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Should You Pay Off Your Mortgage Before Retirement? 12/04/2017 07:00pm • Owning a home can lead to a comfortable retirement. In theory, you buy a house when you're 30, faithfully make the mortgage payments for 30 years and at age 60 you own your house, free and clear. Now you have a solid nest egg and can sail into a worry-free retirement. But more often, here's how it w 6 Great Tax Tips for the End of the Year 12/03/2017 07:00pm • The end of the year is always a good time to do some financial housekeeping, but this year in particular, uncertainty about tax reform may mean investors should throw a few more tricks onto their to-do lists. Here are some of the most common tax tips financial planners are giving their clients this Redskins fail to show up in the biggest game of the year 12/01/2017 11:14am • WASHINGTON — It's over. The competitive part of the Redskins season ended in Dallas Thursday night with a 38-14 loss to the Cowboys dropping them to 5-7. This was the biggest game of the season and the Redskins failed to show up. They had a chance to put a stamp on the game early in the firs 5 Scholarship Tasks High School Counselors Can Help With 11/29/2017 07:00pm • High school counselors are among a handful of people who can offer scholarship application help. Unlike other sources of support, however, counselors have been there and done that numerous times. Here are five specific ways their experience can help you secure scholarships to pay for college. 1. N Check Out the 13 Best Post-Cyber Monday Sales 11/27/2017 07:00pm • Black Friday and Cyber Monday may have passed, but the 2017 holiday saving season has just begun. If you missed out on Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, don't cancel Christmas -- there are plenty of opportunities to save during the weeks leading up to Dec. 25. Here are 13 excellent holiday sales Cyber Monday Is Time to Shine for Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) 11/26/2017 07:00pm • Coming off an outstanding Black Friday, Amazon.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) is rolling into Cyber Monday as the unquestioned leader among internet retail stocks. Amazon is poised to bring home a healthy percentage of the $6.6 billion in sales that are expected to be recorded Monday during the biggest o Best Cyber Monday Sales for 2017 11/21/2017 07:00pm • Although the Friday after Thanksgiving once reigned as the year's biggest shopping holiday, Cyber Monday is expected to outpace Black Friday in terms of shopper participation this year. According to data from Offers.com, 71 percent of shoppers plan to shop on Cyber Monday in 2017, compared to 69 pe What the Holidays Look Like After Retirement 11/21/2017 07:00pm • If it's your first year out of the workforce, the holidays may be different this year. Thanks to reduced obligations and increased free time, retirees may be better able to savor the season. "We find that retirees are often more relaxed during the holidays," says Kyle Quinn, managing partner with M Shopping Strategies to Score Bigger Bargains on Black Friday and Cyber Monday 11/19/2017 07:00pm • Millions of Americans are preparing to celebrate the first of many holiday gatherings with loved ones as Thanksgiving swiftly approaches. Turkey isn't the only thing they're thinking about this time of year, however: Many consumers also have their thoughts set on the sales events that dominate the 'Gift Cards for Guns': Police collect 161 firearms 11/18/2017 04:02pm • WASHINGTON — People waited outside of the First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Saturday morning to trade in their guns for gift cards. Within minutes of kicking off this year's "Gift Cards for Guns," Prince George's County police collected more than 30 guns, said Cpl. Caregiver, You Matter 11/16/2017 07:00pm • This month, we celebrate National Family Caregivers Month. Started by the Caregiver Action Network (formerly National Family Caregivers Association), it's a time to heighten awareness of the tireless and heroic work millions of family caregivers do daily. A recent study by Merrill Lynch (surveying Cub Scout kicked out after asking lawmaker about gun control 10/22/2017 04:02pm • DENVER (AP) — A Cub Scout was kicked out of his den after he questioned a Colorado state lawmaker about her position on gun control and previous comments she made about African-Americans' health and eating fried chicken. It was the latest political flashpoint for the Boy Scouts after President Inspiration After Injury: an Analysis of the Athletic 'It' Factor 10/15/2017 08:00pm • Over the course of a decades-long career in orthopedic sports medicine, I've had numerous opportunities to see some of our world's most heralded athletes at their absolute best -- and sometimes, at their post-injury worst. As a sideline physician at many championship games, watching a pro athlete's Ex-hostages back in Canada after harrowing raid to free them 10/14/2017 05:11pm • SMITHS FALLS, Ontario (AP) — A couple held hostage for five years by a Taliban-linked extremist network in Afghanistan was safely back in Canada on Saturday after what the husband described as a harrowing firefight during a raid to free the family. Joshua Boyle played with one of his sons in th Millennials Should Try Dividend Stocks 10/12/2017 08:00pm • Dividends are the gift that keeps on giving, but not every investor is eager to buy in. According to a TD Ameritrade report, millennials largely steer away from dividend stocks, preferring to hold non-dividend tech offerings long term instead. This growth-focused mindset may explain why younger inv