro hours expansion; DC to reconsider position 01/24/2019 02:49pm • WASHINGTON — Virginia Metro Board members threatened Thursday to block any expansion of Metro's current hours, with Maryland and federal board members and the Federal Transit Administration supporting their concerns about costs and maintenance impacts. It raises questions about whether even the When the phone is down, grades go up 01/24/2019 04:37am • WASHINGTON — Ever since smartphones became so ubiquitous in everyday life, the tempting distractions have complicated teachers' work. The result: Some high schools and middle schools have changed their policies when it comes to student phones, fueling a debate about whether access to such devic Boost Your Professional Brand With Video 01/23/2019 07:00pm • Modern marketing strategies aren't complete without videos. People are always using mobile devices on the go, overwhelming themselves with news, entertainment and work correspondence. With such a distracted audience, companies have found video to be a fast and easy way to clearly convey information, Master the art of ignoring to get more done at work 01/23/2019 11:00am • You know too well that hopeless, overwhelmed feeling that comes from looking at your to-do list. It's a sense of constant backsliding: For every item you check off, you add three more. It's the way of the world now to have much more to do at any given moment than available time to do it. Simply w From good to dangerous: Ranking local highway safety laws 01/22/2019 05:07am • WASHINGTON — Until driverless cars perform reliably and safely, an auto safety advocacy group says, the best thing states can do to reduce traffic deaths and injuries is pass laws requiring the use of currently available safety equipment. However, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety's 16th-an Teen in confrontation with Native American: 'I didn't provoke' 01/20/2019 10:46pm • DETROIT (AP) — The student who stared and smiled at an elderly Native American protester drumming in his face outside the Lincoln Memorial as his schoolmates chanted and laughed says he did nothing to provoke the man in the videotaped confrontation and was only trying to calm the situation. The Virginia committee kills stronger seat-belt law 01/18/2019 10:51am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia will continue to have one of the weakest seat-belt laws in the country after a Senate committee killed a bill to require rear-seat passengers in a motor vehicle to wear safety belts and to make violating the state’s seat-belt law a primary offense. The Senate Tra Variably priced parking could be coming to Arlington 01/18/2019 04:29am • WASHINGTON — Parking prices in parts of Arlington could soon rise and fall based on demand, just like Interstate 66 tolls. Virginia is considering providing $5.4 million for a system that would detect the number and location of empty and full street parking spaces in the Crystal City area and t 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 What Not to Say to People With Chronic Pain 01/15/2019 07:00pm • Rubbing alcohol in the woundPeople with chronic pain have heard it all -- over and over. Acquaintances say, "You look fine to me," or ask, "Why aren't you better yet?" Doctors and nurses advise, "There comes a point when you must accept a new normal." For someone coping with continual pain, possibly Make Your Diet Last in 2019 01/14/2019 07:00pm • What was your New Year's resolution? Did you try a diet that requires a ton of effort? If so: Stop complicating things! Simplicity is what you should strive for in order for your healthy efforts to become everlasting. Each New Year offers an opportunity to hit the refresh button. Instead of fad die How Virtual Reality Can Help Treat Chronic Pain 01/13/2019 07:00pm • Hollie Davis was hurting following an April 2018 traffic accident that left her with a broken hand and torn gluteus maximus muscles and ligaments. Davis had been riding the back of the motorcycle her husband was operating when a passenger vehicle turned into them, she says. "I was basically black a Sleep Health: The Key to Total-Body Wellness and Peak Performance? 01/13/2019 07:00pm • When it comes to overall health and wellness, the tandem twosome most frequently discussed are diet and exercise. And with good reason -- they are crucial contributors. What you consistently put into your body and how you move that body to build and maintain cardiovascular and musculoskeletal fitnes How to Tell If Your Baby Is in Pain -- and What to Do About It 01/13/2019 07:00pm • The first time parents hear their newborn cry, they often cry too -- tears of happiness, of course, that their child has officially arrived in the world and is, by the sound of those lungs, healthy. But after that, baby crying gets more complicated. Is she hungry? Tired? Uncomfortable? Wanting to be