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7 Best Tech Stocks to Buy for 2017 12/01/2016 07:00pm • Going into 2017, technology is seeping into almost every aspect of everyday life. From retail to travel and transportation, hardly anything is purely analog nowadays. From an investor's perspective, that's quite an opportunity. As you enter a new year and perhaps look to rebalance your portfolio, t What Interviewers of Veterans Are Really Thinking 12/01/2016 07:00pm • Many job seekers enduring an interview find their minds wandering to the same question: What is the interviewer thinking right now? Regardless of her body language, voice tone, word choice or questions, the inner dialog of the interviewer seems a mystery to the applicant. Frequently, interviewees re Kaine's cure for election defeat: Diving back into work 12/01/2016 11:00am • WASHINGTON — Sen. Tim Kaine, of Virginia, told WTOP on Thursday that being part of the losing ticket in the presidential election earlier this month was “tough,” but the cure was diving back into work. The Democratic nominee for vice president, Kaine said that although most people were surp 3 Va. men get 20-plus years for fake Craigslist ad robbery 11/30/2016 08:00pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Three men have been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for their role in orchestrating a robbery through a fake Craigslist ad. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the men were part of a group that used a Lexus SUV advertisement to lure a man in March to rural Ha 5 Steps Adults Can Take to Complete High School 11/29/2016 07:00pm • Yvette Player left high school when she was 17. The now-55-year-old mother has tried three times since then to earn her high school credential. "Each time, I got sick or had to take care of someone that was sick. My last time, I got sick," says Player, who is enrolled at the newly opened Goodwill Ex Beware of Cyber Monday ripoffs 11/28/2016 09:17am • WASHINGTON — Cyber Monday doesn't just present savings opportunities for online shoppers; it also presents chances for hackers to help themselves to shoppers' personal information. Security experts say the annual increase in Cyber Monday activity has criminals writing apps, setting up phony pub 6 Credit Card Blunders to Avoid This Holiday Season 11/21/2016 07:00pm • If you've just finished paying off your credit card debt from last year's holiday shopping, you know that gift buying and paying with plastic can be a dangerous combination. There are so many things that can go wrong (and right) that it would take forever to list every possible way you could spend Column: Tips for sniffing out fake news 11/18/2016 03:02am • Q: How exactly do Facebook and Google plan to block fake news sites? This election cycle dramatically elevated the use of fake news sites that, in the past, were generally used to spread malware by infecting unsuspecting visitors. There were a variety of reasons for creating these sites that Shining a Light on Elder Financial Abuse 11/16/2016 07:00pm • Many of us have heard about it or even have our own stories. Often, it is discussed within families and by friends in hushed tones about "so and so" having lost some or all of their savings in a scam or as a result of being victimized. The "it" is elder financial abuse and the extent of its occurre Snapchat Owner Files for IPO, Report Says 11/15/2016 07:00pm • Snap Inc., the parent company of popular social media app Snapchat, confidentially filed for an initial public offering that could be valued at as high as $25 billion, reports The Wall Street Journal. According to Wall Street Journal sources, the company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commi Credit Unions Give Investors More Choices 11/14/2016 07:00pm • Credit unions have long given savers more banking choices. The recent news of the Wells Fargo & Co. (ticker: WFC) scandal, in which employees created fake bank accounts, highlights the need to have more choices. Banking customers fed up with the big banks like Wells Fargo can find many reasons Column: Lesson from Podesta's email hack 11/03/2016 06:01pm • Q: What protective measures can be taken to avoid having email hacked like what happened in the Podesta case? There are many lessons that can be learned from the recent, high-profile email hacks of several public figures. The most important lesson is that people, not security measures, are th No, You Can't Vote by Text Message 11/02/2016 08:00pm • It's impossible to vote by text message, but a fake ad aimed at Clinton supporters on Twitter is urging them to save a trip to the polls and vote via cell phone. The memes, which mimic the look of Clinton's real ads -- complete with "Paid for by Hillary for President 2016" at the bottom -- encourag Owners of Rosslyn coffee shop charged with credit card fraud 10/28/2016 05:21pm • WASHINGTON — Customers of Caffe Aficionado in Rosslyn are being told to check their credit card statements after the coffee shop was closed down and the owners were arrested and charged with credit card fraud. Adiam Berhane and Clark Donat, both 44 years old and from Arlington, were arrested Fr Review: Tom Hanks returns as Langdon in Dan Brown's 'Inferno' 10/28/2016 01:07am • WASHINGTON — The prevailing narrative is that Dan Brown's Robert Langdon series made far more history in the world of literature than it has in cinema. His literary treasure hunts have sold more than 200 million copies in 56 languages and sparked controversies of Biblical proportions wit