Search

Elon Musk Is Determined to Change the World 04/26/2017 08:00pm • Tesla (ticker: TSLA) investors love CEO Elon Musk. Musk is a visionary genius and entrepreneurial billionaire who is often compared to "Iron Man" superhero protagonist Tony Stark. But while Musk fans are excited by his insatiable thirst for innovative technology, Tesla investors may be getting uneas Starting Solids With Your Baby? Avoid These 8 Mistakes 04/25/2017 08:00pm • Starting solids raises many questions for parents.Feeding your baby in the first few months is pretty straightforward. You have two choices: breast milk or formula. After about 6 months, you're faced with the next stage: starting solids. This is when feeding your baby gets confusing and complicated. Darkness, crashes, slips led to Metro injuries, but rates improve 04/25/2017 11:52am • WASHINGTON - Injuries to Metro riders have remained flat during the last four years, new data for the first three months of 2017 suggest. Metro’s customer injury rate was 2.29 per million trips from January through March, compared to a rate of 2.33 a year earlier. Both rates are higher than Met How to Lose 5 Pounds by Memorial Day -- and Keep Them Off After Labor Day 04/24/2017 08:00pm • With spring weather more reliably upon us, it's hard not to think about the swim season ahead. And with the swim season ahead, it's hard not to think about your quest for a swimsuit -- and a body that you'll feel comfortable putting in that swimsuit. All of a sudden, that second helping of dessert m FTA orders immediate Metro safety actions; threatens to withhold money 04/24/2017 05:49pm • WASHINGTON — Citing a "critical" risk to Metro workers, the Federal Transit Administration is ordering immediate safety changes at Metro. According to a letter from the FTA to Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld, there have been at least four instances just this year where violations of Metroâ Kids, parents in search of fidget spinners: Do they help? 04/24/2017 12:02pm • WASHINGTON — The current must-have toy craze has something extra to offer besides being colorful, inexpensive, simple to operate, and ubiquitous — it's supposed to help children focus. A fidget spinner is a small toy, in the top family, that can be spun between a user's thumb and middle fing How to Help Your Teen Deal With Stress 04/23/2017 08:00pm • "Are your kids totally happy and squared away?" a reporter recently asked me earnestly during an interview. Gah. I really hate that question. My kids are awesome. Easy to raise. Fun to be around. But they aren't perfect, and, ironically, I worry that they will be as anxious as I was for the first 40 New map marks Fairfax youth crash locations 04/23/2017 03:31pm • WASHINGTON — A new map marks the locations of crashes involving young drivers in Fairfax County in 2016. The county is urging parents and youth to work together to stay off of next year’s crash map. The map marks two fatal crashes, both which involved excessive speed. The county also point How Do I Know if I Have ADHD as an Adult? 04/20/2017 08:00pm • Some adults may question whether they have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or wonder if their ADHD-like behaviors -- inattention, hyperactive-impulsivity or a combination of the two -- are simply a product of the overwhelming, hurried demands of adulthood. How can you know for sure? A tell How not to eat everything in sight after working out 04/19/2017 09:10am • Everyone knows the feeling: You get home after an intense workout at the gym, a long hike full of steep inclines or an exhausting pickup basketball game at the park and you're absolutely starving. And for good reason: Studies have shown that regular workouts, especially if they are intense and inclu How to Effectively Communicate at Work 04/18/2017 08:00pm • Whether you are already in a management position, or would like to be, communication skills are critical to your effectiveness at work and therefore the success of your career. And just being able to get an idea across to your team doesn't necessarily mean you're doing it in the most effective manne Apps that help kids stay focused in school 04/18/2017 02:10pm • WASHINGTON — It’s no secret that after spring break, kids lose momentum when it comes to focusing and finishing their school work. Although technology can often be a distraction to most kids, there are a number of apps that can help with attention and motivation. Ann Dolin is a former pub Rideshare Rivals: What Happens to Uber Now? 04/17/2017 08:00pm • A decade ago, uber was just a German preposition meaning "above." Then it became a proper name in 2009, when UberCab (Uber's forerunner) was founded in San Francisco -- and then a noun as the prophets of high tech applied the label "Uberization" to any industry revolutionized by an entrepreneurial o 7 Reasons Not to Retire in Belize 04/17/2017 08:00pm • From barefoot fishermen to software millionaires, Belize is a melting pot. Today's immigrants include 50-somethings raised on the Rolling Stones and 20-somethings looking for a place to make their mark. Farmers, environmentalists, budget-minded retirees and big-time investors are all making their wa Car Review: Nissan Rogue compact crossover adds a 2017 hybrid model 04/17/2017 06:30am • WASHINGTON — Nissan has a hit with the Rogue Crossover. It tops in the compact crossover market so far in 2017, beating the stalwarts from Honda and Toyota. So to try and further its lead, Nissan adds a hybrid model and gives all the Rogues a face-lift. This is big news for crossover buyers l