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Jumbo Loans for Beginners 05/03/2018 08:00pm • A jumbo mortgage sounds like the stuff of millionaires, but that's not necessarily true. While it is a larger debt than most home mortgages, a jumbo loan may be your best choice, depending on your income, the price of the home you want to buy and the menu of loan options available to you. Learn wha Emergency back surgery postpones Brian Wilson's Kennedy Center show 05/03/2018 11:48am • WASHINGTON — Famed Beach Boys musician Brian Wilson has had to postpone his May 7 show at The Kennedy Center due to emergency back surgery. "As some of you might know I have been having some issues with my back that have very recently gotten worse," Wilson said in a statement posted to the Kenn Playing it safe in the sun can help you avoid skin cancers 05/03/2018 04:02am • WASHINGTON — Skin cancers can be debilitating and deadly, but a local cancer doctor believes sun exposure is one risk factor you have control over, and she wants you to exert that control and protect yourself. One way is to use sunscreen. "You've got to make it a lifestyle choice," said Dr. How Grief Affects Health 05/02/2018 08:00pm • Barbara Bush recently passed away after a 73-year marriage to President George HW Bush. The couple were devoted to each other and stayed together throughout their long careers in public life. They made it known just how deeply they cared for one another -- both before, during and after Mr. Bush's p What to Do About Gestational Diabetes 05/02/2018 08:00pm • Gestational diabetes -- a type of diabetes some women develop in pregnancy -- affects upwards of 10 percent of pregnancies each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And some estimates say the number of women who will develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy is hig 6 Things Generation Z Gets Wrong About Money 05/02/2018 08:00pm • Move over millennials. While 20- and 30-somethings have seemingly been the center of attention for years, Generation Z is getting ready to move into the spotlight. Generation Z is the name often used for post-millennial young adults, and depending on whom you ask, the oldest members are somewhere b 5 Reasons You -- Yes You -- Should Try Tai Chi Right Now 05/02/2018 08:00pm • Ancient practice, modern appealWhen Linda Huang moved from China to the U.S. about 18 years ago, she suspected she'd have to do a lot of outreach and education to get non-Asians interested in tai chi, which she had been practicing since her teenage years. She didn't. "I was impressed how many people What Can Be Done About the Coming Shortage of Specialist Doctors? 05/01/2018 08:00pm • For the last several years, many health care organizations have been sounding the alarm over the coming shortage of doctors across virtually all fields of medicine. Many of these projections cite 2025 or 2030 as the date when finding a doctor is going to become especially difficult. And they're taki The 12 Best Jobs That Help People 05/01/2018 08:00pm • A Dozen Careers That Do Good When searching for fulfilling professions, many people reflect on whether their chosen lines of work will have positive effects on the world. These 12 jobs from the U.S. News & World Report Best Jobs of 2018 rankings stand out for the ways in which they enable worker Woman injected boy with unknown substance at Inova Children's Hospital hospital, police say 05/01/2018 06:08pm • WASHINGTON — A Fort Belvoir, Virginia, woman is facing child abuse and larceny charges after she allegedly stole medical supplies and then injected a child with an unknown substance while he was being treated in a hospital. Elizabeth Malone, 28, is being held without bond. Staffers at Inova Chi Roark goes 7 innings, gets rare RBI as Nats beat Pirates 3-2 04/30/2018 11:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The way the Washington Nationals have been playing, it wasn't enough for Tanner Roark to pitch effectively into the seventh inning. He also had to drive in a run — his first since 2016 — and talk manager Dave Martinez into leaving him in to face one last hitter. Roark (2-2 How the Brain Responds to What the Eyes See 04/29/2018 08:00pm • In a field that's ever-expanding, sports neurologists are excited about emerging scientific evidence helping us understand how and why training an athlete's vision and brain are as important as musculoskeletal strengthening, cardiovascular fitness and flexibility when it comes to peak athletic perf 3 ways to put your old smartphones to better use 04/27/2018 04:50am • Q: Any suggestions on what I can do with all my old smartphones? Most of us have slowly accumulated a collection of old smartphones that are hiding in a drawer somewhere because we tend to replace them about every two years. Whether they are broken or just too old, you should never throw them in th Tips to Help You Age in Place 04/26/2018 08:00pm • Joanne Theunissen was talking on the phone in the front yard of her remodeling company's latest project. "I hope the hammering in the background isn't too loud," Theunissen said. "We have a full crew here: framers, electricians, and the plumber is just pulling in." Theunissen is the remodelers chai How Millennials Are Making Money 04/26/2018 08:00pm • There is much about millennials that befuddles older generations. From shrugging off home ownership to using apps to pay back friends, young adults tend to do things differently than baby boomers and Generation X. The same can be said for how they make their money. Millennials have taken a differen