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How to Handle Financial Conversations at the Thanksgiving Table 10/29/2018 08:00pm • For Americans, Thanksgiving is coming up very soon, and that often means a day spent with cousins, uncles, aunts, sisters, brothers and in-laws. With such a large mix of people, conversations can sometimes go in uncomfortable directions. One awkward topic that often comes up at family events is mone Current Students Share Top Editing Tips for College Application Essays 10/28/2018 08:00pm • When writing a college admissions essay, there are typically three phases or steps that students must complete: brainstorming, writing and revising. For some, the last step can seem like an irritating after-thought, but the revision phase of the writing process is just as important to a college adm October: one of two most deadly months on nation's roads 10/27/2018 08:51pm • WASHINGTON — October is known for cooling temperatures and colorful fall foliage, but the month is also earning a reputation as one of the deadliest on the nation's roads and highways. "More people are killed in October than in any other month of the year, except for July," said John Townsend, Art with an edge: Md. couple creates comics, clay stories for kids, adults 10/26/2018 12:10am • WASHINGTON — It’s not unusual to spot mismatched antique dollhouse furniture, clay characters shaped like tacos and a splattering of strawberry jam in Liz Reed’s Howard County, Maryland, basement. For Reed and her husband, Jimmy, it’s all in a day’s work. The two are the creative b Stop Focusing Only on Your Own Health -- It's Backfiring 10/22/2018 08:00pm • Eating well, moving your body adequately, getting proper sleep and managing stress -- all are healthy behaviors, no doubt, but pursuing them can also mean sacrificing other important people or activities in your life. At least, that's what many people think. But it turns out that attending to other Russia Eases Rules Governing Social Media Posts -- For Now 10/21/2018 08:00pm • MOSCOW -- Oct. 9 was the first time in six months that Maria Motuznaya left a courthouse in this country happy. Charged with inciting hatred for posting pictures that mock the Russian Orthodox Church on her page in VK, Russia's most popular social media network, Motuznaya, 24, was standing trial a Constantly tired at work? Stop bringing your phone to bed 10/19/2018 08:31am • WASHINGTON — We work hard in Washington. Maybe too hard. An Accountemps survey of D.C.-area office workers found that 28 percent say they are tired at work very often, and another 46 percent say they are often somewhat tired. That is noticeably higher than the average survey responses in oth Compensating Underage Indonesian Smugglers for Their Treatment in Australia 10/17/2018 08:00pm • By Antje Missbach and Wayne Palmer Indonesian and Australian lawyers have taken up the cases involving Indonesian minors who were caught manning boats that smuggled asylum seekers to Australia. The Australian authorities used to treat many minors like grownups in contravention of their own laws, by 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