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High schoolers have a new college application tool 09/18/2016 08:00am • This year, the college application process is getting a bit of a makeover, thanks to a new online platform developed by a group of more than 90 selective universities across the country. The platform was created to "transform" the application experience by equipping students with a set of free to Virginia Tech students test their Hyperloop pod 09/15/2016 11:32am • WASHINGTON ��� Virginia Tech's Blacksburg campus is becoming a hotbed for Silicon Valley ideas. On the heels of news that Google is testing Chipotle Mexican Grill food delivery with drones on campus, comes an announcement that Virginia Tech will build a test track for its Hyperloop pod prototype, Google kicks off doodle contest for kids 09/15/2016 10:14am • WASHINGTON ��� Google wants to know how kids see the future. The tech giant kicked off its annual Doodle 4 Google contest Wednesday. "We���re asking kids to imagine what awaits them in the years to come and represent that vision of this year���s theme:�����What I see for the future ���,��� Goo 6 Famous Flameouts of Famed Investors 09/14/2016 08:00pm • Investment world hype types.Ask Christopher Ma to characterize a certain type of high-rolling investor, and you might think he's talking about this year's crop of presidential hopefuls: "They are self-centered, egotistic, cocky and borderline narcissistic." It's how the director of the Roland George Despite warnings, college cheating persists, students say 09/13/2016 07:30am • WASHINGTON ��� For college students, the start of the new school year came with warnings about the consequences of cheating. Nevertheless, students say cheating is relatively common. "Before, people just had pen and paper; they had to write things on their hands,��� said Grace Suh, a junior study NYC���s stuffed bite-sized bagel balls go national 09/13/2016 01:42am • WASHINGTON ��� Nick Oleksak is living proof that it pays to write down your dreams. In 2012, the New Yorker woke up in the middle of the night after dreaming about bagels filled, not topped, with cream cheese. He jotted the idea down and fell back asleep. The next morning, Nick ��� a ���Shark 7 of the Best Socially Responsible Funds 09/07/2016 08:00pm • Socially responsible funds that do the vetting for you.Wall Street isn't typically associated with morality, but that doesn't mean investing has to be void of a conscience. In fact, socially responsible investing is on the rise, and a number of exchange-traded funds aiming to track ethically sound c The Best Online Cloud Storage Solutions for Photos, Videos and Music 09/01/2016 08:00pm • If you're like most Americans, you have hundreds of photos, videos and songs scattered among your cellphone, computer, tablet and whatever other devices you own. In recent years, cloud storage options have made it easier to share and organize your multimedia content. With your documents on the clou Beyond the Retirement Fund: When to Invest in the Stock Market 08/31/2016 08:00pm • While most people with a 401(k) or IRA are likely to have money invested in the stock market, owning individual stocks is less common. Buying individual stocks certainly isn't cheap, with some traditional brokerages requiring $5,000 or more upfront. However, there are affordable ways to invest in t 6 Ways to Invest in Football 08/30/2016 08:00pm • If you want to own an NFL team, it's about more than writing a billion-dollar check. "The world of investing in professional sports franchises and in large sports agencies is a very exclusive club," says Mark Doman, CEO of The Doman Group, an investment advisory group in New York. "And it's entirel Twitter Inc. Will Now Pay Users to Create Videos (TWTR) 08/29/2016 08:00pm • Twitter Inc. (ticker: TWTR) desperately wants users to use its platform -- so much so that it's literally going to start paying them to create videos on it. While previously only available for company use, individual users can now try out Twitter's Amplify Publisher program. What's more, users will Stress: Manage it? Or Avoid It? 08/29/2016 08:00pm • Stress is a fact of modern life; so much so that it was the No. 1 Google search last year. So if you can't avoid it, how can you manage it? One word: resilience. The ability to adapt to and recover from the stressors in your life is the superpower for the coming years. Because let's face it -- no ma Jazz up that tap water, and find free refill spots 08/29/2016 05:39am • WASHINGTON����� The��latest heat wave is hanging around, creating a four-day weekend of sweltering temperatures and making it more important than usual to stay hydrated. Sometimes water can get��a little boring, but there are ways to jazz it up while staying hydrated during the last day of this h Playing Through with Jake and Noah 08/26/2016 03:48am • Welcome to Playing Through, a new monthly series at WTOP.com where morning drive editor Mike Jakaitis ��� nickname Jake ��� and digital sports editor Noah Frank (that���s me) play and review local golf courses in the WTOP listening area. Our requirements for the courses are simple. Each must be w How to Prepare for a Remote Career 08/24/2016 08:00pm • When you get a job in a new city, you research places to live and other key items before making the move. You typically do some research when you get a new job in your own city, observing the corporate culture during the interview stage and gathering information about dress code and other expectati