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The Best Halloween Costume for Your Health and Happiness 10/27/2016 08:00pm • Ask my children what they want to be for Halloween -- and prepare to receive a 20-minute answer. They jump from one idea to the next; excited by what they can wear, how they will look and sound, or the effect the costume will have on unsuspecting treat givers. That's the real treat of Halloween: Yo 7 Tricks for Healthier Halloween Treats 10/26/2016 08:00pm • With Halloween just days away, chances are you're stocking up on candy and other treats for the neighborhood's pint-sized pirates and princesses. You're in good company: 70 percent of U.S. households will give out candy this Halloween and more than one-third will attend a Halloween party, according College Football Corner: The best team you’re not watching 10/24/2016 01:20am • WASHINGTON — This past weekend was won by Penn State in their 24–21 upset of No. 2 Ohio State. There's nothing quite like a fourth quarter Buckeye collapse that includes a blocked field goal returned for a touchdown. While the Nittany Lions team that almost lost to Minnesota a few weeks ago i 5 Ways You Don't Realize You're Turning Off Your Job Interviewer 10/23/2016 08:00pm • If you've prepared for a job interview recently, you probably know the basics -- bring extra copies of your resume, don't bad-mouth your previous employers, arrive on time and so forth. But as someone who's interviewed hundreds of job candidates, I can tell you that there's a lot more that goes int Bad roots day? Craziest reasons for calling in sick 10/20/2016 10:05am • WASHINGTON — Can you swear that every time you’ve called in sick, you really were laid up? A lot of workers can’t. But if you’re going to make up a story, make it a good one — and if you think being a pallbearer at the funeral of your spouse’s cousin’s pet qualifies, think again. Th How to Buy Security Technology Stocks 10/18/2016 08:00pm • From parking lot security cameras to a coffee pot in the breakroom or a printer that was recently upgraded with Wi-Fi capabilities, there are plenty of ways for hackers to infiltrate a digital network or remotely monitor activities within a business. High-profiled security breaches of Yahoo (ticker Md. state police arrest 2 after rash of roadside scams 10/18/2016 04:52am • WASHINGTON — The Maryland State Police arrested two Baltimore men this weekend in connection with a roadside scam that police say has been reported with increasing frequency across the state. This weekend, two men, 29-year old Aron Miclescu and 35-year-old Constantin Stan, were arrested and cha 'Curious Incident' explores dead dog mystery at Kennedy Center 10/12/2016 01:24am • WASHINGTON — It won five Tony Awards last year, including "Best Play." Now, the Kennedy Center welcomes "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" on Oct. 5-23, exploring the mysterious death of a neighborhood dog, sparking an investigation by a young boy. "It creates for a Be the Best Trick-or-Treat House on the Block Without Breaking the Bank 10/11/2016 08:00pm • Halloween is the scariest time of the year, but that isn't always due to the ghosts trick-or-treating you, or the creepy clown sightings on the news. The price of Halloween candy, not to mention the cost of costumes and home decorations, can give anyone the heebie-jeebies. According to the National Study: Placebos work even if patients know they're taking fake medicine 10/10/2016 11:16am • WASHINGTON — It turns out the "placebo effect" — in which sugar pills, saline solution or other fake treatments actually resolve a patient's condition — may also work even when patients know the medication they're taking is bogus. CBS News reported on the findings of a new study from Harv 'The guns aren't real,' Md. city advises as film crew arrives 10/10/2016 10:09am • FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- The City of Frederick is advising residents that actors will be using fake guns during a downtown filming project. Spokeswoman Patti Mullins says in a statement that a crew from the Silver Spring-based production company Sirens Media is filming Monday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Officials: Threats against schools are crimes, not pranks 10/07/2016 06:22pm • WASHINGTON — Although online threats against area schools this week might have been intended as a prank, the seven students charged with making the threats face penalties that are no joke. Nationally and in the D.C. area, school districts are seeing a rash of social media threats against scho Column: Should you tape over your webcam? 10/07/2016 10:12am • Q: Is it a good idea to put tape over my laptop’s webcam, or is there something else I should be doing? A: With the recent story about FBI Director James Comey admitting to having tape over his webcams at home, this question is making the rounds once again. Comey isn’t the only one. The in Down the toilet: Farm stand turns outhouse into voting booth 10/06/2016 10:00pm • ASHLAND, N.H. (AP) -- A New Hampshire farm stand is letting customers put their votes for president where he thinks they belong: right in the toilet. Owens Truck Farm is home to an outhouse-turned-fake-voting booth with mannequins of presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, and toi Md. man plotted attack on US service member, faces terrorism charge 10/03/2016 06:07pm • WASHINGTON — A Hyattsville man has been arrested on a federal charge of trying to aid a terrorist organization for planning to attack a member of the U.S. military in Maryland. Nelash Mohamed Das, 24, a permanent U.S. resident from Bangladesh, was arrested Friday during a sting operation. He be