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10 wasy ways to cut wedding costs 05/21/2015 09:00am • Wedding season is ramping up, and soon-to-be newlyweds are realizing that tying the knot comes at a premium price. According to The Knot's Real Weddings Study of nearly 16,000 brides, the national average wedding cost was $31,213 in 2014. What's even more disconcerting, 45 percent of couples exceede Is This Condition the Secret Source of Your Chronic Pelvic Pain? 05/06/2015 08:00pm • In 1998, Susan Presberg-Greene, an ophthalmologist who practiced in New York state, decided to go ice skating. While at the rink, another skater smashed into her from behind, and Presberg-Greene fell. Her tailbone collided with the ice -- a minor accident that led to major, unexpected consequences. Data Doctors: What everyone should know about Yelp reviews 05/06/2015 06:25am • Q: Why do negative Yelp reviews from people I don't know show up, but the good reviews from people I know are customers get filtered out? A: Yelp’s entire methodology is by design a great mystery for even the most tech-savvy, but there are a few known reasons why you may be seeing these results 12 Ways to Keep Your Money Safe Online 05/04/2015 08:00pm • We do a lot with our money online, from shopping and transferring funds to tracking our budget. To make sure you're keeping it safe, along with your personal information that would allow someone to hack into your accounts, you'll want to take some precautions. Here are a dozen tips from privacy and Asexuality: the Invisible Orientation? 05/03/2015 08:00pm • As a kid, Julie Sondra Decker filled her days with reading, writing, singing and drawing -- usually opting for creative pursuits over social ones. So when she started noticing her middle and high school peers asking each other out, it suited that she wasn't interested in joining them. "I was kind of Girls Get Autism Diagnosis Later Than Boys 04/27/2015 08:00pm • Girls with high-functioning autism are diagnosed about a half-year later than boys, a large new study finds. But subtle, early signs -- like having trouble picking up on social cues -- may point to an autism diagnosis. If so, a type of therapy called social skills training can help girls make friend AP Top Strange News At 4:43 p.m. EDT 04/23/2015 04:43pm • Firefighters rescue man who wedged inside wall to evade cops Teen wears fake bomb to ask date to prom, gets suspended Loose moose munching on leaves in Idaho park gets captured Barn owl halts removal of 41-foot nutcracker in Oregon park Dog rescued in Kansas after 13 days under concrete slab China t Teen wears fake bomb to ask date to prom, gets suspended 04/23/2015 12:32pm • LA CENTER, Wash. (AP) — A Washington teen who strapped fake explosives to his body in a stunt to ask a date to prom has been suspended from school. The Columbian newspaper in Vancouver reports (http://is.gd/x04wKA ) that the five-day suspension will prevent Ibrahim Ahmad from attending La Center H Social Support for the COPD Community 04/09/2015 08:00pm • "I'm a rah-rah person," says Pat Barclift, 71, of West Tennessee. As a fitness team leader for the online COPD-Support community, she spurs members on. "Just get out there and do what you can," she tells them. "If all you can do is just touch your toes once -- then, by golly, you did that with fine The Anti-Bikini Season Diet 04/08/2015 08:00pm • On June 21, summer 2015 officially arrives. You probably already know this because it's right around this time of year that we get bombarded with images, articles and discussions that "bikini" season is around the corner. Yes, that's right folks -- soon you may have to be in that dreaded bikini tha GWAR frontman's father sues over son's ashes, belongings 04/08/2015 01:22pm • By LARRY O'DELL Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The cremated remains of Grammy-nominated thrash metal band GWAR's founder are at the center of a legal dispute between his father and his surviving bandmates. William Brockie says in a lawsuit that members of GWAR have stolen his son Dave Police: Faux Benjamins pop up in Loudoun Co. 04/06/2015 04:06pm • WASHINGTON - A rash of counterfeit cash is showing up at Loudoun County businesses. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office says several people have tried to make small purchases with fake $20, $50, and $100 bills in order to get back a lot of change in real currency. The sheriff's offic How to Be Authentic -- but Not Totally Transparent -- in the Workplace 04/05/2015 08:00pm • Here's a wonderful Oscar Wilde quote about the authenticity we often see these days, even in commercials: "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." That relates to both our personal and professional lives. Feeling like we can be ourselves is fundamental to our job success and fulfillment. Bein 'Mad Men' makes final pitch for history's best TV drama 04/02/2015 03:31am • WASHINGTON -- Forget that it's won 15 Emmys, including a record four straight for Best TV Drama. Forget that it's won four Golden Globes, three for Best Drama and one for Best Actor (Jon Hamm). And forget that it was just enshrined by the Smithsonian National Museum of American His Nearly 40 percent of restaurants serve fake blue crab cakes 04/01/2015 05:43pm • WASHINGTON -- Summer months are around the corner and that means blue skies. But that doesn't necessarily mean the crabs will be blue. Nearly 40 percent of crab cakes served at area restaurants don't have the blue crab meat they advertise, reports Oceana -- a nonprofit dedicated protection