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Would 'Stop texting, stupid' license plates reduce distracted driving? 01/31/2017 10:01am • WASHINGTON ��� Five months after a 5-month-old boy was killed as his mother pushed his stroller in a crosswalk in Landsdowne, Virginia's House of Delegates is contemplating a new tack in the fight against distracted driving. Tristan Schulz died Aug. 31 when his stroller was hit by a Jeep Cherokee So, do you, like, use filler words? Stop that, with this app 01/30/2017 10:46am • WASHINGTON �����We all need to clean up our language, and not just the profanities. It���s the ���filler words.��� And there���s an app to help with that. LikeSo is a mobile app that listens to you speak, and counts how many times you use annoying, unnecessary filler words. ���Words like, � Apple (AAPL) Stock: Peter Thiel is Right: The Age of Apple is Over 01/29/2017 07:00pm • Peter Thiel is a prescient investor and well-known venture capitalist. A technology icon, he's a member of the Trump transition team, and will help shape tech policy over the next four to eight years. Thiel is also a man who thinks the age of Apple (ticker: AAPL), the largest public company in the How to Tap Into a Buyer's Emotions When Prepping Your Home for Sale 01/26/2017 07:00pm • You're unloading thousands of dollars in savings to fund the down payment and pay the mortgage on a home. But in reality, most homebuyers purchase first with their emotions and then justify the purchase with their wallets. Why? Because a home is several things: it's where you live, it's where you ra Here's Why the Tesla Model 3 May Not Debut in 2017 (TSLA) 01/25/2017 07:00pm • In 2016, Tesla Motors (ticker: TSLA) produced 83,922 electric vehicles, up 64 percent from the year before. But Elon Musk, modern-day Renaissance man and CEO of the electric car company, isn't satisfied with that rapid pace of growth. Tesla aims to produce 500,000 electric vehicles in 2018. To do th 11 Things to Tell Yourself When You're About to Binge Eat 01/25/2017 07:00pm • Out of control For Meghan Sexton, the only thing a spoonful of sugar used to help go down was another spoonful of sugar. She couldn't eat a lick of peanut butter without devouring the entire jar or a granola bar without tearing through four. "I felt incredibly out of control," says Sexton, now a 33- Virginia legislators seek to curb distracted driving 01/25/2017 06:49am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ A coalition of Democrats and Republicans called Tuesday for new laws to discourage Virginia motorists from using their cellphones while driving. The legislators unveiled several bills targeting ��"distracted driving," which they said caused thousands of traffic accidents and How Music Therapy Helps Terminally Ill Patients 01/24/2017 07:00pm • What would you want to listen to in your final days and moments? One cancer patient, a woman in her 40s, chose Frank Sinatra as her life ebbed in a New Jersey hospice. In the woman's waning days, hospice staffers and volunteers wore out the CD player in her room, activating Sinatra standards like " How to Help Your Child Cope With a Learning Disability 01/23/2017 07:00pm • A learning disability is a problem that affects how a person processes, understands and uses information. Everyone has learning strengths and weaknesses, but people with learning disabilities have complex learning issues that persist throughout their lives. However, learning disabled students are a Overcome Emotions for LSAT Success 01/22/2017 07:00pm • Welcome to the latest installment of Law Admissions Q&A, a monthly feature that provides admissions advice to readers who send in questions and admissions profiles. If you have a question about law school, please email me for a chance to be featured next month. This week, I will answer questions How to Stage Your Bathroom for Under $1,000 01/18/2017 07:00pm • A bathroom can reveal all about a property and its current owner -- when the house was built, if it's a high-tech, energy-efficient space, whether it's been maintained or if the homeowner keeps a rigid cleaning schedule. All of that and more can be revealed in a room that holds your most private mo How This Same-Sex Couple Paid Off $51,000 in 3 Years 01/17/2017 07:00pm • At one point, David Auten and John Schneider had $51,000 in credit card debt, despite the fact that they both worked in financial services. Paying off that debt in three years and then briefly relapsing into old habits inspired the couple to launch a blog, The Debt Free Guys, that encourages LGBTQ i Nurses Face More Violence From Hospital Patients 01/17/2017 07:00pm • Nurses and other health care workers increasingly face verbal abuse, physical assaults and injuries, often from the patients they're trying to help, according to testimony at a Jan. 10 meeting held by the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Capitol Hill. There, regist 9 insider tips for navigating an outrageously long flight delay 01/17/2017 09:30am • Use these techniques to minimize headache-inducing scenarios. When inclement weather, mechanical malfunctions and other nuisances affect your travel plans, it can be challenging to pivot quickly and get your schedule (and sanity) on track. Let's face it: Even if you're an experienced flier, patie Cubs' historic White House visit first, may be last of its kind 01/17/2017 03:10am • WASHINGTON �����If the concept of the championship White House visit has become a bit commonplace, Monday���s stood in opposition to the trend, and possibly as one of the last of its kind. With just four days left in his presidency, Barack Obama welcomed not just a baseball team from his hometown, b