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8 best podcasts for investing in 2020 01/07/2020 07:00pm • Boost your investing know-how by listening. Whether you're jogging, driving, or just puttering around the house, listening to financial podcasts is an easy way to boost your investing IQ and entertain. With each passing year, more good podcasts emerge, from well-known brands such as Schwab's "Cho Sex toys, giant TVs and Alexa in everything: The biggest trends to watch for at CES 2020 01/04/2020 07:43am • At this year's CES consumer electronics show, better known as CES, companies hope to impress reporters, investors, and ultimately consumers with a flashy mix of smart assistants and smart cars, giant TVs and, of course, robots. (AFP via Getty Images/ROBYN BECK)�� One of the largest technology tr The Boxing Day questions you've probably Googled 12/26/2019 06:34am • Boxing Day is the day after Christmas, and it has absolutely nothing to do with your empty gift boxes. Here's what you need to know about the holiday. What is the point of Boxing Day? It's a day to give to the less fortunate. Way back during the Victorian era in Britain, servants were allowed t Skip the grocery store line with these smart shopping carts 12/23/2019 10:17am • ��� Tired of standing in line? Wait a bit longer, and you may never have to again. Everyone from Amazon to Silicon Valley startups are trying to eliminate lines in retail stores. Amazon has opened 24 of its Amazon Go stores, which use cameras and artificial intelligenc Data Doctors: Instagram backup and security tips 12/20/2019 06:13pm • Q: Is there a way to backup my Instagram account that I use for my business just in case something happens? A: Instagram's popularity has grown to the point that cyberthieves are increasingly focused on compromising accounts in order to take them over and demand a ransom. If you don���t pay up DC elementary school evacuated because of 'gas' smell twice in a week 12/18/2019 04:10pm • For the second time in a week, students were evacuated from Langdon Elementary School for what they thought was a gas leak Tuesday afternoon, when the smell of natural gas filled the air in one section of the school. (Credit: Google Street View) It���s the gas leak that wasn't at a D.C. elementary How your phone may replace your SmarTrip 12/13/2019 03:30pm • Sometime in 2020, you will be able to use your phone to pay to ride Metro or buses across the D.C. region. But how will it actually work? Phone becomes SmarTrip Riders who want to pay with a smartphone will essentially need to create a ���virtual��� SmarTrip on their phones. Once that account i Clarendon Ballroom closing after 2 decades 12/12/2019 12:20pm • Clarendon Ballroom, at 3185 Wilson Blvd., occupies a former 1930s-era Woolworth store building. (Courtesy Google Street View) Popular Arlington, Virginia, nightclub and music venue Clarendon Ballroom will host its last New Year's Eve party this month, and close its doors after nearly 20 years in 5 charged with murder, robbery after fatal Landover shooting 12/12/2019 11:31am • Five people between the ages of 17 and 21 have been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting last week in Landover, Maryland. The Prince George's County police said they responded to reports of a shooting around 10:30 p.m. Dec. 6 in the 2400 block of Pinebrook Avenue, south of Landover Road a Amazon donates STEM, literacy items to Arlington nonprofit 12/11/2019 03:11pm • Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) continues to make inroads with its second home. The company announced Tuesday it is giving "hundreds of thousands of items" to nonprofits across the United States through its AmazonSmile Charity, including Arlington affordable housing provider AHC Inc. Amazon don Fighting Waze and Google, Fairfax Co. finds itself gridlocked over cut-throughs 12/10/2019 06:11pm • There are a number of rush-hour turn restrictions in Fairfax County to thwart GPS navigation apps like Waze that are routing drivers through neighborhoods, and more are planned. At the same time, there's an effort underway to provide residents with special cut-through permits. These permits would Smart Holidays: What to gift wrap along with a smart display 12/04/2019 06:56pm • This is the second in WTOP���s consumer series Smart Holidays, which explores concerns associated with smart devices and how consumers can better protect themselves this holiday season. Read Part 1: Smart Holidays: Protect your smart doorbell from hackers Read Part 3: Where not to charge y Smart Holidays: Protect your smart doorbell from hackers 12/04/2019 04:25am • This is the first of WTOP's consumer series Smart Holidays, which explores concerns associated with smart devices and how consumers can better protect themselves this holiday season. Read Part 2: What to gift wrap along with a smart display Read Part 3: Where not to charge your phone.�� Big Tech's stock market reign will end in 2020. Here's why 12/02/2019 12:02pm • Big tech stocks have been extremely popular bets for many investors for several years -- and 2019 is no exception. Apple shares are up nearly 70% this year, making it the top stock in the Dow. Microsoft is on fire as well, surging almost 50%. And Facebook is one of the top stocks in the S&amp Restaurant owner stabbed in own kitchen in Silver Spring, police say 12/02/2019 10:56am • The Red Maple Asian Cuisine at the intersection of Colesville Road and University Boulevard in Silver Spring, where a man was stabbed. (Courtesy Google Street View) A fight between a business owner and one of his employees led to a stabbing at a restaurant in Silver Spring, Maryland, on Sunday n