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County recycling program no longer accepting plastic bags 10/27/2015 10:00am • Keep the plastic bags out of your recycling bins. That’s the message from Arlington County, which is no longer accepting plastic bags as part of their curbside recycling program. Instead, those wishing to get rid of grocery bags need to take them back to grocery stores, which can recycle them Concert-goers injured after crowd rushes stage at festival 09/27/2015 04:52am • TEMPE, Arizona (AP) — As many as 12 people were injured after a crowd rushed a stage during a music festival Saturday night at a park near the city's downtown, authorities said. Tempe fire officials tell KNXV-TV (http://bit.ly/1OZaFFb ) that nine people were taken to a nearby hospital after the Concert-goers injured after crowd rushes stage in Arizona 09/27/2015 03:51am • TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — As many as 12 people were injured after a crowd rushed a stage during a music festival Saturday night at a park near the city's downtown, authorities said. Tempe fire officials tell KNXV-TV (http://bit.ly/1OZaFFb ) that nine people were taken to a nearby hospital after the inc How to Invest in Streaming Media 09/22/2015 08:00pm • You watch streaming media. Does that mean you should buy streaming media stocks? Consumer eyeballs are mesmerized by streaming video. And there's plenty of it to watch, produced by everyone from celebrities to the neighborhood geek. For the first half of 2015, YouTube consumption vaulted ahead by 10 Investment Predictions for 2030 09/21/2015 08:00pm • Think back 15 yeas to the year 2000 -- the dawn of a new millennium. Once Wall Street shook its fears about the Y2K computer crash, it was on to figuring out what to do about the dot-com bubble. Yet in hindsight, this digital era was entirely absent of tablets, smartphones and even Apple iPods (whi 7 Horrific Investments for the Record Books 09/15/2015 08:00pm • This sad story of frozen assets, if you will, begins with a company called Cryogen -- a doomed company that attempted to treat brake pads and mechanical parts to last longer through super cooling. Yet Cryogen went down in flames itself. Bart Lorang, CEO and co-founder of FullContact and a serial e How to Stay Calm in an Uncertain Market 09/10/2015 08:00pm • When markets misbehave, we feel queasy and we struggle to sleep soundly. But knowing the facts and understanding certain data will provide you with perspective. Staying calm prevents you from making irrational, short-term decisions that could derail your retirement. This information can help keep y Is the Bond Market in a Bubble? 08/12/2015 08:00pm • With the stock market in its sixth year of a bull market and hitting all-time highs, many investors are looking for vulnerable areas that may be susceptible for a pullback, or what I like to call a "bubble watch." Most of these conversations tend to drift toward areas where we've recently had bubb Take Calculated Risks to Profit From These 5 Dividend Stocks 08/03/2015 08:00pm • All investments carry risk, and after the havoc of the 2008-2009 financial crisis, most Americans know all too well how devastating the downside of a belly-up investment can be. In the years since then, many on Main Street cast their aspersions on Wall Street, blaming greedy bankers and complex fi Virginia delegate to hold public meeting on I-66 HOV lanes, tolls 07/30/2015 10:35am • Del. Patrick Hope is hosting a public meeting on Saturday at Arlington Central Library auditorium (1015 N. Quincy Street) from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to discuss  the Virginia Department of Transportation's planned Transform 66 project -- proposed changes to the highway inside the Beltway. 10 High-Profile Stocks Poised for a Comeback 06/23/2015 08:00pm • Summer's as good a time as any to assess slumping stars in the stock market, as even baseball legends aren't immune to a dip in their fortunes. In 1971, Boston Red Sox shortstop Luis Aparicio went 0 for 44 -- that's 44 times at bat without a single hit -- but still managed to make the Baseball Hall The Potentials and Pitfalls of Marijuana Investments 06/16/2015 08:00pm • Take a toke, if you will, on this: There's a possibly great investment out there on a commodity that's legal. Sort of. And it holds potent promise for making a killing -- though at this early stage of the sector, you could also get scammed. Once a scourge for law enforcement officials across Americ The Dangers of Listening to Financial Pundits 06/14/2015 08:00pm • Turn on any financial news channel, and you'll see a parade of people proffering opinions on market direction, economic conditions, interest rates, corporate earnings and various other topics. Most of these pundits are intelligent enough, and they seem to make sense. After all, if there is potenti Nasdaq Record: Then and Now 04/23/2015 05:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Fifteen years after peaking during the dot-com boom, the Nasdaq composite has reached a new all-time high. But this isn't the Nasdaq of Pets.com and Webvan, when companies were valued on "cash burn rates" and "eyeballs." This Nasdaq, while still focused on technology companies, is 4 Reasons Job Seekers Should Have a Personal Website 03/17/2015 08:00pm • If there's one thing all career coaches agree on, it's that job seekers must do what they can to stand out in a competitive market. You may ask: "How many networking events should I attend?" Or: "Is social media really important for job seekers?" Making a good first impression is key, and more and