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Keep an Eye on These College Savings Trends in 2016 01/12/2016 07:00pm • Beth Halbach wanted her friends and family to be able to give college savings as a gift for her 1-year-old daughter's birthday, but she found the gift-giving process available through her college savings plan in Minnesota to be cumbersome. She ended up using Gift of College, a third-party gift reg Chinese ETFs: 9 Ways to Play the Middle Kingdom 01/12/2016 07:00pm • Never fear, China will bounce back.Forget what the Chinese Zodiac says -- right now, it feels like the Year of the Dog. The Shanghai Stock Exchange is off 14 percent to start the year, a tumble that reverberated through global stock markets and sent investors scurrying. Of course, Chinese stocks hav The 9:30 Club: A time and a place 01/12/2016 03:36pm • EDITOR'S NOTE: 9:30 Club just wrapped its 35th anniversary celebration, but the memories keep pouring in. WTOP Weekend Best Bets reporter Mary DePompa recalls her frequent visits to the venue, both as a performer and concertgoer.  WASHINGTON — If you’re an adult concertgoer in the DC a The Greatest Frugal Resolution You Can Make 01/11/2016 07:00pm • January is the month in which we promise to improve our lives. Last year, 37 percent of Americans vowed to stay fit and healthy; 32 percent pledged to lose weight; and 28 percent resolved to "enjoy life to the fullest," according to Nielsen, a management firm that studies consumer behavior. Although Pick Your Eating Plan Like You Choose Your Car 01/11/2016 07:00pm • The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans and U.S. News Best Diets of 2016 may drive you to start thinking about your weight goals, eating habits and food choices. Many people go on diets in January only to discard them by February and feel frustrated, angry and hesitant to try again.As a registered How to Audit Your Financial Products 01/11/2016 07:00pm • The new year comes with resolutions, albeit often short-lived, to be better in some way. Before the boost for success weans, you should take some time to conduct an audit of your financial products that may help you reach your money goals for the year. How to Start a Financial AuditStart by writing Railroads Expected to Get Back on Track in 2016 01/11/2016 07:00pm • Railroads that had their valuations slashed in 2015 due to decreased traffic at the very least should see the bleeding slow this year as coal volumes are expected to improve. Total rail traffic in 2015 declined 6.1 percent to 14.3 million in 2015, according to the Association of American Railroads, Stock Market Showdown: Comcast vs. AT&T 01/10/2016 07:00pm • It's no secret that countless consumers have "cut the cord," exiting cable TV's 900-channel glut -- that's the actual figure, folks -- and high monthly bills. And who wins? Aside from consumers, it's a field day for cheap streaming services such as Netflix (ticker: NFLX) and Amazon.com (AMZN). But f 9 Hot Dividend Stocks for 2016 01/10/2016 07:00pm • Income investing made easyTurbulence aside, dividend stocks typically perform well in a slow-rising rate environment. In fact, studies show that dividend stocks saw strong performance in seven of the past 10 tightening cycles of rising interest rates. And while they should never be considered a subs Alphabet in 2016: Should You Buy GOOG Stock? 01/07/2016 07:00pm • Some investment puns pack true substance. So when Todd Antonelli calls Google and its related ventures "alpha-bets," he sums up what many investment experts see as the key to the tech giant's future.As everyone knows, Google long ago evolved into more than just a ubiquitous search engine. But in bre CES showing trends in health tech 01/07/2016 05:40pm • WASHINGTON -- Technology is transforming health care. And if you need proof, all you have to do is stroll the aisles at the big Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. There are all kinds of new devices in the personal health category, and they can benefit anyone from an infant to a great-grand Column: Windows 10 upgrade deleted my files 01/07/2016 04:49am • Q: I upgraded to Windows 10 and now all my files are missing! What can I do to get them back? A: According to Microsoft, Windows 10 is the fastest-growing operating system in their history, with more than 200 million devices that are currently running it (including smartphones and tablets). A D.C. attorney general talks online safety with middle schoolers 01/06/2016 12:52pm • WASHINGTON — Students at Alice Deal Middle School were greeted Wednesday morning by D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine, who stopped by to speak about online safety. "We want to use the Internet in a positive way, but we want to be mindful of how it might hurt us," Racine told the students. New retail transforms once devastated D.C. neighborhood 01/06/2016 08:11am • WASHINGTON — If you attended a show at D.C.’s 9:30 Club 10 years ago, chances are you wouldn’t recognize the music venue’s neighborhood today. In fact, if you stood in line outside the iconic blue ticket window on V Street NW last year, you would still have a tough time familiarizing CDC: Youth exposure to electronic cigarettes ads contributing to use 01/05/2016 05:32pm • WASHINGTON — Children in the United States are seeing lots of ads for e-cigarettes — and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that is one big reason why the use of e-cigs is soaring among the young. A new CDC report says seven in 10 middle and high school students have seen the