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South Korea's Claw Arcades Explode in Popularity 09/28/2017 08:00pm • SEOUL -- South Korean students Jang Jiyeon and Han Ji Young scurried through the crowded arcade in Hongdae, a bustling university district in Seoul. One claw machine in the array caught their attention. It was packed with stuffed Pikachu, the pointy eared yellow rodent from the Pokémon franchise. 12 Ways You're Sabotaging Your Chances of Being Wealthy 09/27/2017 08:00pm • Money isn't everything in life, but most people wouldn't turn down the chance to be wealthy. According to finance experts, building wealth isn't as hard as you think and can be achieved on even a modest income. "At some point you have to define what wealthy means to you," says Kyle Winkfield, manag Anatomy of a Russian attack: Attempts to target US began immediately after Soviet Union's collapse 09/25/2017 01:47am • About this series: The U.S. intelligence community has concluded that an attempt to interfere in the 2016 presidential election was ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin. A WTOP investigation that began in November 2016 examined how the attack happened, when it started, wh Credit Monitoring Companies Should Survive Equifax (EFX) Breach 09/18/2017 08:00pm • The Equifax data breach exposed financial data from 143 million users, and led to negative headlines and heavy criticism of Equifax (NYSE: EFX), specifically, and of credit reporting companies, in general. For investors, the key question is this - will the negative hit Equifax is taking this week h Anatomy of a Russian attack: First signs of the Kremlin's attempt to influence the 2016 election 09/18/2017 04:04am • WASHINGTON — In April 2014, former FBI special agent Clint Watts and two colleagues noticed a bizarre petition on the Whitehouse.gov website. “Alaska back to Russia appeared as a public campaign to give America's largest state back to the nation from which it was purchased Rhino horn is smuggled from South Africa in trinket form 09/17/2017 06:26pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — International traffickers have tried many ways to smuggle African rhino horns to Asia, concealing them inside wooden Buddha statues, stashing horn pieces in lobster heads kept in a refrigerated container and disguising horn portions as the bases of painted statues. Now, conserv Catherine Hoggle indicted on two counts of murder 09/14/2017 11:05pm • WASHINGTON -- Catherine Hoggle, the Montgomery County mother of two children who vanished in 2014, was indicted on two counts of murder. Hoggle's children, Sarah and Jacob Hoggle, were 3 and 2 years old when they went missing in 2014 and have never been found. Hoggle was the last person to see th How to choose where to donate money for hurricane victims 09/11/2017 08:04pm • WASHINGTON — The one-two punch of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma has left many people in need in the U.S. and Caribbean. With needs shifting from minute to minute, one of the best ways to help is through money donations, but some homework needs to be done before wallets are opened. “Find China's Complex Relations With Race 09/11/2017 08:00pm • BEIJING -- Chinese state media squeezed as much propaganda value as it could out of the chaotic events in Charlottesville, Virginia, where on Aug. 11 a group of white nationalists marched in support of a "Unite the Right" rally, triggering violent clashes between the white nationalists and counter-p This week in odd news: Guinness records; 'Star Wars' maze 09/09/2017 06:03pm • BIKERS IN THE BUFF RIDE THROUGH PHILADELPHIA'S STREETS PHILADELPHIA (AP) — And they're off — the Philadelphia bicyclists and their clothes. Thousands of nude cyclists have set off on a trek around the city for the annual Philly Naked Bike Ride. Organizers say about 3,000 riders in vario Cyberterrorists targeting first responders 09/06/2017 04:53am • WASHINGTON — A U.S. intelligence community collaborative warned first responders in late July about escalating efforts to target them and their missions by cyberterrorists. The Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT), an alliance between the FBI, DHS and the National Counterterrorism Cent 6 Ways to Save Money on Your Diabetes Medications 08/28/2017 08:00pm • It can be expensive to keep up with your diabetes medications. Many of the newer meds are expensive, thanks to all of the research and development that goes into them, and there's no generic insulin. So, you likely empty your pocketbook to pay a portion of your medication costs. It can be scary to NRA's video message to 'elites': 'We're coming for you' 08/27/2017 02:03am • ATLANTA (AP) — The election of President Donald Trump and Republican control of Congress meant the National Rifle Association could probably rest easy that gun laws wouldn't change for at least four years. But the NRA has begun a campaign not against pending legislation but what it sees as liberal Review: Soderbergh's ‘Logan Lucky' is a hillbilly heist dubbed ‘Ocean's 7/11’ 08/25/2017 01:36am • WASHINGTON — When director Steven Soderbergh announced his retirement after his Emmy-winning TV movie "Behind the Candelabra" (2013), the film community mourned the loss of the consistent eye behind "Sex, Lies & Videotape" (1989), "Erin Brockovich" (2000), "Traffic" (2000), "Ocean's Eleven Many addicts seeking opioid recovery find relapse and fraud 08/24/2017 04:10am • DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Reflections treatment center looked like just the place for Michelle Holley's youngest daughter to kick heroin. Instead, as with dozens of other Florida substance abuse treatment facilities, the owner was more interested in defrauding insurance companies by keeping ad